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An Episcopal church in Maryland has announced that it will be donating $500,000 to reparations and social justice organizations over the next five years.
Memorial Episcopal Church of Baltimore released a statement on Monday announcing that the funds would go into the Guy T. Hollyday Memorial Justice and Reparations Initiative.
The initiative’s namesake, Hollyday, was an activist who campaigned on behalf of issues including civil rights, environmentalism, and the LGBT movement.
The funds will go to various organizations that focus on housing inequality, education, civic involvement, and environmental issues.
According to the statement, the decision to fund these organizations as reparations derived from the knowledge that the church had a history of being supported by slave-owners.