GREENBELT REPARATIONS COMMISSION

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Greenbelt, Maryland, established a 21-member Reparations Commission to study harms against American Indians and African Americans and make recommendations for reparations.

Our current work includes:

• RESEARCH on policies & practices impacting American Indians and African Americans
• EDUCATION about Reparations in communities across the country
• ENGAGEMENT of current residents and descendants of those who have been harmed
• DISCOVERING how past harms impact the equity and well-being of citizens today

OUR WEBSITE IS: www.greenbeltreparations.info‍

WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE!

WE WANT TO SHARE WHAT WE ARE LEARNING!

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GREENBELT FACTS

• American Indians lived in the Greenbelt area 10,000 years ago.
• African Americans labored and built many of Greenbelt's buildings during the Depression era but were denied the right to live in Greenbelt until 1967.

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WHAT ARE REPARATIONS?

In relation to the work being done by the Greenbelt Reparations Commission approved in 2021: Reparations is a process of repairing and healing from the harms that have been inflicted on African Americans and American Indians by government laws, policies and practices of sectors that benefited from the injustices such as banks, corporations, insurers, educational institutions, health systems and religious groups.
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WE SEEK MORE DIRECT EXPERIENCE/TESTIMONIALS FROM NATIVE AMERICANS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS LIVING IN OR WHO HAVE LIVED IN GREENBELT! WE NEED YOUR INPUT!

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GET INVOLVED:‍

• ATTEND meetings - the third Tuesday of each month @7pm
• SHARE your stories of historical or ongoing racial harms
• PARTICIPATE in Commission programs to learn more
• EDUCATE yourself about some of the lesser-known aspects of our history
• JOIN the mailing list: email myoung@greenbeltmd.gov or visit our website: www.GreenbeltReparations.Info

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