Date: Saturday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 047: Reparations, Reckoning, and Regeneration from Global and Local Contexts
Room: Kimball Room

Sponsors: Community, Research, and Practice
Critical Race and Ethnic Study

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Description: 

Reparations for traumatized communities have been long advocated for by historians, social scientists, and community activists. Yet, the realization of reparations has not yet come to pass. In the US, conversations have focused on financial reparation to descendants of racial slavery. However, from a broader and transnational perspective, reparations extend beyond financial into practices and processes that fall into 5 distinct categories as put forth by the United Nations: restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition. At the same time, there are formal and informal bodies that have successfully implemented reparations from whom we can learn. In this session, we seek to highlight these emerging movements and practices, as well as the burgeoning research around reparations and their impact.

Papers:

“Grappling with Change in Grixdale Farms: A Community Research Partnership,” Paul J. Draus and Koby Buford, University of Michigan-Dearborn

“Holding Police Accountable in California: Citizen Complaints against Police and Challenges of Data Collection,” Alexandra Hiropoulos, California State University, Stanislaus

“Towards Intentional Racial Reconciliation: Digital Tools for Practical Dissemination and Application of Oral Histories, Archives, and Artifacts of Racial Truths in Classroom and Communities,” Florence Emily Castillo, Sanjana Chowdhury Cohn and Amiso George, Texas Christian University

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