Just Conversations | Voices from New York State’s Reparations Commission

Join Brooklyn Org and the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library on Wednesday, February 19th for a conversation on the NY State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, and their work to examine the legacy of slavery, subsequent discrimination against people of African descent, and the impact these forces continue to have in the present day.

You’ll hear from two of the nine commissioners, Lurie Daniel Favors, civil rights attorney and advocate for racial justice, and Darrick Hamilton, economist and scholar in racial equity, along with State Senator James Sanders, a co-sponsor and key advocate for this legislation. The panel, the second in our Just Conversations series on reparations, will discuss the commission’s work, its policy implications, and the potential for meaningful change in New York’s reparations efforts. Aria Florent, CEO of Liberation Ventures, moderates.