Why Reparations? Why Northampton? Why Now? – A panel discussion hosted by the Northampton Reparations Committee will address these questions and the resolution to the City Council. The committee, a group of local citizens, believes reparations to Black residents are long overdue. They have circulated a petition garnering over 400 signatures and developed a resolution describing the historical harms experienced by Black residents of Northampton. The committee will give an overview of its work followed by the panel discussion.

Speakers from the Northampton Reparations Committee:

• Sarah Lynn Patterson
• Tom Weiner

Panelists include:

• Rev. Andrea Ayvazian - Founder and Director of the Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership, and Associate Pastor of the Alden Baptist Church
• Ousmane Power-Greene - Program Director of Africana Studies, Associate Professor of History, Clark University, and acclaimed author of The Confessions of Matthew Strong
• Dan Cannity - co-chair of the Police-Review Commission of Northampton and Lead Instructional Designer & Faculty Support at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Faciliated by Sara Weinberger.

Questions will be answered toward the end of the program. More information about this initiative and a link to sign the petition are on the committee's website: northamptonreparations.com.

Register to attend this Zoom program.