Episcopal Diocese Of Maryland To Select First Recipients Of Its $1 Million Reparations Fund
The diocese created the fund in September 2020 to support groups that will work to restore African-American communities.
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The diocese created the fund in September 2020 to support groups that will work to restore African-American communities.
Voters in a Maryland city have passed a referendum to establish a commission to study reparations for African American and Native American residents.
When leaders of Baltimore's historic Memorial Episcopal Church learned of its surprising ties to slavery, they voted to remove the plaques honoring its founders. But it didn't stop there; they're committing $500,000 in reparations over the next five years.
Officials said that while student referendums help express student perspectives, they "do not create university policy and are not binding on the university."
Georgetown University students are considering a fee benefiting the descendants of enslaved people sold to pay off the school's debts.
This is the time of year when theater thrives and people look for things to do to occupy their leisure time. The impact of theater is beneficial to both the patron and the artist. Baltimore stands to benefit in a major way with several great upcoming productions.
The Obama administration on Wednesday warned several state legislatures against initiatives that would punish the state-owned French railway company SNCF for carrying out Holocaust-era deportations to Nazi death and labor camps.
A Holocaust survivor has died, days before giving testimony on a reparations bill. The bill says the state should enter into contracts with companies associated with the Holocaust only if reparations are made.
