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Episcopal City Mission distributes $2.75 million in reparations to Massachusetts organizations supporting justice

Reparations are "part of our commitment to following Jesus," Arrington Chambliss, Episcopal City Mission's executive director, said in a Sept. "There is no reconciliation without repair given the history that necessitates this work.

Episcopal City Mission distributes $2.75 million in reparations to Massachusetts organizations supporting justice

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Reparations are "part of our commitment to following Jesus," Arrington Chambliss, Episcopal City Mission's executive director, said in a Sept.

"There is no reconciliation without repair given the history that necessitates this work.

This moment is not an ending but an important step in a much longer journey toward truth, accountability, and repair," Chambliss said.

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Reparations are "part of our commitment to following Jesus," Arrington Chambliss, Episcopal City Mission's executive director, said in a Sept. "There is no reconciliation without repair given the history that necessitates this work. This moment is not an ending but an important step in a much longer journey toward truth, accountability, and repair," Chambliss said.

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  • The organization formed a committee called Reparations Advisors and Stewards to guide the decision-making process on recipients.
  • Cynthia Perry, a professor at Boston College's Woods College of Advancing Studies, helped facilitate the initiative as lead project consultant.

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[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal City Mission, a Boston nonprofit affiliated with the Diocese of Massachusetts, distributed $2.75 million in reparations to 25 Massachusetts-based organizations that are dedicated to promoting racial and economic justice and equity, truth-telling, reconciliation and strengthening communities. Cyprian's, a historically Black Episcopal church in Roxbury.

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