A call to repentance and reparation.

Working towards reparations in the Episcopal Church.

“Will you persevere in resisting evil, and whenever you fall into sin,
repent and return to the Lord?”
— The Baptismal Covenant

Upcoming Events:

The Reparations Community of Practice has transformed itself into an online sanctuary for the exchange of ideas, information, scholarship and creativity related to reparations. Boston itself is transforming into a center for reparations study and activism, most notably in the establishment of a Task Force on Reparations championed by Mayor Michelle Wu. 

If you are interested in joining the listserv to share your thoughts, insights and experiences with the larger community in an ongoing dialogue and conversation and reparations in the Episcopal Church and beyond, please join our Google Group using the following steps: from the Google Groups homepage, search “church-reparations@googlegroups.com” then click “Ask to join group.” 

In the meantime, we encourage you to make use of the rich presentations available to you on this website for the education and inspiration of your parishes and larger communities.

Past Events:

  • Forming an Interfaith Reparations Coalition with Harriet Lindeman and Cheyenne Boon

    Monday, May 3rd, 2023 | 5:30-6:30pm Eastern on Zoom

  • The Shoah and Reparations, Pt. 2 with Constance Holmes

    Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 | 4:00-5:15pm Eastern on Zoom

    Watch the recording.

  • The Shoah and Reparations, Pt. 1 with Constance Holmes

    Wednesday, December 21st, 2022 | 4:00-5:15pm Eastern on Zoom

    Watch the recording. (Note: on some computers, the slides may not be visible in full-screen mode. If you are having trouble seeing the slides, please try watching the recording in standard view.)

  • Racial Wealth Gap: Understanding the Economic Basis of Repair with Lotte Lieb Dula and Briayna Cuffie from Reparations4Slavery

    Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 | 4:00-5:15pm Eastern on Zoom

  • MA Jews and Reparations: Secular and Religious Frames with Rabbi Devorah Jacobson, Jeffrey Gold, Lynne Layton, and Nakhie Faynshteyn

    Wednesday, October 19, 2022 | 4 - 5:15pm Eastern on Zoom

    View the presentation.

  • Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery with Cristine Hutchison-Jones, Project Manager for the Initiative on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute

    Wednesday, September 21, 2022

    Read the Initiative’s report.

  • Getting Help with Hard Conversations: Transparency and Congregational Engagement with King’s Chapel

    Wednesday, June 15, 2022

    View King’s Chapel’s presentation.

  • A Call to Repair: Fom Here to Equality with Sandy Darity and Kirsten Mullen, co-authors of From Here to Equality

    Wednesday, January 12, 2022

    Watch the panel recording..

  • Recovering Our History & Moving Towards Reparations.

    July 28, 2021

    Watch the panel recording.

  • The Call for Reparations

    The Reparations Community of Practice is a group of reparations supporters, advocates and other leaders who are actively engaged in the journey toward reparations in the Episcopal Diocese of MA.

    Read the 2020 Diocesan Resolution on Reparations here.

  • Parish Histories

    Churches and Episcopal communities across the Northeast are confronting their historical involvement in the slave economy.

    Learn about these important histories here.

  • Get Involved

    We welcome anyone who is interested in doing this work to join us!

    Fill out our contact form or send us an email to get started.

    You can also join our Google Group using the following steps: from the Google Groups homepage, search “church-reparations@googlegroups.com” then click “Ask to join group.”