BOS President Shamann Walton leads Reparations plan for Black San Franciscans!
May 5, 2021
Our District 10 Sup. Shamann Walton, president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, expects to make his mark in history with the first comprehensive reparations plan in a major US city. He had introduced the legislation to create a reparations advisory board in October. Here, he speaks passionately at a Juneteenth 2020 rally to commemorate the life of George Floyd and others killed by police. It’s important to remember that atrocities against Black people continue, most famously in still rampant police murders and, just as devastating, such assaults as the economic lockout that keeps most Blacks poor and exploited. – Photo: Kevin Hume, SF Examiner
The members are set to serve indefinite terms, as they create a comprehensive reparations plan over the next two years, gathering input from the city s African American residents on prioritizing issues such as housing, education, violence prevention, workforce development, health care access, and food disparity, among others, according to Walton s office. The appointments of this reparations advisory committee is an historical event, as I am unaware of any other legislated body in place to prioritize injustices and create a true reparations plan in a package for Black people, Walton said in a statement.
Walton said he hopes the committee will ensure that we not only improve outcomes for Black people in San Francisco, but also that we repair the damage of the past and make compensation tangible in order to overturn negative outcomes and create generational wealth.
ATHENS, OH – Alissa Henry, BSJ ’09, is the host of
Cash Explosion, the nation’s only statewide TV lottery game show that has been on the air for 34 years. And she credits her time at WOUB Public Media and Ohio University for giving her the skills and confidence to do it.
“WOUB was amazing and that’s putting it lightly,” said Henry. “I learned a lot about putting together stories and interviewing people. I learned how to be in front of the camera and the tricks to reading the teleprompter. The hands-on experience was so vital.”
Henry grew up in Columbus and knew since she was a child that she wanted to study journalism. Growing up, Henry watched and admired Yolanda Harris, a local Black journalist, who is now a co-anchor in Columbus. As she neared high school graduation, Henry started looking at colleges with great journalism schools.
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