National Symposium for State & Local Reparations

"Making Reparations Common Sense and Common Place" - Conference bag and imagery from First Repair organization based in Evanston, IL.

Live Tool Kit Implementing Municipal Reparations, featuring Tasheik Kerr, Audrey Thompson, Carmen Francelino, and Kimberly Richardson.

Panelists speaking with Robin Rue Simmons at the National Symposium for State and Local Reparations.

Panelists speaking at the National Symposium for State and Local Reparations 2024.

Attendees seated at the National Symposium for State and Local Reparations 2024.


Attendees on entrance stairs at the National Symposium for State and Local Reparations 2024.

Attendees watching a panel discussion at the National Symposium for State and Local Reparations 2024.


"Agitate Educate Organize" sign from First Repair and BLIS Collective at the National Symposium for State and Local Reparations , based on their co-published song about reparations.



National Symposium for State and Local Reparations #SolutionsOnly event backdrop 2024.

First Repair sign featuring a photo of founder Robin Rue Simmons and documenting the work of the organization in Evanston, IL.

Evanston, Illinois sign documenting the historic role of Evanston in the reparations movement and featuring an image from the documentary titled, The Big Pay Back.


Poster featuring information about the reparations movement and Task Force in Kansas City, Missouri.

Image featuring the historic role of the California Reparations Task Force, the "first in the nation" state task force for reparations.

Image honoring Attorney Nkechi Taifa, winner of the Legacy Award - long time reparations activist, founder of the Reparation Education Project, founder of the Taifa Group, and founding member of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America.



Presentation slide featuring "Reconstruction" and quoting Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discussing the history behind the 14th amendment.

Slide reviewing 14th Amendment Jurisprudence