Join us for a powerful panel conversation featuring Black Detroit organizers, storytellers, and civic leaders examining the role of community memory in the movement for reparations. This discussion connects the work of the Detroit Reparations Task Force and the Sankofa Community Research Project, two community-led initiatives advocating for reparations for Black Detroiters, highlighting Detroit’s long legacy of community-led reparations advocacy.
Rooted in the principle of Sankofa—“go back and get it”—together, panelists will explore how community research, storytelling, and archival practices serve as tools for truth-telling, repair, and the reimagining of Black futures in Detroit. As we reflect on the connections between memory work and reparations, this event invites participants to consider how reclaiming and preserving our stories is essential to building a more just and liberated future.