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-5 posts tagged "reparations"
Kathryn Muchnick | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
“Race is, and has always been, the oldest wedge issue in America,” journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said. Dissecting that issue has been the goal of her long-form New York Times project “The 1619 Project.” Hannah-Jones ’98 returned to Notre Dame on Tuesday evening to discuss the controversial “1619 Project” for the Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics,
Kathryn Muchnick | Tuesday, March 1, 2022
In honor of Black History Month, the Accomplice project, sponsored by the Kroc Institute’s Mediation Program, and the Black Lives Matter South Bend chapter hosted a panel Monday to discuss racial discrimination and make a case for reparations in the South Bend. The panel featured Oletha Jones, who serves as a trustee on the South
Show Some Skin | Tuesday, January 28, 2020
This Walk the Walk week, I had the chance to speak at a panel discussion hosted by the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies — Reparations and Reconciliation at Notre Dame. What I loved so much about this panel is that it forces us to reckon with the contemporary implications of America’s past at the
Trinity Reilly | Thursday, January 23, 2020
When Fr. Edward Sorin began building what would eventually be the University of Notre Dame, he began a long history of troubled relationships between the University and minority groups. Today, Notre Dame is still trying to make up for the events both in its past and its present. On Wednesday, the Mediation Program of the
Katherine Smart | Monday, April 4, 2016
In 2000, Peru’s president was removed from office and an international commission was put together in order to uncover the truth about the violence that had been occurring since 1980 by both terrorist organizations and Peru’s own government. Unfortunately, since strong enough reparations did not follow the report’s release, the Peruvian government and people have