“At the very same time America refused to give the negro any land, through an act of Congress, our government was giving away millions of acres of land in the West and the Midwest. Which meant it was willing to undergird its white…” 🧵#ReparationsNow #MLK https://t.co/qHEXHDSxrq

One of the #CRTF's key reccs is now law: By disaggregating data within the Black racial group for American Freedmen/DOAS—as AAPI & MENA groups already have—California sets a national precedent. May other states & the fed gov follow. Thank you @cjecofficial #CALeg @CAgovernor!

It’s official — Governor Newsom has signed SB 518. #ReparationsNow https://t.co/KR7OPqXdnq

Rest in power @BlkVoltronRlded 🕊️ This was him speaking at the CA Reparations Task Force meeting in Oakland (2023), fighting for justice for his child & future grandchildren. He didn’t live to see it happen—but I’ll keep fighting for his descendants. 🙏🏾 https://t.co/7THQ1Zvm5X

May this new chapter bring timely justice to all descendants: from elders, youth, and everyone in between still carrying our ancestors’ call for #ReparationsNow, to houseless families + Eaton Fire survivors — we are all living its unfinished legacy. 🎧

On @Higher_Learning, Governor Newsom announced he’s signed SB 518, establishing California’s Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery— a new step in the state’s conversation on reparations. A historic moment for California and descendants. Congrats to all who made it possible!

I wrote a song dedicated to my Grandfather & Grandmother called Reparations . If you grew up in the South, I hope you see your family and ancestors in these lyrics! Mississippi got something to say ! #independentartists #Mississippi #Reparations

On this day in 1619, traffickers brought the first enslaved Africans to a Virginia colony on the James River. They sold some enslaved people for food and sold others to white enslavers in Jamestown. https://t.co/he98ILkSDi

Amanda Seales didn’t just “discover” reparations—she sat down last year w/ CA reparations leaders @Chad_Boogie & @KamilahVMoore . That convo clearly shaped her framing of lineage-based justice: https://t.co/mKyC9Oog51

Sun, Aug 17 @ 2PM – Join the Lineage Equity & Advancement Project (@leapofficialorg) for the Altadena Reparations Town Hall! Zaire Calvin will give update on Eaton Fire + @KamilahVMoore on Altadena’s history & reparations. RSVP 👉 https://t.co/XysH5HcdRn #Reparations #Altadena

📢 Join me & , @FBAAllDay81, @KamilahVMoore , Chair of CA’s Reparations Task Force, for Reparations & Relaxation — a powerful convo on why California owes lineage-based reparations. 🗓️ Sun, July 20 | 3–5:30PM 📍CMS Wellness, Compton

@_dawnmontgomery Bought 7 books after attending a presentation given by the Chair of the CA Reparations Task Force, Kamilah Moore. Bought books written by Black authors, sold by a Black woman business owner, as she supports Black people. #Reparations @leapofficialorg @cjecofficial @KamilahVMoore

Black American Freedmen families were pushed out of Pasadena by redlining — so they built community in Altadena. Then came the Eaton Fire. Join us for Reparations & Resilience — a conversation on how housing discrimination, community displacement, and historical injustice

Black American Freedmen families were pushed out of Pasadena by redlining — so they built community in Altadena. Then came the Eaton Fire. Join us for Reparations & Resilience — a conversation on how housing discrimination, community displacement, and historical injustice

Has any black person seen the $12M California set aside for Reparations and if not why not??

The afterlife of slavery lingers—in structures, in systems, and sometimes, in smoke.

Applications are now open for reparations scholarships supporting descendants of enslaved Black Americans https://t.co/UK0nEY3o7g

“Lawmakers earmarked $500,000 for a plaque memorializing the apology at the state capitol, but that’s the only taxpayer-funded money that’s been allocated to the reparations effort so far in California. A $12 million fund set aside for future reparations legislation signed into

Some five years after the police murder of George Floyd, shifting political winds at both the state and national level raise the question of whether California will ever enact reparations or if the effort is destined to stall out. https://t.co/DDQcC3PeXj 📸 Mike Blake, Reuters

“Children, mothers, siblings, they're also impacted when their loved ones are incarcerated. You're taking away sources of income. ”  Kamilah Moore (@kamilahvmoore) Link: https://t.co/d34Am4r0qK

REPARATIONS? happy birthday Kamilah!