In her new TED Talk, Aria Florant, cofounder of Liberation Ventures, shares a powerful lesson that the same principles that heal a broken relationship between two people can help heal a nation. Florant discusses the ways in which slavery’s history and structural harm still impact’s us today and how repairing these harms can heal communities across America.
Less than a year after launching Liberation Ventures to support and help accelerate the reparations movement, Aria’s partnership with her own cofounder fell apart. What brought them back together, along with lessons from South Africa, Germany, and Colombia, became a four-step framework for repairing harm at every level.
Her message is one we need right now, highlighting the fact that most people think reparations are only about money, but true repair goes much deeper than the financial.
The National Black Cultural Information Trust (NBCI Trust) is proud to be a movement partner with Liberation Ventures. Our work advocating for reparations, protecting Black history, culture, and access to accurate information is part of that deeper repair, telling the truth about harm so that we can build what comes next.
