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By Antonio Ray Harvey| California Black Media Atty. Lisa Holder: Lisa Holder, Oakland-based attorney and member of the California Reparations Task

The community listening sessions are being conducted across the state by the Reparations Task Force’s seven “anchor organizations.” The seven, Afrikan Black Coalition, Black Equity Collective, Black Equity Initiative, California Black Power Network, Coalition for a Just and Equitable California, Othering and Belonging Institute (University of California Berkeley) and Repaired Nations began conducting community gatherings in March. Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ...

A series of community Listening Sessions are being held statewide to help the nine members of the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans better understand how laws and policies that contribute to perpetuating the effects of slavery have negatively impacted Black Californians.

The historic California bill AB3121 established the California Reparations Task Force, which recently altered the trajectory of how the nation must come to view