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Champaign-Urbana Reparations Coalition seeks reparations for African American people. Our goal is to address the historic and ongoing harms caused by systemic racism and discrimination and to work towards creating a more just and equitable society for all. Join us in our mission to advocate for reparations and push for real change.

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Our current efforts include work toward the establishment and funding of a Champaign County Reparations Commission for African Americans, which will study the need for reparations and bring recommendations for action to public governing bodies and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. We propose an 11-person Commission, with at least 51 percent of its seats filled by community members, to ensure that the leadership and recommendations authentically represent African American residents of Champaign County. The city of Urbana and the Champaign County Board have already committed funds to this effort.

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See Our Memorandum about Proposed Local Legislation:

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