Liberation Ventures
@liberationventures.bsky.social
Liberation Ventures is working to make reparations for Black Americans common sense and commonplace in our lifetime.
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Assata Shakur taught: freedom builds outward. Her passing opens grief, but her legacy endures — demanding that repair be collective, that memory be justice, that our freedom is bound to others’. We honor her by continuing the work.
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Assata Shakur taught: freedom builds outward. Her passing opens grief, but her legacy endures — demanding that repair be collective, that memory be justice, that our freedom is bound to others’. We honor her by continuing the work.
30 years may have passed, but our fight persists. In this 1995 interview, Nkechi Taifa spoke to the need for reparations and also highlighted many of the systemic challenges in the Black community back then that still exist today.
September 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
30 years may have passed, but our fight persists. In this 1995 interview, Nkechi Taifa spoke to the need for reparations and also highlighted many of the systemic challenges in the Black community back then that still exist today.
Starting today, the LV team will be on Wellness Week.
We understand that in order to remain committed to the work, we must make space to rest, reflect and rejuvenate.
We’ll be back Tues, Sep 2nd to continue the work to realize #reparations in our lifetime!
We understand that in order to remain committed to the work, we must make space to rest, reflect and rejuvenate.
We’ll be back Tues, Sep 2nd to continue the work to realize #reparations in our lifetime!
August 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Starting today, the LV team will be on Wellness Week.
We understand that in order to remain committed to the work, we must make space to rest, reflect and rejuvenate.
We’ll be back Tues, Sep 2nd to continue the work to realize #reparations in our lifetime!
We understand that in order to remain committed to the work, we must make space to rest, reflect and rejuvenate.
We’ll be back Tues, Sep 2nd to continue the work to realize #reparations in our lifetime!
The President wants to erase the telling of our history at the Smithsonian. This undermines a key component #reparations, Reckoning. As Leah Wright Rigeur shares, “ it tells a story that is very much about a quest for democracy and the way that Americans built this country.”
August 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The President wants to erase the telling of our history at the Smithsonian. This undermines a key component #reparations, Reckoning. As Leah Wright Rigeur shares, “ it tells a story that is very much about a quest for democracy and the way that Americans built this country.”
Black August is an opportunity to learn the history, achievements, and lessons of Black abolitionists and civil rights leaders. We affirm that reckoning and #reparations are the truest path to freedom and equity for generations to come. Thanks @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social for the education.
August 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Black August is an opportunity to learn the history, achievements, and lessons of Black abolitionists and civil rights leaders. We affirm that reckoning and #reparations are the truest path to freedom and equity for generations to come. Thanks @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social for the education.
On Aug 10, 1988, the U.S. apologized and paid redress to Japanese Americans for WWII internment. This is #reparations in practice. We’ve done it before. We can do it again. Repair is not a dream, it’s a decision. #Reparations
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August 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On Aug 10, 1988, the U.S. apologized and paid redress to Japanese Americans for WWII internment. This is #reparations in practice. We’ve done it before. We can do it again. Repair is not a dream, it’s a decision. #Reparations
blog.janm.org/2018/02/08/t...
blog.janm.org/2018/02/08/t...
Last month, Rep Al Green introduced a landmark bill: “Original Justice for Living Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre Act.” This would provide direct compensation to the two remaining living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. #Reparations
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July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Last month, Rep Al Green introduced a landmark bill: “Original Justice for Living Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa/Greenwood Race Massacre Act.” This would provide direct compensation to the two remaining living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. #Reparations
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algreen.house.gov/media/press-...
Today, we recognize what would have been the 84th birthday of #EmmettTill. Emmett's tragic death launched a movement. But he should be alive today. If we are to move forward and create a nation where that truly embodies the value of freedom, we must recognize and repair the harms of the past.
July 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today, we recognize what would have been the 84th birthday of #EmmettTill. Emmett's tragic death launched a movement. But he should be alive today. If we are to move forward and create a nation where that truly embodies the value of freedom, we must recognize and repair the harms of the past.
We’re still dreaming about the 3 days of strategic thinking and restoration we spent with 130 #reparations leaders last May in Cali.
Baldwin's words from 1963 guide us: we must "achieve our country"-not the one that exists, but the one that must become. Grateful for this community. #ReparationsNow
Baldwin's words from 1963 guide us: we must "achieve our country"-not the one that exists, but the one that must become. Grateful for this community. #ReparationsNow
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’re still dreaming about the 3 days of strategic thinking and restoration we spent with 130 #reparations leaders last May in Cali.
Baldwin's words from 1963 guide us: we must "achieve our country"-not the one that exists, but the one that must become. Grateful for this community. #ReparationsNow
Baldwin's words from 1963 guide us: we must "achieve our country"-not the one that exists, but the one that must become. Grateful for this community. #ReparationsNow
In 1863, white mobs killed Black New Yorkers in the Draft Riots. But white merchants quickly raised the equivalent of $800K for care and legal aid. It wasn’t full justice, but it was repair. Repair and #Reparations are possible in the past AND today.
July 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In 1863, white mobs killed Black New Yorkers in the Draft Riots. But white merchants quickly raised the equivalent of $800K for care and legal aid. It wasn’t full justice, but it was repair. Repair and #Reparations are possible in the past AND today.
We are still basking in gratitude from our Liberation Ventures 5-Year Anniversary celebration this past May in Santa Cruz, California. Together, 130 leaders, supporters and funders in the #reparations movement built authentic connection to ourselves and each other. #ReparationsNow
July 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We are still basking in gratitude from our Liberation Ventures 5-Year Anniversary celebration this past May in Santa Cruz, California. Together, 130 leaders, supporters and funders in the #reparations movement built authentic connection to ourselves and each other. #ReparationsNow
True freedom requires repair.
If we are to have a multiracial democracy that works for all of us, we must start by making racial repair a reality in the United States today.
#reparations
If we are to have a multiracial democracy that works for all of us, we must start by making racial repair a reality in the United States today.
#reparations
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
True freedom requires repair.
If we are to have a multiracial democracy that works for all of us, we must start by making racial repair a reality in the United States today.
#reparations
If we are to have a multiracial democracy that works for all of us, we must start by making racial repair a reality in the United States today.
#reparations
@getfree-mvmt.bsky.social raised flags on Juneteenth to resist the MAGA regime’s whitewashing of history. This is a demand for reckoning. We must defend Black and Queer liberation.
July 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
@getfree-mvmt.bsky.social raised flags on Juneteenth to resist the MAGA regime’s whitewashing of history. This is a demand for reckoning. We must defend Black and Queer liberation.
Federal momentum for #reparations is growing. From the Reparations Now Resolution to renewed calls for H.R. 40, this is movement work across scales. Repair is possible!
“We are in a moment of profound anti-Blackness, and we will not back down in our pursuit of reparative justice.” - Rep. Perry
“We are in a moment of profound anti-Blackness, and we will not back down in our pursuit of reparative justice.” - Rep. Perry
June 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Federal momentum for #reparations is growing. From the Reparations Now Resolution to renewed calls for H.R. 40, this is movement work across scales. Repair is possible!
“We are in a moment of profound anti-Blackness, and we will not back down in our pursuit of reparative justice.” - Rep. Perry
“We are in a moment of profound anti-Blackness, and we will not back down in our pursuit of reparative justice.” - Rep. Perry
Opening Juneteenth, Dreaming with the Archives transforms Brooklyn Bridge Park into a living monument. Through artificial reality, @kinfolktech.bsky.social invites us to reckon with memory, land, and liberation. Step into history—and a future shaped by repair.
#Reparations
#Reparations
June 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Opening Juneteenth, Dreaming with the Archives transforms Brooklyn Bridge Park into a living monument. Through artificial reality, @kinfolktech.bsky.social invites us to reckon with memory, land, and liberation. Step into history—and a future shaped by repair.
#Reparations
#Reparations
The @bridgespangroup.bsky.social’s newest report makes it clear: philanthropy *must* continue to invest in long-term infrastructure, local power & narrative change.
At Liberation Ventures, we’re building a culture of repair to make #reparations a reality.
Read: bit.ly/MulticulturalDemocracy25
At Liberation Ventures, we’re building a culture of repair to make #reparations a reality.
Read: bit.ly/MulticulturalDemocracy25
March 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The @bridgespangroup.bsky.social’s newest report makes it clear: philanthropy *must* continue to invest in long-term infrastructure, local power & narrative change.
At Liberation Ventures, we’re building a culture of repair to make #reparations a reality.
Read: bit.ly/MulticulturalDemocracy25
At Liberation Ventures, we’re building a culture of repair to make #reparations a reality.
Read: bit.ly/MulticulturalDemocracy25
@decolonizingwealth.bsky.social is hosting a panel discussion: #PhilanthropySoWhite: Solidarity Powers Repair, on Mar 13th at 2 pm EST.
This is a call to action for funders to move beyond rhetoric and leverage their power for real healing and justice. bit.ly/psw2025
This is a call to action for funders to move beyond rhetoric and leverage their power for real healing and justice. bit.ly/psw2025
March 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
@decolonizingwealth.bsky.social is hosting a panel discussion: #PhilanthropySoWhite: Solidarity Powers Repair, on Mar 13th at 2 pm EST.
This is a call to action for funders to move beyond rhetoric and leverage their power for real healing and justice. bit.ly/psw2025
This is a call to action for funders to move beyond rhetoric and leverage their power for real healing and justice. bit.ly/psw2025
Reparations won’t come from Washington—they’ll come TO Washington. And we need funders with the vision and courage to invest in repair.
Read “If not us, who? If not now, when?” to learn our plans for building momentum and make #reparations common sense and commonplace.
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Read “If not us, who? If not now, when?” to learn our plans for building momentum and make #reparations common sense and commonplace.
medium.com/@liberationv...
March 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reparations won’t come from Washington—they’ll come TO Washington. And we need funders with the vision and courage to invest in repair.
Read “If not us, who? If not now, when?” to learn our plans for building momentum and make #reparations common sense and commonplace.
medium.com/@liberationv...
Read “If not us, who? If not now, when?” to learn our plans for building momentum and make #reparations common sense and commonplace.
medium.com/@liberationv...
#CallieHouse paved the way for reparations litigation in the U.S., leading the first-ever federal lawsuit seeking compensation for slavery.Callie House knew what we still know today: reparations are not a dream—they are a demand. Learn more: reparationsnarrativelab.org. #ReparationsNow
March 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
#CallieHouse paved the way for reparations litigation in the U.S., leading the first-ever federal lawsuit seeking compensation for slavery.Callie House knew what we still know today: reparations are not a dream—they are a demand. Learn more: reparationsnarrativelab.org. #ReparationsNow
In 1897, at just 36 years old, #CallieHouse co-founded the National Ex-Slave Mutual Bounty and Pension Association, organizing hundreds of thousands of formerly enslaved people to demand #reparations.
March 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In 1897, at just 36 years old, #CallieHouse co-founded the National Ex-Slave Mutual Bounty and Pension Association, organizing hundreds of thousands of formerly enslaved people to demand #reparations.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, the folks at Media 2070 are sharing the Black Narrative Power Toolkit. This is a great tool for journalists, media makers and activists who want to learn how to repair media harm and ensure their work uplifts communities! mediareparations.org/wp-content/u...
February 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This #BlackHistoryMonth, the folks at Media 2070 are sharing the Black Narrative Power Toolkit. This is a great tool for journalists, media makers and activists who want to learn how to repair media harm and ensure their work uplifts communities! mediareparations.org/wp-content/u...
Our #ReparationsNarrativeLab offers a concise, yet detailed history of the long road to reparations (from 1619 to present day) that we call a Timeline of the Movement for Black Liberation. It features Belinda’s story and many more key historical facts about our movement. reparationsnarrativelab.org
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our #ReparationsNarrativeLab offers a concise, yet detailed history of the long road to reparations (from 1619 to present day) that we call a Timeline of the Movement for Black Liberation. It features Belinda’s story and many more key historical facts about our movement. reparationsnarrativelab.org
In February 1783, #BelindaSutton became the first person to successfully petition a state legislature for #reparations from her former enslaver. The vivid petition text was crafted to describe Belinda's kidnapping in Africa and subsequent hardships, and to condemn the practice of slavery.
February 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In February 1783, #BelindaSutton became the first person to successfully petition a state legislature for #reparations from her former enslaver. The vivid petition text was crafted to describe Belinda's kidnapping in Africa and subsequent hardships, and to condemn the practice of slavery.
Community - Today is our birthday! It is officially the fifth anniversary of our founding. We launched Liberation Ventures on February 14, 2020 with the intention of centering the love we have for Black people and all of those who have poured into the #reparations movement.
February 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Community - Today is our birthday! It is officially the fifth anniversary of our founding. We launched Liberation Ventures on February 14, 2020 with the intention of centering the love we have for Black people and all of those who have poured into the #reparations movement.
The #ChicagoFutureFund was designed to bring formerly incarcerated people closer to restitution. It provides formerly incarcerated folks with a #GuaranteedIncome. And it’s already making a major impact on Chicago’s community.
Learn more: www.eatchicago.org/files/report...
Learn more: www.eatchicago.org/files/report...
February 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The #ChicagoFutureFund was designed to bring formerly incarcerated people closer to restitution. It provides formerly incarcerated folks with a #GuaranteedIncome. And it’s already making a major impact on Chicago’s community.
Learn more: www.eatchicago.org/files/report...
Learn more: www.eatchicago.org/files/report...