A Quaker Take on reparations: how can we make reparations meaningful?

What are some examples of reparations? How can we make our reparations meaningful?
We continue our conversation about reparations with Edwina Peart and Rebecca WalkerWoo, who we spoke to in the first episode. We also speak to Oonagh Ryder who was the Faith in Action Coordinator for Quakers in Britain around that time and Siobhán Haire, Deputy Recording Clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (Quakers in Britain).
But first we should probably explain why it took so longer for this second episode to come out... in the midst of recording we both caught Covid and the disruption meant we were no longer able to keep up with the recording schedule. So, if you want to go back and relisten to the first part you’re welcome to. A lot of the content of this episode was recorded around the same time. Despite the delay we felt it was still important to get the episode out as it remains relevant. We will revisit the subject in the future but in 2024 we are starting a new series with new topics.
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FURTHER INFO
Find information about Quakers in Britain’s commitment to reparations and other resources at www.quaker.org.uk/reparations
Find Woodbrooke courses and information on anti-racism work at www.woodbrooke.org.uk/anti-racism
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QUOTED & MENTIONED
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM): caricom.org/caricom-ten-point-p…reparatory-justice/
- Cotton Capital Podcast (The Guardian): www.theguardian.com/cotton-capital
- Human Resources Podcast: www.broccoli.productions/our-shows
- Racial Justice Advocacy Forum: www.baptist.org.uk/Groups/365504/R…e_Advocacy.aspx
- Saidiya Hartman (2006) Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
- Others mentioned: Anthony G. Reddie, Kofi Mawuli Klu

[@joeholtaway]

Super interesting and informative thank you 🙂

[@KO-js6by]

No one is owed reparations.

[@BritishQuakers]

Quakers in Britain have already made the decision to go ahead with reparations, agreeing this in 2022 following powerful evidence of Quaker engagement in the transatlantic slave trade. It is important to understand and tell the truth about the past - it is even more important to recognise its enduring consequences: the trauma and impact on lives in the present. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-to-make-reparation-for-slave-trade-and-colonialism