The Reparations Project’s first educational initiative —
Social Justice Scholars — supports 11 HBCU students at
Spelman, Morehouse, and Clark Atlanta in their work
toward creating a platform for social change that is
undergirded by an anti-racist framework.
Quarterman & Keller Social Justice Scholars engage in social justice engagements and activities supported by the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center established at Spelman College under the auspices of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. The Center is directed and managed by the Director of the Social Justice Program, Dr. Cynthia Spence.
Black Education
The Quarterman & Keller Social Justice Scholars program with Spelman College, Morehouse, and Clark Atlanta supports HBCU scholars as they work toward change.
Among other things, scholars in the program will engage in oral history work and work surrounding descendant families and healing, including an oral history of the Quarterman family, in Port Wentworth and Savannah.
Black Education
The Quarterman & Keller Social Justice Scholars program with Spelman College, Morehouse, and Clark Atlanta supports HBCU scholars as they work toward change.
Among other things, scholars in the program will engage in oral history work and work surrounding descendant families and healing, including an oral history of the Quarterman family, in Port Wentworth and Savannah.
Black Land
Heirs Property
We continue to work to clear title on the Quarterman reparations land and to fight against condemnation of the land by eminent domain with our team of incredible pro bono attorneys in Georgia (Sarah Jurkiewicz, Giovanna Soto, Michael Tyler, and others at Kilpatrick and Townsend) and in California (Katy Basile and DJ Cespedes at Reed Smith LLP).
Auction Sales
The Reparations Project seeks to help prevent Black land loss where the needs are greatest in Beaufort County, SC and Chatham County, GA. We are currently collaborating with The Pan-African Family Empowerment & Land Preservation Network to provide funding to redeem properties for Gullah Geechee families on Hilton Head Island, just outside of Savannah, GA.
Narratives
We believe truth telling and authentic relationships are key to our nation’s healing and repair. We hope that our story will inspire others to interrogate their history and tell their story too. Through Narrative, we amplify descendant-family stories and Black voices. We would love to hear your story too.