November 30 – December 2, 2017, the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) convened a major Reparations Gathering in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. A primary goal of the Gathering was to continue the process of creating greater public awareness about NAARC’s Preliminary 10 Point Program for Reparations for African Americans and to receive input, suggestions, recommendations on the Program from constituents from the area/region. The Conveners were also eager toprovide information on the global Reparations Movement as reflected in the initiatives of the CARICOM Reparations Commission in the Caribbean and efforts to empower Afro-Descendants in Central and South America with a focus on the crises of Afro-Descendants in Colombia, South America. In addition, the status and future of HR-40, which would create a Commission to Study Reparations Proposals for African Americans, was of particular interest in light of the retirement of Congressman John Conyers, Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus. Congressman Conyers had faithfully introduced and advocated for the bill since 1989.
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