Reparations

Public health is an early adopter of integrating racial equity into decision making to advance well being.   Across our nation, over 200 cities, counties, and other governmental leaders have declared racism a public health crisis.  Reparations present a great opportunity to operationalize racial equity for defined communities of eligibility.

Adverse community experiences are preventable, unjust, and rooted in centuries of systemic and institutionalized racism. A reparations lens is an opportunity for government and corporations to repair these harms and close the health and wealth gaps of Black families through redress, compensation, and robust policy and systems change. 

BARHII is working to support the reparations movement in California and across the nation.

  • Supporting the groundswell of reparations movements locally in California by creating a learning community of local government staff of reparations initiatives across the state.

  • BARHII is mobilizing Black-led organizations and allies to craft and pass reparations legislation at the state level that alleviates community health disparities and creates wealth building opportunities.