REPARATIONS POWER HOUR IS A MONTHLY PROGRAM OF LOCAL NONPROFIT, BROWN
HOPE, and is an intentional space for Black, BROWN, and Indigenous
people.We created this FAQ page to address common questions about our
event: brownhope.org/reparations-faq
[http://brownhope.org/reparations-faq]
The idea is simple:
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Show up! Black, Brown, and Indigenous people, this event is
specifically for you.
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Be nourished! Food and drinks will be provided by Brown Hope and the
business sponsor.
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Get ten! Receive $10 in cash as reparations**, paid for in part by
white folks.
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Build power! Every Power Hour will feature a 45 minute discussion
about a local and relevant policy topic for us to collectively to
weigh in on.
This event is for white people, too. (But don’t show up physically!
Instructions are below.)
White people can show up and support by GIVING reparations. Instead of
physically attending, your presence will be felt through your active
financial support for healing, leadership, and community building
within Portland’s black, brown, and indigenous community.
$10 will support reparations for one community member, and you are
strongly encouraged to donate for more than one participant. Monthly
donations are very much needed to sustain the Reparations Happy Hours
and the programs of Brown Hope. You can make a one-time donation or
recurring contributions here: donorbox.org/brownhope.
**YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND THE ENTIRE TWO HOUR EVENT TO RECEIVE
REPARATIONS. Able-bodied participants are required to be physically
present to receive their $10. If there are accessibility concerns that
impact your ability to be physically present, please
email brownhopeusa@gmail.com and we will work with you to ensure
your eligibility for reparations.
ABOUT BROWN HOPE:
Mission
We lead community-grounded initiatives to make justice a lived
experience for black, brown, and indigenous people in Oregon.
Vision
We envision a future where the truth about this nation’s long
history of injustice is self-evident. We envision the survivors of
this injustice taking the lead on change. We envision love as a lived,
and collective, experience.
For more information, visit: brownhope.org
WHY REPARATIONS HAPPY HOURS?
When people think about reparations, they immediately think about
people who've been dead for 100 years.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
In 2016, the United Nations' Working Group of Experts on People of
African Descent
[http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Racism/WGAfricanDescent/Pages/WGEPADIndex.aspx],
which includes leading human rights lawyers from around the world,
presented its case in support of reparations. "In particular, the
legacy of colonial history, enslavement, racial subordination and
segregation, racial terrorism and racial inequality in the United
States remains a serious challenge, as there has been no real
commitment to reparations and to truth and reconciliation for people
of African descent," the report stated. "Contemporary police killings
and the trauma that they create are reminiscent of the past racial
terror of lynching."
Even with the recognition of historic harms based on reparations, U.S.
political support for reparations is extremely lacked. In PBS article
titled “Millennials may eventually shift public opinion on slavery
reparations,”
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/millennials-may-eventually-shift-public-opinion-on-slavery-reparations]
the agency released Marist Poll which stated: 68 percent of Americans
say that reparations should not be paid to descendants of slaves,
according to the poll. Among the races polled, 81 percent of white
Americans said no to reparations for slave descendants, the highest
number among all races. However, support among Millenials is around
40%, showing increased support over time.
Every year since 1989, the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals
for African-Americans Act has been submitted to the US Congress, which
calls for comprehensive research into the nature and financial impact
of African enslavement as well as the ills inflicted on black people
during the Jim Crow era. Every year, the bill fails.
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