REPARATIONS WORKSHOP: St. James A.M.E. Zion Church

Representative John Conyers is sponsoring HB 40, a bill asking for a committee to study reparations for the harm done to families enslaved in the United State. To understand more about the bill, attend the Reparations Workshop
sponsored by our neighbor, St. James A.M.E. Church:
Sunday, Feb. 28, 3:00 pm
St. James A.M.E. Zion Church
825 Monte Diablo Ave., San Mateo

Details on HB 40 here:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/40

From Senator John Conyers, Jr. website:

“If you check out the list of “key issues” on his web site, you’ll find a topic you’re unlikely to find on any other congressional web site: reparations. In every session since 1989 he has introduced a bill, HR 40, which would create a commission to study and recommend remedies for the impacts of slavery on today’s African-Americans.

“Civil rights icon Julian Bond paid tribute to Conyers at the Washington celebration, pointing out that ‘The number of people who support reparations today is small, but it was larger this year than last year and it will be larger next year than this year. And John Conyers will be around long enough to be there when they sign it into law.”

“Activist and actor Danny Glover also chimed in, pointing out that the call for reparations is taking off in Brazil and other former slave-holding nations around the world. ‘John Conyers is always on the right side of history,’ Glover said.”