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Should our 110th U.S. Congress officially discuss enslavement of human beings in America?
For several centuries the economic impact of enslaved human beings of African ancestry and the ongoing disparaging treatment is not a salient measurable component of U.S. Democracy at the dawn of the 21st Century... we hold these truths self evident and continue to help form a more perfect union... U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee Chair holds the gavel in civic discourse, where is the collective Black Civic participation?
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ms. Kibibi Tyehimba
Phone: (202) 291-8400 / Kibibi42@aol. com
Public Hearing Scheduled for the HR 40- Reparations Study Commission Bill in the 110th U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON, DC, Rep. John Conyers (D- Michigan), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee sent an official announcement to the attendees of 20th Year Commemoration of N'COBRA in Washington, D.C. that the public hearing for HR40 will take place on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 10:00 AM in the Rayburn Building- Judiciary Committee Room 2141 (Independence and S. Capitol St. SW, Washington, DC). HR 40 establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act introduced for the first time by Rep. John Conyers in January of 1989. Since 1989, according to Rep Conyers "I have re-introduced HR40 at every Congress...and I will continue to do so until it is passed"...He added that "one of the biggest challenges in discussing the issue of Reparations in a political context is deciding how to have a national discussion.. ."
Prepare For the Public Hearing Now!!!
Hear the testimonies from grassroots everyday people and scholars, who will reveal the extent of the horrors inflicted upon African people during the American era of enslavement and why African Descendants are entitled to reparations. The long anticipated HR 40 hearing will enable a thorough examination of the Trans-Atlantic Slave "Trade" and chattel slavery, more appropriately called the Holocaust of Enslavement or Maafa, which was a crime against humanity. From 1619 to 1865, millions of Africans were kidnapped, brutalized, murdered, raped, tortured and torn from their families and community associations in Africa. Testimony will also describe the impact of injuries resulting from the vestiges of slavery, 'Jim Crow' discrimination, and the human rights violations that African Americans continue to experience even today.
Confirmation of individuals identified to provide testimony will be finalized this week. Experts will be called upon to provide their testimonies, survey and petition results, which focus on injury disparities including education, health, wealth/poverty, criminal punishment, and self -
Determination; and recommendations for healing, repairing, and restoring the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans. Racial profiling, hate offenses, the failed evacuation of vulnerable segments of the populations of the Gulf Coast region during the Katrina disaster, and the government's failure to adequately address the needs of those displaced by it will also be examined. Testimony will also be submitted from the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA) to outline the results of the Coalition's 20 year public education and organizing campaign, and report some of the recommendations made by members of black communities nationwide, as to what would constitute an equitable settlement.
The Public is urged to submit their personal stories (one page only) outlining their injury experiences from the past or current. Contact your local NCOBRA Chapters or submit them to the N'COBRA Human Resources Commission at ncobra_hrcommisson@ yahoo.com, or send to: NationalNCOBRA@ aol.com or fax 202-291-4600
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ms. Kibibi Tyehimba
Phone: (202) 291-8400 / Kibibi42@aol. com
Public Hearing Scheduled for the HR 40- Reparations Study Commission Bill in the 110th U.S. Congress
WASHINGTON, DC, Rep. John Conyers (D- Michigan), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee sent an official announcement to the attendees of 20th Year Commemoration of N'COBRA in Washington, D.C. that the public hearing for HR40 will take place on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 10:00 AM in the Rayburn Building- Judiciary Committee Room 2141 (Independence and S. Capitol St. SW, Washington, DC). HR 40 establishes the Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act introduced for the first time by Rep. John Conyers in January of 1989. Since 1989, according to Rep Conyers "I have re-introduced HR40 at every Congress...and I will continue to do so until it is passed"...He added that "one of the biggest challenges in discussing the issue of Reparations in a political context is deciding how to have a national discussion.. ."
Prepare For the Public Hearing Now!!!
Hear the testimonies from grassroots everyday people and scholars, who will reveal the extent of the horrors inflicted upon African people during the American era of enslavement and why African Descendants are entitled to reparations. The long anticipated HR 40 hearing will enable a thorough examination of the Trans-Atlantic Slave "Trade" and chattel slavery, more appropriately called the Holocaust of Enslavement or Maafa, which was a crime against humanity. From 1619 to 1865, millions of Africans were kidnapped, brutalized, murdered, raped, tortured and torn from their families and community associations in Africa. Testimony will also describe the impact of injuries resulting from the vestiges of slavery, 'Jim Crow' discrimination, and the human rights violations that African Americans continue to experience even today.
Confirmation of individuals identified to provide testimony will be finalized this week. Experts will be called upon to provide their testimonies, survey and petition results, which focus on injury disparities including education, health, wealth/poverty, criminal punishment, and self -
Determination; and recommendations for healing, repairing, and restoring the descendants of formerly enslaved Africans. Racial profiling, hate offenses, the failed evacuation of vulnerable segments of the populations of the Gulf Coast region during the Katrina disaster, and the government's failure to adequately address the needs of those displaced by it will also be examined. Testimony will also be submitted from the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA) to outline the results of the Coalition's 20 year public education and organizing campaign, and report some of the recommendations made by members of black communities nationwide, as to what would constitute an equitable settlement.
The Public is urged to submit their personal stories (one page only) outlining their injury experiences from the past or current. Contact your local NCOBRA Chapters or submit them to the N'COBRA Human Resources Commission at ncobra_hrcommisson@ yahoo.com, or send to: NationalNCOBRA@ aol.com or fax 202-291-4600
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I saw the same "press release," claiming to be from N'Cobra. However, the House Judiciary Committee has not scheduled a hearing for H.R. 40 for Dec. 6, and in fact, the committee will not be holding any hearings next week.
- James
http://blog.jdewperry.com/
- James