RepGen Supports Reparations Now Resolution RepGen endorsed and supported the Reparations Now Resolution, introduced in May by U.S. Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA). The resolution calls for federal reparations for the descendants of enslaved Black people. “As a descendant of my enslaved ancestors, I am deeply humbled to reintroduce the Reparations Now Resolution,” Rep. Lee said...

Announcing HORT 3.0 We are thrilled to announce that the third iteration of our Home Ownership Reparative Transfer program will be launching in late summer or early fall. Our HORT program both addresses America’s racial wealth gap and generates a sense of stability, place and belonging for recipients. HORT provides one-time $25,000 Reparative Transfers and...

ED Christian Harris speaks at Blackroots Alliance event RepGen Executive Director Christian Harris spoke at the Blackroots Alliance’s Community Conversation: Road to Reparations event on May 10 joining revered leaders and trailblazers working at the vanguard of reparations efforts across the state of Illinois and city of Chicago. The event was both a conversation and...

I hope that you had a happy and reflective Juneteenth.  I spent Juneteenth with my family and found myself reflecting on my oldest known ancestor, Fountain Blackwell, born in 1807 and enslaved, as well as my ancestors who were, in fact, enslavers. It has taken me a while to admit that they, the enslavers, are...