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In addition to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/content\/375794\u0022\u003Erenewed interest in federal bill HR 40\u003C\/a\u003E,\u00a0 progress is being made at the local level. Last week alone, the cities of Asheville, North Carolina, and Providence, Rhode Island, took important steps toward considering or providing reparations to victims of systemic racism \u2013 and in doing so, showed that reparations can take various forms, such as an official apology alongside direct compensation, targeted investments in social and economic programs, institutional reform, and more.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt a July 14 meeting of the Asheville City Council, officials voted to issue a formal apology for slavery and to provide reparations to Black residents. The decision follows the county health board\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.citizen-times.com\/story\/news\/local\/2020\/07\/03\/buncombe-health-board-declares-racism-public-health-crisis\/3281492001\/\u0022\u003Edeclaration\u003C\/a\u003E that racism is a public health crisis.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EIn historic move (and by a unanimous 7-0 vote), Asheville, NC approves \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reparations?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#reparations\u003C\/a\u003E for black residents. The city apologized for slavery \u0026amp; discrimination \u0026amp; will set up a commission to create concrete \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reparations?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#reparations\u003C\/a\u003E proposals to close disparity gaps. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/MPP2HNCQpG\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/MPP2HNCQpG\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Dreisen Heath (@dreisenheath) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/dreisenheath\/status\/1283460790767542272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 15, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt is simply not enough to remove statutes,\u201d said Asheville Councilman Keith Young. \u201cBlack people in this country are dealing with issues that are systemic in nature.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAsheville\u2019s reparations program would not include direct payments, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2020\/07\/15\/asheville-passes-reparations-black-residents-historic\/5441792002\/\u0022\u003EUSA Today reports\u003C\/a\u003E. Instead, the City Council resolution says the program will include community investment measures such as \u201cincreasing minority home ownership and access to other affordable housing, increasing minority business ownership and career opportunities, strategies to grow equity and generational wealth, closing the gaps in health care, education, employment and pay, neighborhood safety and fairness within criminal justice.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe day after the historic vote in Asheville, the mayor of Providence announced that the Rhode Island city is considering providing reparations for its Black and Native American residents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EProvidence, Rhode Island\u2019s mayor signs order to pursue truth, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/reparations?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#reparations\u003C\/a\u003E for Black \u0026amp; Indigenous people\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/yZ8t24iFki\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/yZ8t24iFki\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Dreisen Heath (@dreisenheath) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/dreisenheath\/status\/1283823238133485568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 16, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMayor Jorge Elorza signed an executive order on Wednesday to establish a \u201cTruth-Telling, Reconciliation and Municipal Reparations Process.\u201d According to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/news\/20200716\/providence-mayor-signs-order-to-pursue-truth-reparations-for-black-indigenous-people\u0022\u003EProvidence Journal\u003C\/a\u003E: \u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe process in Providence, Elorza said, will start with members of his administration and a group of African-American advisers meeting with historical societies and researchers to come up with a plan for sharing the state\u2019s role throughout history in the institution of slavery, genocide of Indigenous people, forced assimilation and seizure of land.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe administration would then bring the community together for conversation and healing, as part of the \u201creconciliation\u201d phase. The details of reparation payments, including the amount and forms they would take, would be decided in the last stage of the process.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn an interview with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2020\/07\/16\/providence-mayor-executive-order-reparations\u0022\u003EWBUR\u003C\/a\u003E, Eloze discussed the feasibility of reparations in Providence. \u201cI know that at the municipal level, there is no way that we can make good on all of the injustices,\u201d he said. \u201cThis has to happen at every level: at the state, at the federal and from private institutions. But there\u0027s a lot of value to showing leadership at the local level to taking the initial steps. And then also, you just never know what the future holds.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/tag\/reparations-united-states\u0022\u003ERead more about the case and fight for reparations in the US \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]