The Promise of Juneteenth: New Jersey Reparations Council Year One

The first-of-its-kind New Jersey Reparations Council was convened by the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice on Juneteenth 2023 to finally confront and repair the deep and often overlooked history of slavery in New Jersey and its lasting impact on the contemporary life of Black people in the state.
This powerful event, moderated by award-winning New Yorker journalist and Dean of Columbia Journalism School Jelani Cobb, provides a one-year update on the Council’s work. That work will culminate on Juneteenth 2025 with a publication that will serve as a blueprint for how New Jersey can repair the enduring harm to Black people from slavery and its aftermath.
On this day of celebration for Black freedom, the audience will be treated to two lively panels comprised of the Council’s esteemed co-chairs and some of its members, as well as Institute representatives and other experts and Council supporters.