ABSTRACT
The Boston Ujima Project makes reparations the focus of their vision and work on radical systems change. Reparations is not simply economic compensation for the labor stolen, lives taken, and opportunities lost to slavery and institutionalized racism; it also involves building the new and reciprocal relationships of repair and accountability necessary to address the continued effects of slavery and to prevent similar harms from being perpetuated. Based on this frame, the Boston Ujima Project engages in a set of activities with the long-term goal of transitioning Boston city government from a shepherd of racialized capitalism to an organ of deep democracy and self-determination of historically exploited communities.
