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Where Is My Land is a Black-founded, Black-led organization formed to help Black families and descendants secure restitution for the loss of land, liberty, and wealth. If you are asking why our mission is focused on Black people — reflect on your motives for such questions. Through our work, we are creating opportunities for everyone to learn about various claims to land in this country that have been suppressed and ignored. What we are not going to do is indulge in "whataboutism" and other tactics meant to divide and conquer. We reject all attempts to alienate us from other groups that have been victims of the same injustice, inequity, and disparate treatment. We stand in solidarity with others seeking restorative justice from the same systems and unfair practices. WIML is part of a growing community of organizations and partners working toward reparative justice. Several of our partners center Indigenous land claims, and we exist in support of each other — not in competition. We respect other groups’ decisions to focus their limited resources and efforts on their own communities and recognize that the purpose of those decisions is not to be exclusionary of other communities. We demand the same respect and recognition of our mission. And please stop asking Black people to put everybody else's needs, concerns, and feelings before our own. #blacklandback #whereismyland #reparationsnow #reparativejustice

So many seem to either not know, or forget, about #BlackWallStreet. One of the most impactful teachings of my MBA education was my finance class. “Compounding”, as it relates to interest, wasn’t new to me, but the repetitive application of it forced me to really understand it’s long term impact, and that life itself is an act of compounding; from your relationship with your significant other, to your ascension in your career. When we revisit the Tulsa Massacre, it leaves me to question what would compounding have produced in the last 103yrs if our grandparents and great grandparents had the opportunity for “Black Wallstreets” across the country. My father (71) who became the neighborhood electrician, told me about not being able to get into the electrical trade as a young Black guy from the Southside of Chicago because “those white boys wouldn’t sponsor Blacks”. My mother (76) told me about a particular day of being chased home from Lindbloom HS by a group of white men, utterly terrified. She also told me the only reason my grandfather was able to drive a bus was because he was fair skinned enough to pass for white and that he didn’t “look” Black. The stories of our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents doesn’t mean that Black folks in America NEVER EVER had opportunities, or that white Americans NEVER opened any doors for us. We know that’s not true. But when you think about compounding in life, what did compounding produce for my fellow Americans who freely went to institutions of higher learning, purchased homes, started businesses, invested in businesses, bought land etc? The anti discrimination laws in housing, employment, and education came into existence for a reason. What do you think that reason was? Highlighting America’s dark history isn’t about being a “victim”. I have three degrees and speak two languages, ain’t nothing “victim” about me, (yes I said ain’t). But I’ve witnessed firsthand the luxuries compounding has granted non Black Americans, like receiving hefty down payments on their homes from their parents and grandparents, or debt free college education. My student loan balance would make your jaw hit the floor and knock your teeth out. Young, educated and over qualified, Black men, women, and nonbinary folks across the country don’t want a handout, we just want an opportunity to “compound”. You’d be misguided to think racial biases, and racial hierarchy is not alive and well in 2024. America used us to build a mansion, and then told us to sleep outside.

Reparations: The Unspoken Truth of America's Stolen Wealth Discover the hidden history of wealth theft and its impact on the black community in America. This powerful discussion sheds light on the need for reparations and challenges outdated narratives. #ReparationsMovement #WealthInequality #StolenLegacy #BlackWealthMatters #HiddenHistory #ReparationsNow #JusticeForBlackCommunity #EndWealthTheft #HistoryRevealed #ChangeTheNarrative

Check out the latest post to the BRCA blog, honoring Black activists who helped shape Community Action Agencies (CAAs). #communityaction #communityaction60 #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365

As a Minority Business, we plan on making big plans to help drive Black Wealth and support the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. What are you doing in your community? #BlackWealthAgenda

In the words of Queen Beyonce of The BeyGOOD Foundation, "America, we have a problem." I'm annoyed and frustrated that as I flow into celebrating Black History this month, I am reminded that sometimes for every two steps we take forward, there is someone or something to push us back. Special interest groups are trying to prevent access to capital to a population that has historically received less than 1% of investment capital (check stats) - Black women. We have seen this movie before, late last year with the lawsuit against Hello Alice, a privately owned company that should be able to invest funds however they want. My mission is to help 10K business owners - particularly women - grow financially healthy businesses, so they can choreograph the lives they want. I do that by providing financial education, tools and financial consulting services. When I heard the news last week that the Fearless Fund came under questioning over a DEI lawsuit, I was reminded that no matter what others try to do, they can't control our will to achieve nor our knowledge. Financial literacy and empowerment is so critical to our ability as Black women business owners to scale and build wealth, no matter what the haters say, or the powers that be try to do. . . #womeninbusiness #smallbusiness #finance #financialeducation LinkedIn

The insult and injustice of the nation never reconciling centuries of debt and restitution owed goes beyond the impairment and indignity accrued and compounded through the years, and further aggravated and exacerbated by any redress given to others. The one most egregious to me is The Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862, which issued reparations to thousands of white slave owners as property compensation for freed --- lost slaves. Even members of Lincoln’s administration were recipients. But this issue is so much more than the just accounting for generations of bondage, for it is an issue of rectifying the ongoing wrongs of ever-present ills, and dismantling the intentional infrastructure of socially engineered disparities.

Republicans Unite: Engaging Black Churches for Change In this video, I discuss my unique experience as the only Republican invited to engage with predominantly black churches. It’s time for all parties to come together for prophetic engagement and support our communities better. #RepublicanEngagement #BlackChurches #CommunityChange #PoliticalUnity #FaithBasedAction #DiversityInPolitics #ChurchLeadership #PropheticEngagement #InclusivePolitics #StrongerTogether

What does it mean to practice REVOLUTIONARY BLACK GRACE?   We find ways back to one another, to see one another, to work with another, to be shaped by one another as global Black community even as we honor our particular Blackness from the worlds that shaped, taught, raised, loved and bruised us. We find ways back to another. It’s not magic, it’s a healing practice. This is EMOTIONAL JUSTICE.   EMOTIONAL JUSTICE: A Roadmap to Racial Healing breaks it all the way down. Buy the book via this link: https://lnkd.in/drekAV4P. #EmotionalJustice #EJInnerCircle #BuyTheBookGiftTheBook. Esther Armah

February is #BlackHistoryMonth, an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Over the next few weeks, stay tuned as we spotlight the stories of NCIP's Black exonerees and their contributions to our community. Fast facts about Black Americans and #WrongfulConviction: ▪️There are 1,838 Black exonerees nationwide. (Source: The National Registry of Exonerations) ▪️Innocent Black people spend 45% longer in prison than innocent white people. (Source: Innocence Project) ▪️41% of people exonerated from death row are Black. (Source: Death Penalty Information Center)