HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/01/2022 Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation CommissionAd Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission Agenda
Thursday, September 1, 2022, 7 PM
Emma J. Harvat Hall
City Hall
410 E. Washington Street
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Meeting Agenda:
1. CALLTOORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. READING OF LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
4. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES FROM AUGUST4, 2022
5. PUBLIC COMMENT OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA (TRC MEMBERS SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN
DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC CONCERNING SAID ITEMS)
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7. BRANDING, ENGAGING, AND OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY
8. NEXT MEETING SEPTEMBER 15 AT 7 PM
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COMMISSIONERS/STAFF (TRC MEMBERS SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN
DISCUSSION WITH ONE ANOTHER CONCERNING SAID ANNOUNCEMENTS)
10. ADJOURNMENT
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the Equity Director, Stefanie Bowers, at 319-356.5022 or at stefanie-bowers@iowa-city.org. Early
requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your accessibility needs.
Native American land Acknowledgement
Prepared for the City of Iowa City's Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Human
Rights Commission
PURPOSE
Iowa City owes its existence to the many Indigenous Peoples who were the original stewards of this land
and who were subjected to manipulation and violence by non-native settlers, invaders, and governments
in order to make this moment possible. Acknowledgement of this truth is central to our work toward
reconciliation across all barriers of difference and injustice. Starting with a Native American Land
Acknowledgement, this Commission will bear witness to the legacies of violent displacement, migration,
and settlement that have marginalized those who were the first inhabitants of this land. We must also
address the mistreatment and exclusion that Native Americans continue to face today. The Ad Hoc Truth
and Reconciliation Commission and the Human Rights Commission encourage the community and City of
Iowa City to join us in these efforts through the use of a Native American Land Acknowledgement.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
To be read at all public meetings and events:
"We meet today in the community of Iowa City, which now occupies the homelands of
Native American Nations to whom we owe our commitment and dedication. The area of
Iowa City was within the homelands of the Iowa, Meskwaki, and Sauk, and because
history is complex and time goes far back beyond memory, we also acknowledge the
ancient connections of many other Indigenous Peoples here. The history of broken
treaties and forced removal that dispossessed Indigenous Peoples of their homelands
was and is an act of colonization and genocide that we can not erase. We implore the
Iowa City community to commit to understanding and addressing these injustices as we
work toward equity, restoration, and reparations."
LEARN MORE
Native Governance Center Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
US Department of Arts and Culture: Honor Native Land Virtual Resources and Guide
Meskwaki Nation - History
Special thanks to the University of Iowa Native American Council for their work and guidance, as well as
members of the public, for their input.
Agenda Item 4
August 4, 2022
Draft Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Minutes
Emma J. Harvat Hall, City Hall
Commissioners present: Mohamed Traore, Chastity Dillard, Clif Johnson, Eric Harris, Sikowis
(Christine Nobiss) (via Zoom), Daphney Daniel, I(evo Rivera, Wangui Gathua.
Members not present: Amel Ali.
Staff present: Stefanie Bowers.
Community members who spoke at meeting: Annie Tucker, Felicia Pieper, Larry Schooler, V.
Fixmer-Oraiz, Noah, Ned, Royceann Porter, Billie Townsend, Orville Townsend, T'Shailyn
Harrington.
Recommendations to City Council: No.
Meeting called to order: 7:06.
Reading of Land Acknowledgement: Dillard read the Land Acknowledgement
Approval of Minutes from July 21, 2022: Rivera moved, and Gathua seconded.
Motion passed 7-0. (Sikowis not present for the vote).
Public Comment of Items not on the Agenda: Noah mentioned a recent lawsuit that was filed
against the City by a female firefighter. Ned requested for the City to pay someone to create
transcripts of the meetings.
Follow Up on Joint Work Session with the City Council: Fixmer-Oraiz and Schooler provided an
update: the team is working on modifying the budget to make it more locally based so that the
driving forces are local. Tucker sought any feedback from Commissioners on specific things within
the draft that should be integrated or changed.
Traore will take the lead on redistributing the list of organizations that the Commission had
previously created that were agreeable to working with the TRC on their mission.
Ways the TRC Commissioners Can Support One Another: TRC members discussed what
restorative justice looks like, what rules were violated, and how to involve those victimized and
those offending.
TRC Leadership: Pieper noted that intergenerational issues are the hardest to tackle but that a
restorative justice process should be considered.
Billie and Orville Townsend spoke on comments by Ali as a part of a recent podcast. B. Townsend
asked the TRC to ask Ali to put the podcast episodes back up so that all can hear them. B.
Townsend noted that 75% of Black Voices Project (BVP) members identify as white which is
consistent with the racial demographics of Iowa City and that anyone can join BVP regardless of
race.
O. Townsend has not met Ali and has never said the remarks about Emmet Till that Ali has
attributed to him. Harrington spoke on her very brief experience and feelings as chair of the TRC
prior to being voted out. Harrington believes in the core work of the TRC but that distractions
made hurdles hard to avoid. Ned would like for TRC members to provide a synopsis of each
agenda item prior to their discussion. Noah requested that no decision be made without Ali
present.
Porter spoke on a note received at her home when she returned from a trip about a podcast
series where Ali called her and other members of BVP "coons'. Porter asked if the remarks on the
podcast weren't so bad, why were they taken down?
Some commissioners discussed how they could evaluate the TRC leadership without hearing the
full audio of the podcasts. Without hearing the podcast episodes, the TRC would be deciding on
hearsay. Other Commissioners feel that they could decide despite not hearing all the audio.
Commission protocol also was mentioned in terms of responsibility, respect, professionalism,
resolving conflicts, and attendance. The TRC needs to build bridges and not burn them, make
better choices moving forward, and move forward on the same page. Members of the TRC plan
on attending and participating in an upcoming BVP meeting.
Traore moved to suspend the title of the chair for the TRC, and Nobiss seconded the motion. The
motion passed 7-0. (Dillard abstained).
Discussion on a proclamation led by Commissioner Nobiss for Missing & Murdered Indigenous
Women led by Commissioner Nobiss: The proclamation for Missing & Murdered Indigenous
Women by the City of Sioux City was presented. Staff went over the process for submitting a
proclamation to the City Council. Rivera and Nobiss will work on adding more detail to the
proclamation.
The American Rescue Plan Act Funds, the Johnson County Direct Assistance Program, and
Excluded Workers: Oliver and Noah spoke in support of the Excluded Workers.
Commission Announcements: Daniels announced her plans to resign from the TRC. Daniels cited
health as the reason.
Adjourned: 9:56 PM.
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Agenda Item 6
Proposal Summary
This proposal is actually a set of five proposals from five different groups: Think Peace,
Kearns and West along with a locally -based Fact Finding Data Liaison, Three Native Partners,
and the Healing Partners Team (Banjo Knits Empowerment, Astig Planning, and Mediation
Services of Eastern Iowa). In the interest of increasing local involvement, we have recently
moved the Fact Finding Data Liaison position from Kearns and West and created a
locally -based Community Researcher/Fact Finding Data Liaison position who will work closely
with the teams, the TRC and the City. These are all being proposed together after several
months of our groups collaborating and engaging with the TRC, City Council and City staff.
We recognize that the skills and expertise of each group are interdependent and are
necessary components to continue the important work of the TRC per Iowa City Council's
Resolution No. 20-228. Please see the included budget documents and document from Think
Peace for more information about what each group will be doing.
This proposal offers a community -led framework for moving at the speed of trust and
building lasting and authentic relationships throughout the Truth and Reconciliation process.
We seek an organic process that nurtures authenticity within the community while building our
local capacity. Our teams prioritize intentional reflection and evaluation, which will provide
the TRC and community partners an opportunity to improve processes/practices and gain clarity
on the next phase or next steps.
Phased Approach
In order to co -create a framework and process that reflects intentionality, it is important to
include more local partners and to have a phased approach from which to evaluate
progress. We recognize that white culture normalizes and expects processes that are neat and
tidy, and although this is a phased approach, we recognize from the outset that there is a lot of
potential for overlap between phases that can occur and changes that will naturally arise.
We propose a Three -Phased approach that occurs at three, four, and potentially six month
intervals. We understand that the TRC is working as an ad hoc commission that is set to
dissolve on June 30th of 2023. Being mindful of this timeline, we propose a three -phased
approach with evaluative breaks that will help determine the next strategic steps. If we
begin working with the Commission in September of 2022, the second phase will end in
March/April of 2023 and provide the TRC Commission with a few months to reflect on the
findings and recommendations of this process. The third phase is an optional phase that our
team recognizes may be needed once the work of the TRC is underway. It is difficult to directly
identify the duration of each phase, and we want to acknowledge that additional time may be
necessary. We cannot presently identify what additional actions will need to be undertaken.
This third phase may also require an additional extension of the commission's timeline,
particularly as that deadline continues to near. It is our intention that the Commission will then
have what they need to provide a final recommendation(s) to the City Council.
Expectations of the City & TRC Commission Members
In order to co -create a framework and process that reflects intentionality, it is also important to
include suggested expectations of the City's involvement and support functions/tasks, as well as
for TRC members.
City of Iowa City Expectations
In order to coordinate the partner organizations in this proposal and the tasks that they are
responsible for executing in a timely fashion, we recommend the City take on the following
tasks:
• Facilitate Truth and Reconciliation Commission discussions and actions informing,
confirming, and assessing truth -telling, fact-finding and reconciliation processes
o Assist in the creation of meeting agendas, assist in keeping meetings moving
forward in a productive manner and on time.
• Coordinate operations of the four proposals alongside and informed by TRC, Think
Peace, Kearns & West, Healing Partners, and Native Partners (e.g. host regular Team
Meetings —virtual, email updates, and/or in -person);
• Co -Facilitate Strategic Doing and follow-up alongside a Healing Partner (Astig Planning)
to develop a strategic outline and tasks that guide the progress and work of the
Commission;
• Co -Create Restorative Justice Practices with Native and Healing Partners;
• Co -Facilitate Restorative Justice Practices with Native and Healing Partners;
• Facilitate the onboarding of local partners, organizations, other entities that can bring
value to the work as contractors (identified by The Team) as needed;
• Facilitate the identified local partners, organizations, contractors' initial/ongoing
engagement within the Commission's work(e.g. connecting local databases and entities
with data to fact -finding —Kearns and West);
• Coordinate logistics of identified local Truth and Reconciliation activities and events that
are informed and implemented by respective Team members (e.g. Think Peace, Native
Partners, Healing Partners, other local partners, organizations and/or contractors);
• Report progress alongside The Team during evaluation aspects of phased approach (3
months and 4 months);
• Work with The Team, City staff and leadership to further the work of the Commission as
the process unfolds.
*In the interim, the Healing/Reconciliation Partners will lead the coordination of the
organizations until the City integrates identified resources into the larger team (e.g. staff).
TRC Member Expectations
The TRC is a unique City -sanctioned commission. The charges that the TRC are responsible for
include: collecting evidence, testimonies, providing public opportunities for persons impacted by
racial injustice to share stories, create a repository for community stories, facilitate
conversations across various sectors in which People of Color experience discrimination and
injustice. In short, these types of duties are aimed at excavating and reckoning with
community -wide racial injustice and harm that is far beyond any of the other City -sanctioned
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commissions. Furthermore, the TRC is entirely composed of BIPOC community members who
will also have to navigate personal trauma and harm throughout their tenure.
Taking into account the scope of the work ahead of the TRC, our team proposes that each
commission member model self -care and radical love for themselves and for their fellow
colleagues. We invite each commissioner to engage at the level with which they are able
throughout each of the phases, and offer some insight into the avenues that will be available to
them, such as:
• The initial education phase will offer multiple opportunities for each commissioner to
read, watch, and participate in various lectures, programs, and art projects that delve
into the history and genesis of TRCs around the world.
• Educate the public about the TRC process and its significance and universality
• Determine what areas of fact-finding are necessary to support expected findings of the
truth -telling
• The Strategic Doing session will outline an asset -based approach to generating
pathfinder projects linked to the charges of the TRC. An example of this process could
be that commissioners and attendees have the resources in the room to commit to
creating a podcast that follows the Iowa City TRC process. This would be an opportunity
for commissioners to host the podcast, offer to locate community members, generate
music, assist with audio production, etc. The level of engagement is up to each individual
commissioner and what they can offer the group.
• Develop partnerships with local nonprofits and individuals in the community who want to
learn the skills of providing truth -telling opportunities informed by trauma practices, with the
intent of building ongoing capacity in our community.
Our Scope
We have followed the three charges that the TRC was given in Resolution No. 20-228:
Truth -telling, Fact -Finding, and Reconciliation. We have allocated our collaborative efforts to
create teams that correspond to each of these charges. Think Peace will lead the
Truth -Telling Team, Kearns & West will lead the Fact -Finding Team*, and the
Heal ing/Reconciliation Partners will lead the Reconciliation Team. We also see teams as
groups that can be added to/modified, and encourage TRC members, city staff, local partners
and community members to see themselves as part of those teams.
*The Fact -Finding Team will also necessitate the inclusion of a Community Researcher that will
serve as a fact-finding liaison. This locally -based individual will undertake on -the -ground,
fact-finding research.
Ageneral outline:
• Phase One (3 Months)
o Media Education for TRC
o Education (Truth -Telling Team)
■ Daylong Commissioner TRC training
■ Transitional Justice Course Offering
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■ Peer Hub with other Truth Commissions
■ City wide TRC course
■ Coordinating with University department to offer a series of TRC
workshops &, webinars for city
■ Film Screening/TRC film festival and commissioner talks from
Maine TRC, Greensboro TRC and Ferguson Truth Process
o Internal Restorative/Reconciliation Process for TRC chair- TBD
o Iowa Healing/Reconciliation Training & Strategic Planning/Doing Session
(Reconciliation Team)
o Begin Data Collection (Fact -Finding Team)
o Recommendations for moving forward (TRC +AII Teams)
----Presentation to City Council and Progress Evaluation
• Phase Two (4 months)
o Continuation of Fact-finding (Fact-finding Team)
o Public Truth-telling/hearings/private interviews (Truth -Telling Team)
o Hosting Iowa Circles & Strategic Planning/Doing Follow-up
(Reconciliation Team)
o Recommendations for moving forward (TRC +AII Teams)
Presentation to City Council and Progress Evaluation
• Phase Three (6 months and beyond)
o Continuation of Fact-finding (Fact-finding Team)
o Public Truth-telling/hearings/private interviews (Truth -Telling Team)
o Hosting Iowa Circles & Strategic Planning/Doing Follow-up
(Reconciliation Team)
o Recommendations for moving forward (TRC + All Teams)
---Presentation to City Council and Progress Evaluation
First Phase (3 months)
This first phase spans 3 months and focuses on education of different truth and reconciliation
processes, defining fact-finding categories from which to collect data locally, and provides a
Strategic Doing session to focus the work for the second phase. All teams will collaborate with
the TRC and City staff to co -create recommendations for the second phase.
• Think Peace:
Public Educational Training: introduce key elements regarding truth and
reconciliation processes and trauma -informed perspectives. Comparison of truth
commission experiences in the US and abroad.
Facilitated conversation post -training focused on options for next steps: based on
the analysis of the mandate of the Iowa City TRC.
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o Offer guidance on how to structure TRC meetings, fact-finding events and
process, truth -telling events, and reconciliation events
o Restorative Justice process within the commission
o Media training for members of the TRC
o Opening Ceremony/Community-wide Healing Ceremony
o Inclusion of Healing Justice throughout the process
o Create a Peer Hub - people from various commissions can come in and speak to
what their experience has been. Other sources, webpage-resources from ICTJ,
Kearns and West, etc.
• Kearns & West:
o First phase Fact Finding engagement during this phase will focus on facilitating
the commission's design of the fact finding process. The specific process is likely
to evolve throughout the assessment phase with discussion topics that could
include defining fact finding areas and specific hypotheses, identifying a
framework for data acceptability, and identifying data sources.
o Strategic Advisor: Co -advising the commission and local consultant team on
process design. Assuming includes participation in commission calls and
standing consultant team coordinating calls.
o Fact Finding Lead Commission Facilitator: In partnership with the city staff,
design agendas and facilitate commissions discussions informing, confirming,
and assessing the fact finding process.
Community Researcher/Fact Finding Data Liaison: Inform and track data requirements
and any preliminary data collection. Develop a fact finding database. Support
commission in developing materials and documentation as requested.
• Native Partners
o Iowa Healing/Reconciliation Circle Co-creation/Training with
Healing/Reconciliation Partners
■ The creation of an Iowa -specific healing circle tradition is a unique
offering. The group of people involved have already begun meeting to get
to know one another and are making plans to meet in person. Healing
Circles have roots in Indigenous culture and the team will start the
process of co -creation to generate a process that can be authentically
used in Iowa to help heal our people and our land. These Circles will then
be offered at citywide healing ceremonies, truth -telling events, etc. to hold
space for those that need healing.
o Assist in creating recommendations
Healing/Reconciliation Partners
o The interim coordination of all partners will be done by this group until the City
integrates identified resources into the larger team (e.g. staff).
o Iowa Healing/Reconciliation Circle Co-creation/Training with Native Partners
■ Our group will collaborate with the Native Partners and assist with the
creation of healing events.
■ Civil process made sacred- we will incorporate opportunities to host rituals
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o Strategic Doing Session to facilitate coordinated action steps for the TRC
Commission Members
■ Strategic Doing will result in a range of pathfinder projects that are
generated by the people at the session. Our team will:
• Generate the event- location, marketing materials, packet
information, etc.
• Co -create a list of attendees in addition to the public
• Facilitate the process in order to generate pathfinder projects
• Follow up with each group for the duration of the project to ensure
group progress and reporting out
o Assist in creating recommendations
—Presentation to Council & Progress Evaluation—
Second Phase (4 Months)
This second phase spans four months and builds off of the first phase. Truth -telling and
fact-finding will be a significant focus in this phase. All teams will collaborate with the TRC and
City staff to co -create final recommendations that will be sent to the City Council.
• Think Peace
o Focus on truth -telling events, including meetings on
■ Types of public hearings: focused on cases, on types of situation or on
institutions involved
■ Assessment of different models of public hearings according to their
focus: investigative or symbolic
■ Identification of criteria to select and invite participants to the public
hearings
■ Preparation of a protocol for public hearings including roles for the
commissioners, public, press and participants.
• Kearns & West
o Second phase Fact Finding activities will focus in two areas:
■ 1) Advancing data collection, aggregation, and directed -analysis as
defined by the commission; and,
■ 2) facilitating commission discussions to analyze collected information
and develop their findings.
o Strategic Advisor: Engage across the consultant team and with the commission
as appropriate on process iteration. Assumes participation in commission calls
and standing consultant team coordinating calls.
o Fact Finding Lead Facilitator: In partnership with the city staff, design agendas
and facilitate commissions discussions providing fact finding updates, exploring
preliminary and iterative findings, and advancing the commission's development
of findings and recommendations.
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• Community Researcher/ Fact Finding Data Liaison: Inform and track data requirements
and any preliminary data collection. Develop a fact finding database. Support
commission in developing materials and documentation as requested.
• Native Partners
o Iowa Healing/Reconciliation Circle Co-creation/Training with
Healing/Reconciliation Partners
o Assist in creating final recommendations
• Healing/Reconciliation Partners
o Strategic Doing Follow up - Reaching pathfinder projects that build trust and
community capacity.
o Iowa Healing/Reconciliation Circle Co-creation/Training with Native Partners
o Assist in creating final recommendations
---Presentation to Council & Progress Evaluation & Final Recommendations --
Third Phase (6 Months & Beyond)
The third phase is meant to serve as a placeholder for potential additional work that arises in the
preceding months. Our team acknowledges that the TRC has a June 30th deadline for
completing their work, and we want to note that if this contracted work begins in September (it is
August 30th) that would only leave 10 months for the process. We strongly feel as though this is
not enough time, and are including a third phase that will include work that will be clearer after
an evaluation of the second phase.
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Learning and Support Hub
Facilitation proposal for the Iowa City Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Contact persons:
Eduardo Gonzalez
eduardo@thinkpeacehub.org
Jena Kitchen
programs@thinkpeacehub.org
Submitted:
January 31, 2021
REVISED JULY 4
January 31, 2021
Mr. Mohamed Traore
Chairperson —Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Iowa City
Ms. Stefanie Bowers
Equity Director and Human Rights Coordinator— City of Iowa City
Dear Mr. Traore and Ms. Bowers:
I am honored to submit Think Peace's proposal to facilitate the planning, implementation and
evaluation of the public outreach, participation and education activities of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission of Iowa City.
As you know, the members of Think Peace have followed closely the experience of the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission since its inception, and have actively engaged with its members,
the city authorities and the community to provide advice, share experience and encourage a
constructive process, overcoming the challenges that are intrinsic to a reconciliation process.
In doing so, we have put at the service of the commission our experience as truth tellers,
reconcilers and peace builders in the US and abroad: supporting key truth commissions around
the world, including trauma healing as an essential component, and seeking constructive
engagement within divided communities.
We appreciate that the City Council of Iowa City supports the commission's mission, having
recently extended its temporal mandate, to ensure it complies with its objectives. Further, we
know the Council support's the commission intention to receive expert facilitation to its
multiple charges, through diverse advisers, including those based in Iowa and in other places.
Therefore, we propose a specialized facilitation in one of the aspects covered by the
commission's mandate: those public outreach, participation and education activities necessary
for the work of truth -telling and reconciliation, per resolution 20-228 of September 15, 2020.
We believe that Iowa City and other facilitators have the knowledge and wisdom to support
other processes necessary for the success of the commission, and we would like to participate
in a respectful, complementary, inclusive manner, focusing on the public processes. We believe
this approach will result in a cooperative and positive experience for the commission.
As you will see in our proposal, we emphasize respect for your specificjourney and wisdom,
pragmatism to apply best practices, and humility to ensure you, citizens of Iowa City are firmly
in the lead of your truth and reconciliation process.
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Sincerely
Eduardo Gonzalez
Convener — Truth and Reconciliation Hub —Think Peace
1. What is Think Peace?
Think Peace, Learning and Support Hub, is a safe and respectful space for those leading efforts
on truth, reconciliation, peacebuilding, and trauma healing in the United States and
internationally. We are aware of the risk that polarization and legacies of injustice pose for
democracy and peace, and we urgently believe that truth and healing can lead to positive
societal transformation. We creatively integrate neuroscience and trauma awareness with
human rights and transitional justice to honor the experiences of survivors, communities and all
those who need healing and crave for transformation.
Think Peace is an initiative of the Mary Hoch Foundation, a charitable organization with a 501c3
identity. It is convened by Eduardo Gonzalez, Anti Pentikainen and Colette Rausch, but it works
not on the basis of individuals but of partnerships, communities of practice and hubs of
practitioners. For the specific work of supporting truth and reconciliation processes in the
United States, Think Peace partners with Dr. David A. Ragland, co -executive director of the
Truth Telling Project. They will be supported in this project by Ms. Jena Kitchen.
Think Peace believes strongly in co -creating processes and in sharing knowledge. We differ
from the model of "experts" that are owners of specialized knowledge, and that, with that
knowledge, seek to replace local wisdom. On the contrary, we propose partnership models
where research and action are participatory and community based. Co -creating a process leads
to co -learning. Additionally, such a participatory process is also a step in the journey toward
trauma healing.
This is a political, ethical, and scientific assertion on our side: we believe that healing is
impossible without societal justice. We believe that our role is to be allies and supporters, not
to replace or lead local communities, and we finally know what neuroscience reveals about the
most effective ways to heal within a truth telling process.
2. Analysis, Objective and Specific Facilitation Tasks:
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Iowa City (IC-TRC) has had a complex journey,
similar to that of many truth commissions, whose initial phases were marked by tension.
Indeed, as Archbishop Tutu, chairperson of the well-known South African TRC explained, a truth
commission cannot but represent the tensions, divisions and brokenness of a community.
It was, in hindsight, inevitable for the IC-TRC to face the challenge of acute dissent. Any
transformative task, and particular one addressing the entrenched injustice of racism, will face
fundamental problems. Communities harmed by injustice are communities characterized by
intergenerational trauma and distrust: indeed, withholding trust is sometimes the only
reasonable response for those who have experienced the repeated trauma of marginalization,
violence and other forms of racial injustice.
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However, the experience of the difficult beginnings of the commission does not cancel but, on
the contrary, increases the need for the restorative process envisioned by City Council
Resolution 20-228. Today, more than ever before, Iowa City needs to give truth a chance.
The work of the IC-TRC is based upon three pillars: Fact -Finding, Truth -Telling and
Reconciliation. Fad -Finding is a research process including the compilation and analysis of
information in order to respond to the need of effective policy -making. Truth -Telling is the
creation of safe, creative and respectful spaces to empower the voices of communities who
suffered injustice. Reconciliation is defined in the mandate of the commission as a dialogical
encounter between different sections of Iowa City, including institutions, to learn from
different perspectives and recommend sustainable change.
The challenges experienced by the IC-TRC in its initial phases make, in our analysis, essential to
ensure that the Truth -Telling process is designed effectively, to address the existing mistrust,
building relationships based on full information, an honest exchange of perspectives, and
ensuring a trauma healing perspective.
The objective of this facilitation proposal then, is no different from that of the IC-TRC, as
described by its mandate (Res. 20-228, 11-12):
the commission must effectively discharge its tasks of Fact -Finding, Truth -Telling and
Reconciliation, creating a safe and supportive space, premised on respect, and striving
for healing and justice.
That safe and supportive space will be a public process, for truth -telling and reconciliation will
require, per the mandate (Res. 20-228,11b, 11c), inter alia, the following activities:
• The creation of multiple fora to share stories of racial injustice and trauma
• Artistic and performative expressions to reveal the truth
• The creation of a repository for community stories
• Direct conversations across institutions and sections of the community
• Opportunities of learning about racial discrimination and injustice
To ensure that the IC TRC complies with its charges, then, Think Peace proposes to facilitate
those public processes related to the objectives of Truth -Telling and Reconciliation, including
the following:
The design of public hearings where stories of racial injustice and trauma are shared, in
conditions of safety, respect and ensuring a trauma healing perspective and the insights
provided by neuroscience. Such public hearings, learning from international experience
and previous US experiences, must have a gender justice perspective, must honor
indigenous and local wisdom, must respect and include LGBTI voices, should be based
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on the respect for human rights, and should have a restorative focus on survivors and
victims.
• The design of public outreach campaigns whereby the IC-TRC will clearly communicate
to the community its objectives, principles and plans, ensuring a clear understanding of
the potentials and limitations of the commission, and setting the basis for well-informed
and respectful partnerships with the community.
• The design of an engagement campaign directed to, but also by, Iowa City's youth,
artistic communities, faith -based organizations, and other active and creative sections of
the community to explore alternative forms of story -telling and trauma -healing.
• The design of a curating and archiving process to receive significant quantities of
community testimonies, ensuring the voluntary character of the statements, trauma
healing perspectives, the safety of sensitive information, and the educational potential
of the repository.
3. Expertise in the proposed area of facilitation
The members of Think Peace and Dr. Ragland, co -executive director of the Truth Telling Project
are among the foremost experts in truth and reconciliation processes in the United States,
bringing with them a rich international experience.
Mr. Gonzalez and Dr. Ragland have a rich experience designing and supporting creative and safe
public truth -telling. Mr. Gonzalez directed the Public Hearings and Witness Protection Unit at
the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2001, and has supported since the
design of public hearings for truth commissions around the globe. Dr. Ragland co-founded the
Truth Telling Project, as a US -wide community story -telling process after the killing of Mike
Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, and he has advocated for linking truth -telling and
reparations for structural and historical racial injustice.
Ms. Rausch and Mr. Pentikainen have decades of experience in the fields of peacebuilding,
justice and conflict resolution, including work in the most complex scenarios in all continents.
Ms. Rausch has pioneered the development of a trauma healing perspective into peacebuilding,
informed by neuroscience, and ensuring trauma awareness and resilience. Mr. Pentikainen is a
leading theorist and practitioner of reconciliation models, including the fostering of insider
reconcilers, leading the rapprochement of divided communities.
Our program associate, Ms. Kitchen has extensive experience in intercultural scenarios in the
US and abroad. She is interested in the process of leadership creation in contexts of
transgenerational trauma, racial healing, and de -polarization
The team of Think Peace brings together, then, decades of experience and unique expertise to
the design of truth and reconciliation processes, mastering the multiple processes of public
engagement by a truth commission, with a perspective that is respectful of survivors and
victims, based on human rights, informed by trauma healing and inspired by a vision of justice
and healing.
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4. Proposed work plan
The mandate of the commission defines the facilitation process as a temporal one, subject to
the need of the IC-TRC, which will be free to decide on its form and duration. This responds, in
our analysis, to the growing skills of the commission, which will strengthen its capacities in the
actual implementation of its different activities.
Moreover, the IC-TRC temporal mandate was extended by the City Council, in recognition of the
need to make up for the time that was unused due to the difficulties in the first phase of the life
of the commission. The original May 2022 deadline for the products of the commission was
extended for an additional year.
For that reason, Think Peace proposes an initial process of six months to support the four above
mentioned activities, focusing on the design, and ensuring that the IC-TRC always has the
discretionary capacity to decide on its relationship with Think Peace, and to decide on the
continuity and shape of a process of accompaniment. We are open to a continued relationship
with the commission, but believe strongly that such a link must be continuously evaluated and
decided upon by Iowa City, the commissioners and, above all, the communities served by the
commission.
We propose to divide the facilitating process in three phases:
aj Preparatory phase:
In agreement with other technical partners, and under the guidance of Iowa City -based
organizations, Think Peace proposes to have a supporting role. Subject to continuous
consultation and emphasizing trust -building, we believe this phase should take at least 3
months.
This phase should include the preparation of the terrain: establishing mechanisms of
coordination between the commission Think Peace and the different technical partners that
will support the work of the commission.
As Think Peace proposes to focus on the public processes of the commission with a focus on
truth -seeking, so there is a need to harmonize this work with other technical partners
focused on fact finding and reconciliation.
Also in the preparatory phase, the TRC with the facilitation of Think Peace will assess its
mandate regarding truth -telling and reconciliation, to jointly identify and conceptualize the
key activities foreseen in the mandate.
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In this phase, we will introduce key elements regarding our approaches: the knowledge of
truth and reconciliation processes, but also the insights provided by neuroscience and the
trauma healing perspective.
This preparatory phase must include the development of instruments for the commission's
regular work, including:
- How to streamline its activities, specially meetings, in order to provide a closer and agile
relationship with the community.
How to clearly explain to the citizenry of Iowa City the principles leading its public
work, as a compact between the commission and the communities it serves.
How to design key activities under the three elements of its mandate: activities on
truth -seeking, fact-finding and reconciliation.
This phase should include at least one in -presence mission in Iowa City, including a public
educational training, directed to stakeholders in the TRC process.
b) Products phase:
This is the longest and most critical phase of the facilitation process and it deals with the four
products proposed: a plan for the implementation of public hearings leading to the realization
of the first hearing, a plan for the implementation of a public outreach campaign, a plan for the
implementation of a creative engagement campaign, and a plan for the creation of a repository
of story telling.
The production of each of these four products requires a similar methodology including:
• The examination of previous experiences in the US and abroad from similar truth and
reconciliation processes.
The consultation with key partners in Iowa City to identify the specific needs of the
community, which may differ from international or previous national experience, aiming
at ensuring an authentically local process, with local wisdom, practices, and resources.
This should always include a trauma healing perspective.
The preparation of specific work plans for each product, including a detailed description
of objectives, methodologies, resources needed and timeline.
The production of the results will require the presence of at least two of the senior facilitators
at two different moments in the process, including key meetings and at the implementation of
the first public hearing of the commission.
Given the critical importance of the public hearings, this facilitation proposes that in the case of
the public hearings, the facilitation supports notjust the design but the actual implementation
of the first hearing in conditions of safety, respect and dignity, with a view to ensure that the
commission learns by doing and strengthens its capacity to lead all following public hearings.
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c) Evaluation phase
In the final phase, the TRC and Think Peace will evaluate their work together, with a particular
focus on the implementation of the first public hearing and the tasks needed for the
implementation of the other products. The TRC will decide whether it will require the
facilitation of Think Peace or other facilitators to continue the implementation of hearings and
the other public products linked to truth telling and reconciliation.
Refer to the annexed Excel Timeline page for details.
All these phases would have not only the facilitation of the experts provided by Think Peace,
but the IC TRC will be supported by two additional resources:
1. A hub of practitioners of truth and reconciliation in the US, which is being organized by
Think peace since November of 2021, and is convened by Dr. Ragland. The hub of
practitioners includes participants of truth commission processes, restorative justice
practioners, indigenous healing practitioners and transitional justice experts.
2. A community of practice for trauma healing, being convened by Ms. Rausch, which
integrates the approaches of practitioners and experiences across the country.
5. Proposed budget
a) Time allocation by team members
The budget includes the time dedication for the four resource persons as well as for a program
associate over 6 months, calculated at a rate of 22 days per month.
Mr. Gonzalez's and Dr. Ragland's dedication will be at 20% of their time, at a fixed day rate of
400 USD each.
Ms. Bausch's and Mr. Pentikainen's dedication will be at 10% of their time at a fixed day rate of
400 USD each
Program associate Jena Kitchen's dedication will be at 20% of her time at a fixed day rate of 200
USD.
Think Peace proposes to hire a locally based facilitator at 50% of their time to ensure the
prompt and constant connection with the commission at a fixed day rate of 200 USD
b) Travel expenses
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Travel expenses suppose two trips to Iowa City by two senior facilitators, for a total of three
days of meetings and operations.
c) Overhead
Think Peace will include an overhead of 7.5% of all expenses to ensure administrative and
communications support.
Refer to the annexed Excel Timeline page for details.
6. Bios of team members
Eduardo Gonzalez — Project manager and senior facilitator
Eduardo Gonzalez is Peruvian sociologist with twenty years of experience supporting truth and
reconciliation processes around the world. After organizing public victim hearings at his
country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he served at the International Center for
Transitional Justice, where he supported truth commissions in all continents, including notable
cases like Greensboro, in the US, East Timor, Tunisia, Canada and many others. As an
independent expert he has supported reparations and truth processes in Sri Lanka, Mali,
Colombia and Finland. He has written and taught in transitional justice. His next publication
concerns unofficial truth commissions. He is affiliated to the Mary Hoch Center for
Reconciliation and serves as an advisor at several transitional justice bodies, including the
Chega National Center in east Timor and the Site of Memory in Peru.
David J Ragland — senior facilitator
David Ragland is a Truth -Telling Reparationist. As a co-founder of the Truth Telling Project of
Ferguson, he conceptualized the role of truth telling as a healing and justice practice and by
making needed connections to reparations. He views reparations in our time as requiring
abolition or the dismantling of systems that were created for the purpose of slavery and
colonization throughout the world, and engages communities in looking at reparations as a
spiritual, political and social intervention that has implications for U.S. accountability within the
country and around the globe. He is currently leading an online course entitled "Building a
Culture of Reparations" and teaches courses at Pacifica Graduate Institute on Restorative
Justice, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation, and Psychology of Violence. He has previously held
faculty positions at Bucknell University, Juniata College and Southeast Illinois University at
Edwardsville.
Colette Rausch — senior facilitator
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Colette has over 20years of peacebuilding in nearly two dozen violent conflict -affected countries.
Her current focus is exploring how trauma affects reconciliation, blending her peacebuilding
experiences, training in the neurobiology of trauma, and passion for supporting those on the
frontlines of building peace. She was previously with the United States Institute of Peace (USIP),
where she held multiple leadership roles, including founding its Neuroscience and Peacebuilding
Initiative and leading the development of new approaches, research, and tools —including Justice
and Security Dialogue, a pioneering initiative to build trust between local communities and
police. Prior to USIP, Colette held senior human rights and rule of law positions with the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Mission in Kosovo. She served the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) as legal advisor in Bosnia and Hungary, and as program manager for
Central and East Europe. And she served as a federal prosecutor and public defender.
Antti Pentikainen —senior facilitator
Antti is working as a visiting scholar at the US Institute for Peace. Before his work at Think Peace
he led the Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation at George Mason University. Antti established
the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers with the U.N. (2015-2019) while also
serving as the special envoy for Finland's Prime Minister on the Refugee Crisis (2015-2019) as
well as advisor to the U.N. Assistant Secretary -General on Prevention of Genocide (2017).
For over a decade, Antti led the efforts of Finn Church Aid (2004-2015) as its executive director,
and assumed multiple leadership positions including Special Advisor for President Ahtisaari,
director at Crisis Management Initiative (2000-2004) and Religions for Peace (2010-2011). Antti
holds experience in peace processes and reconciliation in Somalia, South Sudan and Libya. His
efforts now focus on developing support mechanisms to connect insider reconcilers with state
level political processes
Jena Kitchen — Program Associate
Jena Kitchen is a Program Officer with Think Peace, where she assists in program design,
development, and evaluation. She has 8 years of experience in cross-cultural contexts from
within the United States and internationally, including the Blackfeet Nation (US), Guatemala,
Belize, and Myanmar (Burma). She is drawn to the intersection of leadership development and
structural change especially as it relates to transgenerational trauma, racial healing, and de-
polarization within American politics and religious systems.
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Total Cost
Phase. Foresailes
Entitles
-
Think Peace"
Kearns and West ''
Reeling Partners*
CommunityResearcher
Phase Ono Total 3meal
$184,287.50
22:4%
367%
29,d%
Second Phasa Total 4Montha
$217842.50
26.2%
334%
23.4
719.0%
9.7%
Third Phase Total 6Months +
Total Two -Phases 7 Months
$402130.00
2319%
34,9%
25.4%
6.0%
* Includes $2200for Local Facilitator (part time)
** Includes$10,000 In support of other local groups that step forward throughout the process
Think Peace (Truth Telling)
Time allocation -monthly expenses (PER MONTH) Unit Cost Unit (month) Percentage
Project manager and senior facilitator - Gonzalez
$8,800.00
1
25%
Senior facilitator - Ragland
$8,800.00
1
25%
Senior facilitator - Spaulding
$8,800.00
1
25%
Senior facilitator - Rausch
$8,800.00
1
10%
Senior facilitator - Pentikainen
$8,800.00
1
10%
Program Associate - Kitchen
$4,400.00
1
20%
Local facilitator
$4,400.00
1
50%
Sub total time allocation
Overhead (7.5%)
Sub total time allocation with overhead
Travel expenses (PER TRIP)
Unit Cost Unit
Subtotal
Air travel to Iowa City
$700.00
1
$700.00
Hotel accommodation per night
$100.00
4
$400.00
Perdiem
$60.00
4
$240.00
Sub total time allocation
$1,340.00
Overhead(7.5%)
0
$100.50
Sub total time allocation with overhead
0
$1,440.50
Monthly Total
$13,738.50
Phase One Total
$41,215.50
Phase Two (4 Months)
$54,954.00
Total Total
$96,169.50
Total
$2,200.00
$2,200.00
$2,200.00
$880.00
$880.00
$880.00
$2,200.00
$11,440.00
$858.00
$12,298.00
August 1 - November 1 13 weeks
Total Hours
Assumptions
Rolel Liaison I
I
The items below are reflective of a preliminary vision for this
Ratel $50.00
Task 1: Team Coordination, Project Man a ement, Strategic Consultation
Client)
4
41
Participation in 90-minute meeting hosted by the City, deep dive
Task 1 total hours
4
4
Task 1 total labor
$200.00
$200.00
Total - Task 1
$200.00
Task 2: TRC Activities & Fact Finding Facilitation
2.c TRC Meeting Participation + Planning,
1 4.5
4.51
Includes Fact Finding Liaison role observing 3 meetings at 1.5
Task 2 total hours
4.5
4.5
Task 2 total labor
$225.00
$225.00
Total - Task 2
1 $225.00
Task 3: Fact -Finding Data Liaison
3.a Phase 1 Fact Finding Database
16
Includes database tool selection (e.g., teams / sharepoint / etc.)
3.b Phase 1 Preliminary Fact Finding to
40
Assumes 16 hours across two months of preliminary research
Task 3 total hours
56
56
Task 3 total labor
$2,800.00
$2,800.00
Total - Task 3
$2,800.00
Total Hours for all Tasks
64.5
64.5
Total Labor for all Tasks
$3,225.00
$3,225.00
Tait Labor
$3,225,00
6'RMD TOTAL
$3,Si5.00
$3,225.001
Phase Two $3,225.00
Rate's
$50.00
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ement, Strategic Consultation
Client)
4
4
Participation in Virtual 90-minute meeting hosted by the City,
Management
18
18
Assumes 1 hour per week of team internal coordination (14
Adaptive Management
56
56
Assumes Fact Finding Liaison participating in project team calls
Task 1 total hours
78
78
Task 1 total labor
$3,900.00
$3,900.00
Total - Task 1
$3,900.00
Task 2: TRC Activities & Fact Finding Facilitation
2.a Fact Finding Process Updates &
12
12
Assumes coordinating with fact finding facilitator and project
2.b TRC Meeting Participation + Planning,
35.5
35.5
Includes participation in 7 TRC meetings at 2.5 hours per
Task 2 total hours
47.5
47.5
Task 2 total labor
$2,375.00
$2,375.00
Total - Task 2
$2,375.00
Task 3: Fact -Finding Data Liaison AW
3.a Phase 2 Fact Finding Database
16
Includes database tool selection (e.g.. teams / sharepoint / etc.)
3.b Phase 2 Fact Finding Coordination I
280
Assumes 20 hours per week for 10 weeks for Fact Finding
Task 3 total hours
296
296
Task 3 total labor
$14,800.00
$14,800.00
Total - Task 3
$14,800.00
Total Hours for all Tasks
421.5
421.5
Total Labor for all Tasks
$21,075.00
$211075.00
Total Labor
M $21,675.
CsRAHD TOTAL
$21,075.00
$21,075.00
Total Total $24,300F
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9;495.00
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Fasditaion
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1
6
12
21
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deduced points and benchmark Macros Brain, to be delivered as
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24
41
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59.5
71.5
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$520.00
$12,197.50
$10,725.00
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154.5
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$12600.00
540,940.00
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1
0
I2
21
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26 TRC ground PaNdpolen.
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355
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43.5
47.5
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$T,12500
$16,327U60
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$855.00
06,3111
$20,025.00
$Si,21
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$ 19200
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$45,215 501
W6,683.001
$72813.50
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Partners)
$375.00
expenses (PER MONTH)
TRC Commission Coordinator
Circle Co-creation/Training
20
Internal Meetings
8
TRC Meetings
10
Sub -total Hours
38
Sub -total rate hours
$14,250.00
Monthly Total
$14,250.00
Final Recommendations
$3,750.00
Phase One Total
$18,000.00
Recommendations
$18,000.00
Total Total
Healing Partners (Reconciliation)
Time allocation - monthly expenses (PER
MONTH)
TRC Commission Coordinator
Iowa Healing/Reconciliation Circle Co-
creation/Training
Internal Meetings
Facilitation with Community Healing
Partners
TRC Meetings
Sub -total Hours
Sub -total rate hours
Monthly Total
Phase One Total
Not Monthly Expenses:
City Council Presentations (2)
Lead Evaluation
Final Recommendations
Strategic Doing Session
Sub -total Hours
Sub -total rate hours
Total
Phase Two Sub Total (4 months)
Phase Two Total
TRC
Coordinator AT VFO
$0.00 $85.00 $85.00
40
20 20 20
8 8
40 40
Non-payment 14
60 68 82
$0.00 $5,780.00 $6,970.00
$12,750.00
$54,200.00
5 5
10
10 10 1C
40 Non-payment 4C
65 15 55
$0.00 $1,275.00 $4,675.00
$5,950.00
$51,000.00
$51,000.00 presentations and 30 hours of
$102LQ
Local Groups
$10,000.00
Facilitating sessions with Healers in our
Community. Organizing events/gatherings
and facilitating communication with the
TRC Coordinator
Handout from
Commissioner Ali
WHEN TRUTH IS JUSTICE
AND NOT ENOUGH
Executive Summary to the Black Women's
Trutb and Reconciliation Commission Report
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"I tbinkabout us, blachwomen, a lot. How many of us
are battered and bow many are cbampions. I note the
strides that bave replaced the tiptoe; I watcb the new
configurations we bavegiven to personal relationsbips,
wonder what shapes are forged and what merely bent. I
tbinkabout the sister no longer with us, who in rage or
contentment left us to finish what should never bave
begun; agender/racial war in wbicb everybody would lose
f we lost, and in wbicb everybody would win if we won. I
tbinkabout the blackwomen wbo never landed wbo are
still swimming open�eyed in the sea. I tbinkabout those of
us wbo did land and see bow their strategies for sur-vival
became our maneuvers for power."
Toni Morrison, " What Moves at the Margins"
Unfinished Business: Regarding The BWTRC and this Report
CC I IrcloclIUtCAdd, '_T't t..[. Cof mirs an I bc"or of its Yi
r [ r .fa raise. a,tl tBlac w nt cJ Sr too and gtof
dC-cor �'a f _don; and >_sa_- r rY from cnorJ c �rsen,
bcsin TC or CC nae s I OdloC,I-oan and SkitsC,rryarm Could nor T9 r a_f,blA
tic a Y seIa n _oftl ngwt _ and a adcp_ _ c. o t rm_ccarly
or act I c ��xst-N Yet, ndIs, ct ,es�IS: cojr, C I d, e.a, ngmtDC,N C,
1 - IA-slpata a aw r EV r,, I-cr-.
Trs Crtc Smz s on of he few olaccan t ,, IdAu rc IaFC^anJbr_alrcprcdCArQ1,00-
a d dxr is ar I -vc Can rcd ,mneJall c pcople—cri C fuctrr
and in, 11 111U.5.51tl I Ill -cSit d andsects d, n, ur,okun Ccd as tic, no on
stt 1sc_1a taInk ,far wrrcc whit, polfo c,cavdch a
ari la F-11"CrotdSiS _obi -Maid c,-.tcJ ratnl rc c I roS,and coshed. cce-Ccd and
or U. bred \r C-- huri beings
SaF, :Cc,Jc to sI ofY Lord s,C,r has Los Into _y. A Suit
rAcu otoleCLASS ofCaCr an -c as
nAp__os, -enC[_ ackabcdQc',,, A, sao
[ k,J no o'H rr as iw po_[[ a ,,AT'_ c ,n, The cos,
of He, f -o,s.i I, FtaticrIl -o I Ln clbxJ1e adecks whic,L
f trd it, L_c if -hC a I C9+s. T=_yfr. Jc_ Laid and oUlcr black ALI cri nJ I,
C,CCAvvI occ[rmrtcd I Sort a--IIke la'-cL,rs3-cdo r c bla_,CCubic I,dL, a CA Ilo
v Cfit col iceRer. I)arCI Act Fcl lawand if a'1,10 I CJ run _oos],, <so,I,,
Air]- CC s-dvu tf"o rYCttJ-o UA days a Cproporuol-13Jy odc,o Cldrk L,Cnicri and rcr C
[ Fit1 itto I a C o e :Cdsc rid rocs_C or Lot s313CIC vor A Code a_oatdeero_-d.
TI IS CICC-LIVC Cut —an to it A b1ac Act-C CTu[ An, o Cn'orso 1(31 -rper is
PC or cl vato-tvl In pCdsmtc -u ,C ,C, of If y. CC rganc Cub mc; ad
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rid seoj,l oonult again st E CC 000 I At I ainer-, S I rr r It apes ac to I, JLcCnlI
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The Commissioners
aof r'I-sCs petally- - gentle aidasala _.b-aato�l
-1 Wait fnr;6 ail,..Tar > nJ,_,c so Acenac. amp, t.d= �nrollalcat a, with
xC I st- Ing CT rt,c C IS -Caged I soIng and leading rem,., c-11J -dri r-c
e caHraaon call In on kid t acc, r _ in -a1 ecd caC, Cut al anc..aa t_
rk Ctnn aCwnt. _ i almso e\CI dri,n crmzcI-eI rodg, I ed.ngamurc
cb on, lot pster,e of Pk k con and bso a, ACT, , I 3aaolk, rn itardJ=^ec
ratted to preen na f lle ry.r ne CroSod,case and acin, suft o It it ,la. t-
r Ind,Je> u l_ rkc ,it d -our _o—Crul, As ogAruoPIc k m o k III fl,
Ice 1, F,aslHIf
Recy Taylor, P,it RgnoIFor, . A Slose Ad mate Induct, A Cl_CA, nof,.to C enCIu asza
Dr. Fmrito gain, Ler,rcsoc,_at,C rlc to ice I icg ar, M1 eIIII acnJ I, I cari 31_a.-i_c
FIT 11 I : ilo IAr
Dr. Beverly Guy-Sbekall, Dlac feint Ct off 1.;AnaT11 k- _.acre differ vtudlee and F-g11sh
Ejim Dike rut sa I col U c HUM is iCN,Fra
Lynn Rosenthal C Ca Irci cent to At ate,, clof' it CC, he J c ticI,CnCat olor C, FadI V. .e F,i
MonMoni ka Johnson- insider F_utAl)it ct-IN CCIYlo'- tel ASlL CN [a -A slla ice CIi
Loretta Ross F-it +I I kgC Carol prd, Sa J tCe to, are, is to -,"de, is criICcut d atat-ie
Ruby Sales. noIII IS te Act V,iter, ICI CA is Ii
JamiasSisan. ad C,Care, -.a,u Clist >_kList F EI LedkConte'
Quentin Walcott ICCC ,ntI ker it CS lei_sJq. Ct+_G-sto cNJ NoCnct ameColon,
.nRyogb- Art aA .o'Ptt, lost. A,t
Agunde Okeyo. eta it AT CC Abrade A-ho Cbte,olo. to gil, hetst_nd I :core
Alist, Di race i t to A HQ d_ F 1 IY- Y d L311tria 31/+
Alicia G t SeeC, D,na F JC, sto k ACsICICd
Farah Tans Too 11 Y Cro, da tl,ck\i,mP 's Fluele : JA.I, no of '_I.e:.aance
Reckoning with Grief: Writing The Report on the
Black Women s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The grah Adllooms Iprge rind by are w1,11 this report odd on, erne whpt to Irm eel malt'
donsoibe, ofTrtrthLommiss....the ryorld over hove themsel'✓esecknorr k A,dean pass,
you door know yap ore ping until yoo feel odds.. tad tears falling on /demands."
-Chief imruvbec Truth and Remncillotron Commasims SuepAfnta.
The grief exr epe aced while writing this report cannot be snootier. Seveal persons and
consul an is have auemples to wnas this repoq but the act of occurring g and translating bin
stories, the terrifying experiences of survivors, reading their responses to "what will Make to
end repayhas not only been pan non, It has on several occasions engulfxl writers In proud nd
,fates of g,atand desdatlon_
To avoid retrzumadzetion, we gave ourselves permission to wasp, to pause and m breaker
several points in time, sometimes toreached, In our healing pro meys once again. For those
w?nea and transcribe s who it If not Idoor ka as artisans, the task or hold mg NostoYms of
an rvuors, the review of video footage from the y0fiy, all at once Inspired compassion,
triggered memory, but most of all, evoked despair antl immobilization_ Tire apart Illustrates the
mrtAfalling which rook plane. Mnor gh M is groi undhaaking work by Black women.
Through the rdoortwe shore a blrest intwish people who waor to reckon with In, Black p,,, and
present Central to that Black past are the experiences of Black women and girls. This court will
never be able to fell all our stones though they year In books, aim, plays, archives and
apositories across the country. It the whole troth. Tell Wm on Idren. Use this report as a
resource fa tell l ng part of our hisory, and never is get Is a factory of the most cont smiles
from diaspnra re dfaspora, and frnm at rvlvnr has in snrvivnr heart,
Using Art and Culture as Survival and Vehicle
r ric 1 olc 5 d [I r i
1 EE, Aar clod vcicncp scluEoplyI-it I _n= II nd fs.
T Is at -ed p r dr J d LL,i i onsial1 1 el.b e s
31a kIbeIto 1 s „rf EI in I o-pal 0 1 11 31oJ,11, off [or I IrerL ,,
Trc us- of A Lois dru-s, blues, Ja= Firl cance and vccls e,,, among ns art
,,tcSE, rin- Lcc. :nit, ..rro of .BILI-10vornr,rSs l,.rtIn.
k onl.ton tolrn v eIlln,s, Itrn.n,c, or.arJ -r,- Jo1r,fl it, FrI'd
clfa apidng a is.brat ie I Jena ,on T e i a ✓ ple - e is
me e otic. ,NI no I=I 1 e1 11,11, 11, Is-11I's 11 .:. Ir 1 cf is it e
3 ol,ceofn e-al fforeff as let, v as a orth—mi..-_w-ai-
r or h, f o r .. . _ ,i Ilb' 1a1 p r , of o
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sfr,, if=Are-,sit ,eon _r , For-plN [wor(._r.ng . 1 I.ri
r xingtFe no > I tat I,,I,, I e yoh¢ II'roa, I I Is Is 11_ELL :-I women
, shvld pill suture 11 111 if .re Idol ed the vods o F1,c er
Isi •,
von I, is ,rLal Foolutior a Lee_ t stc t,.,.id, sexual llte Fair t as I ji taken
Bass sires if, -1 odic oassebc. W^ seeks of -, I ,s cr,tsl and lsr c: i -tors of Bias✓
tLrf,r,ll or,,I sh, h ,,,-,1 n 1 s,,c IMh1t, 1, r it r Hcacl ,of I, ecdrn
vit r"
/ I 11 Tol,,e'ner p11 ,,a-e holm t is Nadonzl BILE kTf 3ter Pi I larlsm t 1 e C sc,t
is he brrosrdyri I iusesm I ed,ai E cllega, R Ester 3 id the sdiji,tsr
c=rter fo- I?esears In car Cil jr
Accounting for the Sexual Assault of Black Women
The nanmrve, ole occountsgoll byNeBlEs' WPmen9 Trmh ondRr,l ol/oGoo
CPL,ralaen off:✓ms then ,hill /Flef slweryhm' ended the mpe andsesuol /anwe of 31och
,omen antl rhelmtifmwnJorth, mrturestill co ,O Ll.
J1-u1! ". I re 3w lK cll__d ✓c e,fronty haurce I d , o.bllchear -
>,nn_ u ✓ , Il is,ltc._ is a vI -)V d ,oc, '%IIc4I
me11y— df 11 r h <,I-n- r cIF, F Itf ,
cr)of � In ELL 1[aalI q.cc rccoi JEd c JIitC ✓ct it- .._.:alncd-Inc `c .facoln
c e, th, 3'r rkc,icls, II 1 vileble our s.Ab Ie4;nsdoy
n .a ni _rLm - socips ,reActon e,eErFh I's )modal cri
r c c ,IanI ,, int, foi or-cr _✓ i Frcrctl cr' is s-a Jh s,x alacnill . dtbnv
n 1111 dol 1 11, 1 e
-firs Birtak ucingI[ S Eric orlecCP1F s_i cnl
JO%I.a Ih anal ll fa tlhb .,,A11,
tat ZUd,if nosecrr'ro-11asscrod aoe of s first sexual assault was 5 years old
91% I I I i till✓zw .iIIb_r and Ir.J r o r a31,(1,
as times its To, nurser rtTee one Fir ✓al ,a, rFol
6 years the cost numr cr o`) ca¢c sis ,, 're -aped _ is l r' c lost or
unF - Fre treat¢ If Helse I Ev vo Fi s itt I is per 3is p scale-ce c`rase
nd 1Jr rascal asaul[s rcu cnrn' n, t.
oday ls6c o of V relcrsdsc d yo,rJ J SLp Erin It c, lua cc
_..I i 1bi11 [1 ,1 or.. 111 GI I r _s. C„ L lui ir,sit(
nittelF eAman- f NrrnrFL In F, -[nflreo ij A,icvnrran
glnstt-c SLILII or, .,o_cs�sc Kdif. BIII Ccoi, he or jp,, odicil ind see rrlfddng
ere _riJ_olri, r_Ir_ of t e o I t at 61n9cost bg 5w✓w
)0 To nape Wife? Ala. White
lake Gofer To Recy Taylor Mc
II 1111 ,^y F.It
L VICTIM OF WHITE ALAIiAMA RAPIST
±rao enough
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^ La. Taylor 1I I _ Admk
Into N
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I+r lull. AmYy 1.IFI. life
Our Pilgramage Soutb: Visiting Reg Taylor in
Abbeville, Alabama
Aso part of the yof ofth 61 ( Worna, a Truth FaaaR l i Construction, Stops
v G'mr that west voth Fery IDyloc tPI hadl of Me 611c(RC AN, use asTault AAAAt,,e
.ate Ishop monentln the BAwRC, lrnpei' fo'"Wo fortyact onelJAsticefo.s e
ofsexudi violence. one, sat wrlh FeW Aaylof W obtain nrrperm'et ro co.nGtue area the
it Tour Truth Commission.
IA _(IF u'.rl 11 al v_trJARA Tdu ev_u r An Ad FAA It A, A_.: IIn I'A.
As no Athol it thus of he clad No eb l A, hand l 4wrlaa imn_or Hr,IIA)11c
[ _u Oct Acnrcd _CAram Id,lc,catd -cJr tb,u,cn- than m'<ofvol,cq
i .red alb k� yi n , I a'oJurl
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A ce.,aoat end A,alval,v,antHIak ro-to and gl one_✓oA
set 1 AIFlaliAi II ,At 2,pietie. t A - a I lot -I /h Far S.= Td,A A Arne
tl spe She A' c_the -AI d_a IS ten In Itop NO A,ares ro,oever levied
11 r IIIet c and in, A 1, 110Intl ct dr. 1 AI _n L�
j I - i.- n drab the Hit -<-donertc I A, M1 an 'I V i 3YAn omr,-,
phTlOs datec:n fa Ala.--_ss-Fit ana,mgior to J.usnds 1 BlAd, ,.revor,
,.onnnAcan - nfit- rII;.
S.TRLmAt Idt a cA lant;P pull I 111duc, 1112d hdc s IA-
i., aW441 A, I,a%-am 11 aa ASAIIPiu Fiat l A I v aiNOT dLIheAnee
[ test aIJ prs hdtee 11 OfIiflis Mc,AnF it, J-A-lslot y loosaFeh.
J T JF IF UFIF12 JEI 11 ,F T An III fOo Y di1,ens- L_rLr. -a
ac
A I)A el wentf At f14lt ol.lAM ianlf ,11 e--'id Sal -weal
or fv,,r cup on he 1 S no, if:,her p cdh- Or ril3larlay oc 1 spAt Ac
.a, i I»A� I oA anrlyi l .I ll. onIRla, r fh
NtilA I ,11A�.
owbo come to see me," - Reg Taylor
.morose, glof cd eacr no I dn,scsatAAsA All Nstotn,aacndl-
st per nursing mno. _side) as re,alkcduptohe rezAer.sneeollolt AeJ,-
-Ya tA-cp'sso, on .FIIIC, Inf rOF st I, insilanmFAA, n fISao _so oA2nle ofo
A An AI A C-d=r FAA w _ a= I I I + 1 11 A s a,ed to
di--- to be S c tdl scares aoo t he asol acthe I. c nt H r-cea -
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1 gtmenp A.A.- IuALC, II I�A]A A A and .All, in, oA a ol d.r
ng- k-dne,a NIht,r A rping n=- IlAgs adtF, At 1111 loh-S,
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L ofciao Ra+ I.Ao,IraJd 1t udl-aa IaAtII
upar, .Arr t he-'elat pp ralrAcd.
.viHi z n 11,_ sna:ill, I I I"Is,I r An. And -file
S-e had jus Wt" tneA dcre fo-tre pot day anc wen-ec At -A to be -otac, re -era, Sea
.nil, OAOIry; Adapt o-ha, lsm,,d OF AIm.S -s-ad L L, topic-dlgTnes,
arh wa;=rl l ulLvvnrl Ihi-,H-io'ntI1 - -alp t -Aa
dmn-at,AI Id c e S,1 aRe7"Lop.
at tl 11, -f tI r
p are_ f A. c T cart l fa,-c-1-g d a, A f,llenfrp [is PL..JA
1 44 11 r., , 111 11, 1 atl A"" 1 hu-d , so I L'el rve- It A A IauFnre',
g pray--1 laA, s mancr,e, So sfull Is sur"€ , a c � ..
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, r 11 Inf, e IYc I]It A A at o 1'11- I. afellllA, I- IYAct A,i
1e art rat _ Ao da( .selfa-oretr.m n I S, Her Fall acedagoaJro-
ticncaa tr s. Rls mYi hoto cn,,do All a JL ^'_ferr'S1
unuen c e I, Re. "10 A,A .• I d ul [i,rlj gIsI Ia
Izat- has,wmers IJ_{ nt w,p.3211etefi tofpop, slI, -,,I II-
A ¢.m_iu.L JL•la JAI ,I tt _ cfenvcJuI iJ A-ryw J I t A,aIt
Vvc—h cta-ta �<. _IAaHnCJgc]Abgn o.11clpSc hfIcg3A, a[
d ela_<' '. Tmlli of JR I At IICurvits I r I a I I R, A T.vin
pit larAco nnaICe2To y b e to he IS -life no I4r/It so and czd.A.A to
T-cOltn-ofNhcl wo _,.d iswin, =n-a t u,,I.And than or,hip or ah, SII
o f e. mu,v, a e .eased nd1 cvaenr 1, 1 , Yn s A
Wmmhc to,rcrcRA, slcgO,,shat-AsA- b _Jand h_ Ss/pA t_mIAA,t
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Alabama Committee for Equal Justice
P. O. BOX 1589. BIRMINGHAM. A""MA
Hon. Chauncey Sparks, —
Governor of Alabomo _
State Capitol
Montgomery, Alabama
Dear Gaverrlor Sparks:
I wish to commend you for the action you have so for taken on the
Recy Taylor case of Abbeville, Alobanla. As o citizen of Alabonw, I urge
you rouse your high office to reconvene the Henry County Grand Jury, at
the earliest possible moment. Alabamians are depending upon you to We
that all obstacles, which are preventing justice in this case, be removed.
I know that you will not fail to let the people of Alabama know that there
is equal justice for all of our citizens. _
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The tell owing signatures are l isted as they were obtained after circulation by Black Women s
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Farah Tanis, Chair of the Black Women's
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
i be aw'I RC„,u Blatki
Ir+mms a ccraurtrmcrz ro bring ro lgbr ml ar brss born la.grlly »xsnug from public
d�sem<rse tw Arurlca: the =we eausu of sezval vro( a agafnsa uo>.�n of dfxcaa
aracrne to the united &ai
k polr-ioLrh_ ftIF 0 - e-- Fri oFticf boganb Or, t[cfor m.- f or IFnrtin n-
L411 it I I II Led St block w olnr _ e e mio]e<Led r ri, E
.Oct -Fs seF ae ape t —d pregnan ies a c othe- 4,ri oaed . lltolre Bla k
n. th,/ m -]oaM to c' tt I Ic OF and c rrc'rtcr m. .i [c c
-Irld to eo a d 1 IF L oll,nOL as l -I [,eir d` The _ F1 roa
1It_.tu'c OF FiF di alb ArFFF olac I� ,.e,,ri.
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d, Fri, . I.fvrome- rfor,rg-o vrs 11 n. aload-n=lrOnal
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avid e-feet of v. esp-ead abjses tfa= -oof pli -v,r met y years. of -or Fri Of
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k ii or ieb'ni of a=ertlrl' PaF- stied[ es IrevleblyfLel lucre ores."
A Litany of Sexual Offenses- Testifier
I remember it like it was yesterday! My mom's nm boyfriend
always /Dolled at me funny. One night be snuc%into my room and
made we tape off ray clotbes and colossus to be quiet. His weigbt
mas beamy. When I realized wbat be was doing, I tried pa,bing
bim off but be was too big. It burt idle bell, I cried but I was
embarrassed Wby didn't I say something?This bappmed for
about ayear, and when I didget the courage, be tbreatwed to Gill
me. Wby didn't I say something?Wby did God tape me tbrougb
that? Why did tbis bappen?Wby didn't I say something?
Trusting Black women
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helping each other find the center -point of listening
Standing in the gap
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1944rape in Abbeville,Alabama
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Mmatshlo Motsei, Activist Author, South Africa
The Kanga and the Kangaroo Court: Renectians an the Rape Trial of Jamb 2uma
What does this woad owe Mack women:.
"Everything"
-Alicia Garza
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Conjuring justice with Our Own Hands
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and -,as Sarrepeds 3Ysuuldu el Are tIts, ,h _ve -,d b,oiin mind. We roc
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After tbreeyears of unyielding and
unrelenting dialogue -with UN Women,
and requests for support to over one
hundred country Missions to the UN,
almost all of them turning us aiwy,
Blackivomen entered the United
Nations and toohup space in a U.N.
Panel Debate on Justice, Recognition
and Development focused on the Status
of Women of African Descent in the
United States.
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August 3o1a, Rica Patin, Christina fans, Asher Srarltlah Simmons, Farah Tanis and Shoddy acc me.Inco Incomes
hom from leko r tight) ^d ..,d az part of Mack Women'S Blueprint', d,legation to the U.N, a r . Nard es. lesUners antl Fealeretodeclare to. rude and Recannliuse, Commissio and glue
testimony regavdingcirturld, of abuse against Black Women and Glvl,.
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AtIIIey, Artist and Lion
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andtrares as part ae the Black Women's make
the
Tian to the V.N. to declare the S. aF
and Rha=catlon commision and make nce case that eno lour men and girls in thefrom
the and
[M1eir Fls[orical and mn[emporary experiences with rape no longer be excluded tram the UN
Convention on the elimination of Racial Discrimination.
After three years of unyielding and unrelenting dialogue with UN Women, and
requests for support to over one hundred country Missions to the UN, almost all of
them turning us away, slack women entered the United Nations and took up space in
a U.N. Panel Debate onjustice, Recognition and Development focused on the Status
of Women of African Descent in the United States.
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Sproutingour pain i nf& resistance, we converged with the International +
Decade for People of African Descent, United Nations
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Janet hi speaking to the need for Queen Mother Moore, reinstating the the Ball for
justice for all women and girls at the margins reparations
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Black women matter
1111kolumelkourfirille,11h.Offi—in Vialen[e Against Monica Raye Simpson using sang as tool. va[alliing
Women lOWllspeaking in affirmation of survivors wTth harmony -the fire ofjustice"
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Creating the table forjustice
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Jammu, Liggons, surrounded by'realyn Figam and Attorney Benjamin Crump.
Her presence was the completion in the continuity of voices betweennd justice as
she denounced he sexual assaults by Oklahoma Police OfficerHlllrruch irontof
witnesses at the U.N.
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Scoonna Brown left) and Ahmed Greene (right) pursuingjustice
shoulder to shoulder
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Marquez (right) living in the possibility ofJustice
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Q1. What Will It TaKc
to End Sexual Assault?
"A safe and secure Platform for the victims to disclose who
the criminals are. Thorough education to tbeyounger women
of what is considered unlawful touching or sexual assault.
An effective system that brings the perpetrators to face the
full weight of their atroctty as justice is served."
Survivor, Black Women's Truth and Reconciliation
Commission Survey Respondent
A Historic Tribunal
Definition of tribunal: a "forum of justice.
Black women need a forum to demand and pursue justice,
healing and reconciliation.
Tribunal Hearings on the Sexual Assault of
Blizen in America
The decision to culminate this Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a Tribunal is intentional
The Urld s'tats of,—er a a one of the feC maa daces n the Curl, mrere -ap-shave
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Miunellcarrier. Great Granddaughter of Ida B WeLLe Survivors speak to bridge Justice between past
( JJJ\\\••• cing 4omtne—u.sfancestral.i.ohn present and future
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The women gathered for historic public tribunal with Lynn Roberts ao�
Frederica sine:
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Create a safe space arid programs for survivors of sexual
violence m recover and engage In srraregies for healing.
Healing As A Mandate
"We aancee!/entice, tatc5ma mbicb where could be no bertlrng for rnrttty of w."
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Q1. What Will It TakE
to End Sexual Assault in
our Black communities?
"Personal beating, communal beating, speaking out,
exposing our personal stories to let tbemgo, self
knowledge, self-respect, self -love, and to not interpret
abuse or violence as love, nor respect nor as being
desired."
Survivor, Black Women's Truth and Reconciliation
Commission Survey Respondent
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Beseeching the ancestors so they may surround
us with the whol tress of life and light
Keeping our souls
alive through ancestal re -memory at the African Burial Ground
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The voices of elders guide the path towards healing led by Verna Francis, founder of
African Burial Ground
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intergenerational feminists sharing in wisdom.
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Reconciliation
Provide the spaces and tools needed for survivors to
engage In processes of reconciliation with themselves,
family and eommunlry
Reconciliation
Repair
Restoration
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d-i.- lotthe pees I .mod,1 1 1111,I'd-,, I 11111 t rtIle , I a I I I e
[t- v.nyaid act dl ,rlalreal real ing: ld .,c,aI.: rrIry
hat -la e �z3, , site - a t s _„ oraltat „a edt.1_ ,ed3t3_r
Ill I-IorIn:Iroa It I do r:,n rich , It t N or . is l r hit „ r ..laden ir, "Bear,
hero deal, "Fair stsandmIb-ales_err'roartlalar. or trd.ut did rer IT, omLt. Tat
,Set ry oi.,,,_ndselfdeter n net..n Its o+n.,or_ a�sarc, gut.
el Ll eqUILLIOr I adif,ad.IIdea ocld vem ILI Its la call cvrsel s.-rut,ard
ol -r I, or, it rloamcildre he r idrrd?N/r torror,,od
t nalleddlill calli'ealnv,_ is It- far , da-ri vith Illse as
iral The l dpr pra I I-ridI -red n p a art —
tl - _r,to_ if -ad the cart, J d �isr t - onto rfarllyand
,um w,r t,e di ce.,t � -d.IIC f, orve III to Dais
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it le act ir, andvelL - ru d I dyx csed jint
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IIca LI° cdIIrorro 'taMrnrto or I r rai I thagoHono`
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Q1. What Will It Take
to End Sexual Assault in
our Black communities?
°Deeper communication among all members of society,
men and women, starting by greater communication
among our own families or closest circles. The hind of
communication that allows the expression of suffering
and that seeps for bealing even beyond the closest
communities. A profound awareness about the
importance of a bealtby sexual life."
Survivor, Black Women's Truth and Reconciliation
Commission Survey Respondent
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Black men engaged in accountability, authenticity and justice Work in the barbershop
as a site of individual and collective transformation with Quentin Walcott and Ahmed
Greene.
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❑ergymember Rev. Bertram Johnson issued an Oneein waited toned form
apology on benaifof the church to an survivors the engagement and allyship of
ofsesual violence men in the work of healing and
reconciliation
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Outcomes of the Blac%Women's Truth and
Reconciliation Commission
our most important outcome has been the development of a literatory, healing
Eel to dd t d h .0
r crorallticl arrla.rIf Irgr-rA .I.-o rortn a,l -
r e i,Ill ay,a e fidl e hndre .. cem,., I_ III -so,
t Ant II
f dt t rrflratiEn
LVogel If,'II11LIII , h1111d IF, vas bit11, 1iAIIIIIII if e ne'aI,, I lraxis ci
t vlwrr-. :wait Ant Forn in tho-e,hses a A, not[ep reclaiming
safety, reclaiming security, reclaiming hope.
Survivors.Mu e rK ,d eunh LI fe Ar,L. ✓T-a,IT I eal if,, ci-A, if stepped into their
power Gk' gL-leatl� �fp T t P cal s t dv _.q, Fol, k g, leadenYf r ,,,
if
3d ,be=srl heal Ih I'rtlLrpxr .. ^rtro. rldral tgrnd�
Live Lor,as yell as to llppc'Lond me, I hell has ._d.vl lie nC .. hr y, aL
61ac1(\o r, Blu'p rt S.ni ✓nrsvb art nn _. I-gprc�-�-sY nog
�h.L tJ _Ilene. �idJ L ba rLL n �(arf llc_01 I eYCaVr^ vs
,du ,a is , ,it far- I,tayeod ti chng_ Jestl> ,elves.
Tat PAITFC provided a platform within which Black women of the diaspora could use
testimony to build power, shift discourse, and share best practices for survival. Fr_m
I[ Ily-spslflr'i I' ia,✓amnda L.- n:ga' L. soul.-ar H.r IraIIJ Hlarlt
-and U'ii. e' dl rDs)Y-mL Cleufemi' J _ _ode
t o-1ac�_ -I I. ,c of [Ids -d YI a>L of 15tl 1riL Hw ila goal
Through the BWFII Black women in the diaspora have learned and shared so
much with one anotheraunthch uttzrtlalotth ultra l_nd=_p r I-livm la
fDla k ., _ 'e�lke2 e for danblea I I n wdoua' z� vivol 3I
healing. to ffet-antna-err_l -am, 3-k,otrevclr_caapterflnis pwdarlr AtmLacna
The BWTRC achieved a renewed focus on increasing resources for meaningful
primary prevention programs Nat offs on faftore 0It Attu, both Lbe r site and (lie
y Le ` s _ ,add plr�Ilu,t pt a caA o,e, , rray,i
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t r powrc At EcF ro,tor,00l nrgan- ,.-r-_ a Jeadon.
The BWTRC achieved an articulated demand for infra -community models tar her--
eorniJr, Ardt oh, MatIAT p csroadr _ ,ra,n Ind, ol,r
The BWTRC continues to organize so that the United States keep its commitments
to the survivors >fwFit rtr'r✓c ld Boslrf or, 17,rion Is ralling'rfe -(,s pPPaP:a
s, is IIJILIFF, I Are v✓oAll' -voll ,Iago_ -if IF r At -'despe-iall iase fI_m
MaFIArII"it Commit [sclspropoa tl rrp t,d IF rue, andfFI ... tr Am atsvlal
rJartlaI IF I IIF if :J" JFlF IS he 16 C e3)- ndrrf n FL ad or IF
PAe2o14 thedz rise or) Se"IJ, Ihllcirg of 21 S, z I IIJ..LaIAsia repo =to
thl I ur,ArraAn- rtIarArrAIIC or A onfEli incfwnal e _Iaro
Dir, I if a A I I EPDF IF Al Coi-At I .c I Aga I I, ToIAII(C T) n'n Vie r e,uaay
re_ AICessAter .enean- a'av-_rt s,,La I asE Llt
T i I r I g A I Caru o l or 1 0 1101 1 1 fal e IF oe doIt, .ne BWIBC achieved
recognition of the centrality of the rights of women, girls and gender
nonconforming people of African descent in particular, within racial justice
concerns of all people of African descent.
Memorializing the BlacWomens Truth
and Reconciliation Commission
us, mo ,bl IRpRrAs, elone, Alto Itl1PLT II,II-in r+es a 114oa✓F,',I ai
r it hunernto flerflullde :. Lle alIdIVIF al d 11,1.-a11ac.t Ie atJAt, rut I
rtead, M, fret -Ann 'ng [fa Bid Amin ys Ted out f endl�Aon
Co miss f1 I FSoHm is a SI A, A-fascieoc e,roI hi If Le o c1 Co-hon
of 2ss of an, 'Ant, -
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nsr V,m ofv o § kraat rr to n.de a If o n III a t9r„ ard ranaaen
i_atvnsl omLata IaaLaial ec1 mdoe_-_u5 BIsAkorerele„co
at me IF-IF,_bLldrg AFIEFFal d anon and trovaCcr.
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embed ar rt I the -Icrc- Ittl A,- mrw It sla,er, that Xmas created apo- us. ',I- see
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The Last Mandate: Reconciliation
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W rnor I g US i-l-tion of s,eial vialeoce tIct rrpae, ore or is lobe
The Reconciliation Bowl. Unfinished Business
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rt �toacno r Imgw- o.hoar ot el�wn-,naelr p-p �. dst Dow-trncfc
resmre no emm or brmx- rHmorzr as
Freedom Bound.
Choosing Human wights
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It Continues: A Call to Action
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