Take The Pledge!

I pledge to learn more about how structures and institutions built on slave labor that continue to disenfranchise people in the African diaspora and devalue of Black lives; *

I agree.

I pledge to learn more about America’s history and its foundation and original sin of slavery; *

I agree.

I pledge to acknowledge, I benefit from this gross moral and material harm just by being white in this society; *

I agree.

I pledge to approach reparations as a spiritual journey that speaks to my own humanity and liberation of myself with those most impacted; *

I agree.

I pledge to acknowledge the moral and material harm the United State’s participation in the Transatlantic Slave Trade has and continues to cause harm in Black communities; *

I agree.

I pledge to acknowledge and have patience with those who are affected by the moral and material harm the United State’s caused by participating in the Transatlantic Slave Trade; *

I agree.

I pledge to do my part through redistributing resources into my local community and encouraging my networks to do the same; *

I agree.

I pledge to act in ways that limit my complicity in violence against Black People (this may mean divesting in investments that harm Black People); *

I agree.

I pledge to give and support (healing, material goods, assistance) without expectation on how these should be used; *

I agree.

I pledge to give and support in ways that may not always make me feel good, but help me develop as a person and put others first; *

I agree.

I pledge to take this message to my family, friends and community, calling those in with love rather than through guilt; *

I agree.