Freedmen News

A simple comment said everything: “Help those people losing their houses like in New York…” That’s not just a comment. That’s a warning. Because what’s happening in New York… is happening in Chicago. In the South. In cities and neighborhoods across the country. And most people don’t even realize it until it’s too late. The Reality: Homes Are Being Taken, Not Sold This is not foreclosure. This is not someone choosing to sell. This is deed theft. Forged signatures Fraudulent tr

Amount Raise: $625 Bright-Grips Pliers Available: 90 The Freedmen Reparations Fund Trust is currently raising $10,000 this week to support ongoing institutional work and initiatives being carried out through the Trust. Community support allows the Trust to move forward independently while maintaining the structure and integrity of our institutional mission. This fundraising effort helps strengthen the infrastructure necessary for continued advocacy, institutional development,

Moving Beyond Recognition to Structure, Control, and Enforcement In conversations around reparations, identity, and historical justice, one idea continues to surface: the belief that progress requires federal recognition or the recreation of government programs like the Freedmen’s Bureau. At first glance, that approach sounds logical. If the harm was national, shouldn’t the solution come from the federal government? But that assumption is exactly where most efforts lose power