The Reparations Project

The Reparations Project: The Reparations Project creates new models for individuals, descendant- families, and The nation to repair racialized injustice against black/african-american people that began in 1619 and continues today. The Reparations Project is a multifaceted redress initiative that seeks to narrow The wealth gap and promote equity by centering descendants of those who were enslaved and supporting descendant families of enslavers to pursue ancestral healing through repairing generational harm. Investing in education: through our Quarterman & Keller social justice scholarships and financial literacy academy, we invest in black/a-a students, educators, and social justice education that engage local communities where large numbers of ancestors of The enslaved live. Recruit for legal land redress and support black land preservation: we recruit attorneys and title companies to assist descendants of The enslaved with heirs property challenges in order to preserve and strengthen black/a-a land ownership and generational wealth. We fund local organizations who help assist multi-generational african american families with payments to prevent tax auction sale on properties that have been owned since The 1800's. We also partner with scholars and local activists to protect and preserve sacred spaces for education and healing. Supporting black artists and descendant family truth telling: we believe truth telling and authentic relationships are key to our nation's healing and repair. We assist descendant-families of The enslaved and of enslavers in reconciliation and amplify acts of repair through our art exhibition titled repossessions. 2024 update:we raised approximately $110,000 this year largely thanks to The exposure and excitement surrounding The cost of inheritance, for which we did a number of screenings and talks, and thanks to an unusual grant from The national trust for historic preservation in Washington dc. This year we gave $200,000 to endow scholarship programs at The auc center in The social justice program and at ucsb in The black studies department. We are very proud to have established something that will live on in The Quarterman & Keller / trp name forever! For The 2024-2025 school year we have 9 scholars at spelman, morehouse and clark atlanta, and 6 at ucsb.we supported an additional 7 scholars at Georgia southern, ucla, columbia law, The university of Illinois, north carolina a&t, and north carolina state. We also supported sura sonha through a re-entry from prison, successful completion of his ged, and enrollment in junior college full time.in addition to traditional scholarships, we helped fund and secure The creation of The cedric j. robinson and elizabeth p. robinson archive and program at uc santa barbara, and supported The bold leadership network, which provides fellowship programming for black male teachers in public school careers. We funded classes for african american youth to take swim lessons at The oakland y. Finally, we committed to supporting 4 african american youth with incarcerated parents for a full year of outdoor education programming with Project avary in The bay area.we continued to help pay taxes for gullah geechee families through lowcountry gullah Foundation, and supported repair and refurbishing of The gullah geechee community center and library on sapelo island in collaboration with The national trust for historic preservation. We were devastated by The accident, which randy and family narrowly missed, on sapelo island on october 19, and our thoughts are with The community there.we are proud to have helped broker a unique donation of 19 acres of land in Alabama from clara dye to tuskegee university for unrestricted use and research. Way to go clara!we also worked with our amazing repossessions curator dr. bridget cooks to match 7 pieces of enslavement and sharecropping era ephemera with black artists, who have created powerful pieces of art, all now in storage. We created The repossessions website and secured The first venue. The exhibit will open in february 2025 at The California african american museum in los angeles.