NYS Community Commission on Reparations Remedies

09/24/2026

Tomorrow, join The Africa Initiative & PACCNY at the Dunbar Center in Syracuse for "From Durban to Now," a symposium marking 25 years since the World Conference Against Racism. It traces the path from Durban to the NYS Community Commission on Reparations Remedies and today's work toward reparative justice. Scan the flyer's QR code to register!

Friday, Sept 25
12:30-6:30 PM
📍Dunbar Center, 1453 S. State St. Syracuse, NY 13205

09/01/2026

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies (NYSCCRR) is at the Pan-African Village at The Great New York State Fair in Syracuse!

Stop by our booth to learn more about the Commission’s work, ask questions, and find out how you can share your voice as part of this statewide process.

We’re grateful for the conversations we’ve had with New Yorkers at the Fair and look forward to connecting with more of you.

📍 Pan-African Village, New York State Fair
📅 Through September 7

07/28/2026

Congratulations to Commissioner Timothy Hogues on yesterday's presentation at 'Understanding Reparative Justice: Legal Perspectives from the New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies.'

Thank you to the New York State Unified Court System’s Office for Justice Initiatives and Deputy Chief Administrative Judge Edwina G. Richardson, as well as the NYS Bar Association for bringing together legal professionals for this important discussion.

07/26/2026

Attorneys, judges, and legal professionals are invited to join Commissioner Timothy Hogues for Understanding Repair, a conversation on the legal perspectives of reparations in New York. Register today and earn 1.0 CLE Credit (Diversity, Inclusion & Bias).

Learn more about the event here: https://lnkd.in/eE88U4KW

07/09/2026

The New York Civil Liberties Union recently published a one-pager, Making Reparations a Reality in New York, with background information on reparations in New York and ways New Yorkers can get involved in the public process.

Learn more and explore the resource:

Jun 12, 2026 One Pagers Making Reparations a Reality in New York Racial Justice Share: In December 2023, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill making New York the second state in the nation to formally commit to studying reparations. Reparations are amends for a documented wrong. They are not a new or...

06/26/2026

Stay informed as the Commission continues its work.

The NYSCCRR Business Meeting will be livestreamed today from 3:00–5:00 PM ET.

Register to watch: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iK4uQvIoT_W5STfz6ytx5A #/registration

06/19/2026

This Juneteenth, honor the past by helping shape the future.

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies is still collecting testimony from New Yorkers across the state. Your experiences, ideas, and proposals can be added permanently to the public record and help inform the Commission's final report.

You have the chance to be part of something historic.

Be part of the democratic process. Add your voice.

Submit testimony: ny.gov/reparations.

06/19/2026

This Juneteenth weekend, members of the NYSCCRR will participate in various events in Brooklyn and New Rochelle to celebrate the significance of Juneteenth.

Event details:

📍 Friday, June 19:
- TLPC Juneteenth Celebration, Glen Island Park, New Rochelle (12 PM–6 PM) – Attendees: Commissioners Linda Tarrant-Reid and Deborah D. Jenkins.

- Djbiglou Brooklyn, United by Sound 3rd Annual Juneteenth Barbecue, Highland Park, Brooklyn (12 PM–7 PM) – Attendee: Commission Chair Dr. Seanelle Hawkins.

📍 Saturday, June 20:
- BLIS Collective's Reclamation Day: A Reunion of Hope, Wythe Hotel Theater, Brooklyn (12 PM–11:30 PM) – Film screening and panel discussion with Commission Chair Dr. Seanelle Hawkins and Commissioner Lurie Daniel Favors.
More info: bliscollective.org/reclamation-day

06/18/2026

Some histories are remembered. Others are buried. What happens when communities work to bring them back into view?

NYSCCRR Chair Dr. Seanelle Hawkins and Commissioner Lurie Daniel Favors will participate in a panel discussion at Reclamation Day: A Reunion of Hope, following a screening of 'Reparations Now: Inside the Movement to Repair America's Past'.


📅 Saturday, June 20
📍 Wythe Hotel Theater, Brooklyn

Event registration: https://www.bliscollective.org/reclamation-day

🎟️ Please note: Tickets for film screening and panel are separate from general admission to Reclamation Day. See the event page for details and registration.

On Saturday, 25 Kent Ave will kick off a new national ritual: Reclamation Day. The festivities, held in Brooklyn, will be grounded in Black and Indigenous narratives of joy and resilience, blending art, performance, and movement-building, with over 50 other artists, organizers, and cultural leaders. Reclamation Day, also dubbed a Reunion of Hope, will serve as a counter-commemoration to the nation’s 250th anniversary, occurring one day after Juneteenth. It seeks to tell a truer story of the nation’s semiquincentennial—a part of a larger mass movement to reclaim and reframe the story of America—through the lens of its organizer, the BLIS Collective.

BLIS stands for “Black Liberation, Indigenous Sovereignty,” and the New York City–based Collective is dedicated to building narrative and solidarity infrastructure across movements while growing the cultural and strategic power necessary to pass bold policy.

The festival will comprise three zones—Reclaim, Repair, Reimagine—each asking a grounding question. To reclaim, what does it mean to have our communities preserved, protected, and passed down in spite of colonization, slavery, erasure, and capitalism? To repair, what does it mean for us to stay in relationship with each other when harm is ongoing and unresolved? And to reimagine, what futures might we conceive if we treated hope as a discipline? Read more from Fatima B. Jalloh: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-liberation-indigenous-sovereignty-reclamation-day/