Current & Past Projects

Beyond Symbol is a series of public dialogues on how reparations for Black communities can move forward at a local level, and the role of arts and culture within the movement. Each session will include a panel of five co-hosts and a special guest. Made possible with support from Humanities NY. Organized by FABnyc.

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EPISODE 1: Reparations, Culture, and Cities

Guest: Justin Hansford, Executive Director - Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard University, founder U.S. African American Redress Network

How cultural reparations have been implemented in U.S. cities in the Southeast, and their connections, if any, to other reparation measures, as documented by the U.S. African American Redress Network.

EPISODE 2: Culture + Reparations - Organizing Asheville

Guest: Tashia Ethridge and Robert Thomas from the Racial Justice Coalition (@rjcavl) located in Asheville, North Carolina

Hear about how grassroots organizers secured city legislation formalizing a reparations process in Asheville, NC.

EPISODE 3: Reparations in Evanston

Guest: Robin Rue Simmons -- Alderman, Evanston, IL; Director of Innovation and Outreach at Sunshine Enterprises; Chief Strategist at Ujima Solutions Group.

Evanston, IL is set to become the first U.S. city to compensate Black Americans. The first phase of the reparations initiative — funded by tax revenue from the city’s recreational marijuana sales and private donations — is a homeownership assistance program.

EPISODE 4: Reparations & NYC

Guest: Anusha Venkataraman, Executive Director, Racial Justice Commission, City of New York

Join us as we explore how a reparations process can take root in NYC.

Sankofa: Honoring Our Stories celebrates stories of Black residents of South Orange, NJ, from the past and present, to create a meaningful narrative of the impact of Black residents on South Orange.

February 20, 2021

Sankofa Conference: The Art of Healing

Inspired by Eva Woolridge's photo series "The Size of a Grapefruit," that was installed at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, The Art of Healing seeks to offer an inclusive, safe, and engaging space to examine and give voice to the disparities, medical negligence, and micro-aggressions that exist for Black Women in their reproductive experiences that are often left unspoken and unaddressed.

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Sankofa 2020

"What is Due? A Case for Reparations"

Here we will explore how leaders, artists and organizations in communities of color are organizing around this important topic. As a national conversation about reparations takes root, we will gather a panel of experts to unpack the notion of reparations broadly, examine various forms that reparations might take, and look at concrete examples happening today.