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Sep 18 7 tweets 4 min read
Starting with @DrWeber4CA:

"I am the great grand-daughter of those who were enslaved in the 1850s." Dr. Shirley Weber, Californ...
"Why have we never received reparations?"

"I have come to the conclusion: It is because people have never felt we deserved it."
— @DrWeber4CA
"I did not ask for permission ... I am old enough to know better. I did what I had to do to get the bill out and get the task force formed."
— @DrWeber4CA (talking about #AB3121)
"My task and my hope is that we will have an endowed fund to deal with #reparations in California."
—  @DrWeber4CA, author of #AB3121 (the bill creating California's Reparations Task Force)
Dr. Theopia Jackson:

"You can't make someone treat you humane ... how do you ensure the humanity of those around you?"

Dr. Theopia Jackson also spoke to the state #reparations task force in January:
"We've got data, we have narrative ... what we need now is political will."

—Eric McDonnell, Committee Chair of African American Reparations Advisory Committee is now up. His remarks include song and clear passion.

More on SF:
sf.gov/public-body/af…

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Sep 12
Spent a while working on a story about the history of Allensworth and Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park...

Here's a lil 🧵 on the background + images that didn't make it into the final story.

It started with listening to California's #reparations task force #CRTF🛤️
Last October @terrancedean provided expert testimony to the task force. He talked about Allensworth.

"In essence, it was a shining example of Black self-sufficiency and prosperity," he said.

Full testimony here:
Then I kept hearing state Sen. @SteveBradford mention Allensworth. And I was wondering... what is the deal?

I dug into some history.
Read 17 tweets
Jan 28
Grab your coffee ☕️ and your water (let's stay hydrated!).

California's Task Force on #Reparations #AB3121 is starting!

Beginning with public comment followed by a panel on mental health.

Tips on how to participate can be found here:
kqed.org/news/11898258/…
Here's the link to log in: primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event…

And here's today's agenda:
oag.ca.gov/system/files/m…
As per usual, we're beginning with public comment from now until 10:05

*If you want to participate in public comment login via BlueJeans and use the raise hand function.
Read 10 tweets
Jan 27
#AB3121 Starting the CA Reparations panel on public health now:

Dr. Carolyn Roberts
Dr. Tina Sacks @tinakim
Brett Andrews
Melissa Jones

[page 54 of the massive pdf doc] Image of Carolyn Roberts speaking via video to California St
Dr. Tina Sacks @tinakim is up next.

Some context on her work:
news.berkeley.edu/2019/01/18/inv…
Dr. Sacks will be going over health inequities among Black Californians, slavery and anti-Blackness and what repair might look like:
Read 10 tweets
Jan 27
#AB3121 CA Reparations Task Force is Back for the afternoon session.

Now:
Discussion Item — Community of Eligibility with Shirley Weber @DrWeber4CA, CA’s Secretary of State

1:30 panel on health w/
Carolyn Roberts
Tina Sacks
Cassondra Marshall
Brett Andrews
Melissa Jones
Chair @KamilahVMoore asks @DrWeber4CA to talk about her intent with the bill Weber authored (#AB3121)
"There was no hiding place from slavery in this nation... if slavery was pervasive here [in California], there needs to be a national effort."
— @DrWeber4CA
Read 6 tweets
Jan 27
New 🧵:
#AB3121 CA's Task Force on Reparations panel on Discrimination in Technology begins now.

Yeshimabeit Milner, ED of @Data4BlackLives

@VinhcentLe + Debra Gore-Mann, from @Greenlining

Dr. @safiyanoble, founder EquityEngine.org also a #MacFellow
First up:

Yeshimabeit Milner, ED of @Data4BlackLives

"The very first time I heard the term 'at-risk' was in fourth grade..."
Milner: When it comes to algorithms, history & values are what influence outputs.
Read 20 tweets
Jan 27
California Reparations Task Force #AB3121 meets again today (and tomorrow!)

Today's morning agenda:
9:05 Public Comment
10:10 Panel on Discrimination in Technology

Some tips on how to participate can be found here (from December, @KQEDnews)
kqed.org/news/11898258/…
❓Got questions? I'll be following along — and working to provide some additional context and depth to what is being discussed.

Here's today's full agenda:
oag.ca.gov/system/files/m…

And a link to the Bluejeans login:
primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event…
For those of you who are *really* following along, meeting materials pdf has been uploaded to the DOJ website:

(Protip - The pdf is 569 pages so probably don't try to download on your phone 📚)
oag.ca.gov/system/files/m…
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