Briefing: For Such a Time as This: Reparations in New Jersey with Jean-Pierre Brutus and Assatta Mann

February's Briefing will be For Such a Time as This: Reparations in New Jersey with Jean-Pierre Brutus and Assatta Mann. Please join us on Thursday, February 26 from 2:30 - 4:00pm on Zoom for a 1.5 hour Briefing.

Join us for a briefing with the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice on the growing movement for reparations in New Jersey. This session will provide an overview of the New Jersey Reparations Council and its groundbreaking report, For Such a Time as This: The Nowness of Reparations for Black People in New Jersey. Together, we’ll uncover New Jersey’s enduring legacy of slavery and its history as the “slave state of the North,”  and explore what repair might look like in this moment. We’ll also dive into the current landscape for reparations in NJ and across the country, highlight advocacy organizing efforts underway, and discuss concrete ways to get involved in advancing this work.

About Jean-Pierre Brutus, Esq., Ph.D:
Jean-Pierre Brutus is a senior counsel in the Economic Justice Program at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.

He leads the Institute’s reparations advocacy. He was a member of the Reparations Narrative Lab and represented the Institute as a community fellow on the Rutgers- Newark Crafting Democratic Futures Project on community dialogues on reparations.

Prior to joining the Institute, Jean-Pierre worked at Legal Services NYC, where he represented Bronx tenants facing eviction as part of New York City’s right to counsel program. Jean-Pierre is a graduate of Georgetown University. He earned his PhD in African American Studies and JD from Northwestern University.

About Assatta Mann:
Assatta Mann-Colon is the Community Organizing Manager at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice.

Prior to joining the Institute, Assatta worked at the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, where she organized members, trained grassroots leaders, ran advocacy campaigns, and built coalitions. Before that, Assatta volunteered and worked on electoral campaigns around New Jersey, where she led volunteer teams and managed voter turnout programs.

Assatta is a New Jersey native and a graduate of Rutgers University – Newark, where she earned a B.A. in Political Science.

We face crises on multiple fronts on a daily basis, leaving little time for delving into the nuances of how systems-level issues affect our daily lives.  Gathering Ground’s quarterly Briefings meet the moment by providing trusted, equity-focused perspectives on the biggest issues of our time.Register now for the session on Thursday, February 26 from 2:30pm-4:00pm on ZOOM.

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