The Big Payback: Film Screening and Discussion with Robin Rue Simmons, Erika Alexander, and Whitney Dow
When:
Thursday, February 23, 2023
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Where: McCormick Foundation Center, McCormick Foundation Center Forum, 1870 Campus Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free
Contact:
Erica Canavan
Group: Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy
Category: Global & Civic Engagement, Fine Arts, Multicultural & Diversity
Description:
We invite you on this journey to breathe new life into the discussion about reparations and help communities across the U.S. reimagine what justice and equality can look like.
Plot:
Robin Rue Simmons, a rookie alderwoman from Evanston, Illinois, led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations for Black Americans. While she and her community struggle with the burden to make restitution for its citizens, a national racial crisis engulfs the country. Will the debt ever be addressed, or is it too late for this reparations movement to finally get the big payback?
Film screening and discussion with Robin Rue Simmons and filmmakers Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow
View the trailer.
Funded by the Office of the Provost N.W. Harris Fund and the Center for the Study of Diversity and Democracy