By Tadi Abedje The announcement comes at a time when the intuitions and communities across America are looking to make amends for over 400 years of slavery, discrimination and the past wrongs during its current racial reckoning. Recently, a plan was proposed by town finance officials that would put $210,000 in the reparations account when free cash is approved of. RELATED: House committee votes to advance bill to study reparations Michele Miller, who was one of the co-founders of the Reparations for Amherst, said to the Daily Hampshire Gazette that the reparations fund is a starting point for equity. According to the Reparation for Amherst website, the grassroots organization is “specifically focused on reparations […]
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