The Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Public Witness participated in an ecumenical call in July to support a bill before the House of Representatives calling for a commission to study reparations for people who are Black following centuries of injustice.
“As a nation, we have yet to address the legacy of our violent past and confess past and present harms,” said Laura Kigewba James, Program Co-ordinator for Grassroots Organizing on the General Board of Church and Society of The United Methodist Church, to open the press conference held at the United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill. “The legacy of slavery continues to remain the reality of structural racism and violence that exists for myself and my community.”