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Mayor Jones signs order for St. Louis reparations commission

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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed an executive order Wednesday to create a reparations commission for the City of St. Louis. The commission will consist of nine members who explore and recommend opportunities for reparations in the city. Jones says the commission will explore the history of race-based harms and propose potential funding resources to address harms.

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Associated Press News

St. Louis mayor appoints commission to consider reparations

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms that have been inflicted” by slavery, segregation and racism.

1 year ago·United States

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Sask Today

St. Louis mayor appoints commission to consider reparations

1 year ago

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San Diego Union Tribune

St. Louis mayor appoints commission to consider reparations

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms that have been inflicted” by slavery, segregation and racism

1 year ago·San Diego, United States

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NBC Chicago

St. Louis Mayor Appoints Commission to Consider Reparations

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is appointing a reparations commission that will “recommend a proposal to begin repairing the harms that have been inflicted”...

1 year ago·Chicago, United States

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Fox 2 Now St Louis

Mayor Jones signs order for St. Louis reparations commission

ST. LOUIS - Mayor Tishaura Jones signed an executive order Wednesday to create a reparations commission for the City of St. Louis. The commission will consist of nine members who explore and recommend opportunities for reparations in the city. Jones says the commission will explore the history of race-based harms in the city, reveal the present-day manifestations of that history and propose potential funding resources to address harms. To…

1 year ago·St. Louis, United States

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River Front Times

St. Louis Mayor Signs Order Creating Reparations Commission

Mayor Tishaura Jones signed an executive order on Wednesday creating a volunteer reparations commission to explore rectifying racial injustice in St. Louis. The nine-member commission will research how St. Louis’ turbulent racial history has led to race-based harms for city residents and create a manifesto of such harms. Eventually, under no clear timeline, the commission will propose potential monetary repairs to the harms St. Louis’ racial his…

1 year ago·St. Louis, United States

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