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[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

Our lineage is more than history.

It shapes wealth.
Wealth shapes health.
Health and wealth shape power.

So what if learning about your family history could also help shape Reparations, and our future?

This Juneteenth week, begin your journey with READ Roots.

READ Roots is our new community-based genealogy and empowerment experience helping individuals and families explore whether they are descendants of people enslaved in the United States while building family history, health awareness, civic knowledge, and leadership.

READ Roots is more than an event—it’s a 6-week journey through genealogy, health, civics, advocacy, and leadership.

Join the movement, starting this Juneteenth week.

📍 Sacramento | Oakland | Los Angeles (more to come)
🔗 Sign up: https://t.co/kuhMTNt4hb

#READRoots #FamilyHistory #JuneteenthWeek #Genealogy @cjecofficial #sacramento #LA #Oakland #CAReparations #lineagematters

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

From Slavery to the Crack era, U.S. government-sponsored harm against descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. has left a lasting impact on our health.

Here's what we know:

U.S. Government (CIA)-linked networks moved cocaine into Black American communities in the U.S. during the 1980s — a pipeline later documented in federal investigations and reporting.

Journalists like Gary Webb showed how this pipeline helped fuel the cocaine supply that became crack in our neighborhoods.

U.S. agencies were aware of these networks as crack was destroying the health of our neighborhoods, our families, and us.

Join us Dec 12 in Inglewood as we talk truth, healing, and what real #Reparations require.

📍 Black Lantern Books | 6–8 PM
🔗 https://t.co/U1IhH19e2Q
Hosted by @CABWHP with support from @cjecofficial

#HealingAcrossCalifornia #Reparations #MentalHealth #Wealth #RealReparations

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

📢🚨 California State, County & City Employees — Important Update!

If your ancestors survived enslavement in the United States, you can now claim/report your lineage status as their descendant on official employment forms — and this option will soon be available across all California local (City & County) government workplaces.

Why this matters 👇🏿:
Better data for descendants → better policy → better outcomes (pay, hiring, promotion).

3 Things To Do:

1. If you're a current California public employee, check your forms and resurvey.

2. If you’re newly hired or entering the workforce soon — claim your lineage when forms open.

3. No matter what, if you're a California state, city, or county employee or know someone who is, share this. Put it in your group chats. Spread the word.

📨 Questions? DM us or email [email protected]
🔗 Follow @cjecofficial for tools, updates, and rollout timelines.

#BlackData #Delineation #CJEC #AmericanFreedmen #cor #SB515 #cjeccoalition #LineageMatters #datamatters #breakdownthedata @cjecofficial #data #California

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

Get the best & most trusted California #Reparations news & info straight from the California grassroots!

👉🏿 No need to wait for an email! Our California Reparations Newsletter is now public on our website!

Scan the QR code or visit https://t.co/Nt7AG5jxuK to read it anytime!

Spread the word! @cjecofficial

#CaliforniaReparations #CJEC #ReparationsNow #StayInformed #realreparations #information #RealReparationsInfo

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

California is changing the way we collect data for Black Americans.

Here's how:

In 2024, due to the law we wrote @cjecofficial (SB 189, section 14, 2022), ALL California state agencies now have a specific category of data for descendants wherever data is collected for state employees. And the data is already coming in (more on that later).

Now, our new Senate Bill 515 (2025) will require EVERY CITY and EVERY COUNTY in California to do the same thing, starting with city and county employees.

One more step toward fixing a big problem: namely, if you can't see our community, you can't serve our community.

And right now, we're completely invisible. We're ending this. Join us. Spread the word. Share. Stay alert. Follow @cjecofficial

#SB515 #CALeg

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

LAST week, while all the attention was (rightfully) focused on our new bill #AB1315 with Republican lawmaker Bill Essayli to create the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency, ANOTHER one of our proposals was introduced as a bill, this time by (Democrat) Senator Laura Richardson who won the seat formerly held by state Senator Steven Bradford @SenBradfordCA

The bill is #SB515 and it requires EVERY city and county in California to create a category of data collection for descendants of people enslaved in the United States, starting with the almost half a million current city and county employees, and anyone who gets hired to city and county Government in the future.

In 2022, we wrote and passed a law that requires all STATE agencies to create this category of data collection for our people; that is happening now. This NEW bill EXPANDS that work to each one of California's 540 local governments.

Why?

Well, after all, we've been here for hundreds of years, built the country, and fought in every war, but until now, NO part of our Government even counted us as people. They just called us "Black" or "African American," which are terms too big and loose to describe us as a unique and foundational American people.

And if you don't see a people, you can't serve a people.

(That's partly why there has been almost no specific policy or resources directed to us; because of this gap in the data. We're ending that. @cjecofficial)

READ SB515 and the related info. Then share what you learn.

SB515: https://t.co/hxQKfZWADG

Related info: https://t.co/ic9iCja5cZ

#datamatters #AmericanFreedmen

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

THIS 👇🏿! 5 REASONS why we need the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency #CAFAA #AB1315 #AmericanFreedmen @cjecofficial @AsmPacheco #ReferAB1315 @Ash_Kalra #HearAB1315 #CALeg

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

California lawmakers are pushing bills related to Reparations and Reparative Justice right now.

Make YOUR voice heard at our next Community Town Hall, an opportunity to get knowledge and contribute YOUR ideas to real-world Reparations and Reparative Justice efforts happening NOW!

Don't miss it! Free event: Saturday, March 15th, 12:30pm - 4pm.
4276 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles 90008 (yellow building next to the Mcdonald's).

Topics Include:
1. California Legislative Black Caucus "Road to Repair" Bills (Democrats)

2. California American Freedmen Affairs Agency Bill AB-1315 (Republicans)

3. Community Reparations Ideas

4. Reparations Money in the 2024 and 2025 State Budgets

Register @ https://t.co/le1ZsFS3KO

(or scan the QR Code)

#AmericanFreedmen @cjecofficial @COR_Coalition @leapofficialorg #AfricaTownCoalition

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

Remember this? Last August, after blocking 🚫 the bill to create the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency which would have helped California residents verify that they were descendants of people who were emancipated from American Chattel Slavery, the California Legislative Black @CABlackCaucus publicly committed (in writing 👇🏿) to reintroduce the bill in 2025.

Well, it's 2025, and the deadline to introduce bills this year is just 7 days away (Friday, Feb 21st). And, so far, there is no bill.

So, after publicly committing to reintroduce the bill, after over 100 people recently showed up to the Capitol in person to advocate for the bill, after California voters recently sent in over 15,000 emails 📧 supporting the bill, after dozens of organizations recently showed their support for the bill, the question is:

Is the California Legislative Black Caucus going to break their commitment to their own people?

And, if so, what are you/we going to do about it?

7 days. And counting.

@cjecofficial #CALeg #CAReparations2025 #AmericanFreedmen

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

***ACTION ALERT***

The time for ACTION is NOW!

CONTACT #CALeg #CABudgetCommittees @CAgovernor and tell them to FUND Reparations in the state Budget, SPEND the money right, and STOP any Reparations funds from going to non-profit organizations!

It only takes a minute!!!

Click👇🏿 or scan the QR code!
https://t.co/IxhR9KQtC7

#CAReparations2025 @cjecofficial #AmericanFreedmen

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

***ACTION ALERT***

The time for ACTION is NOW!

CONTACT the #CALeg and tell them to introduce and support #REPARATIONS and REPARATIVE Justice bills ASAP!

It only takes a minute!!!

Click👇🏿 or scan the QR code!
https://t.co/Ljz0mMzfh0

#CAReparations2025 @cjecofficial #lineage

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

Sending our deepest love and appreciation to the #CJEC volunteers from San Diego to Sacramento who went into our communities during #mlkday2025 weekend to raise awareness for Reparations in California! 5 events in total! We SEE you!!! @cjecofficial #AmericanFreedmen #Reparations #lineagematters #lineage #CAReparations2025

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

We went door to door, office to office, educating and advocating for BIG BOLD California Reparations bills this year... each one of our over a dozen teams was assigned a list of legislators to visit. And each team did a fantastic job...Remember, these are THE FIRST people ever to come to the #Sacramento Capitol to lobby specifically and exclusively for lineage-based Reparations bills.

More to come!

#cutthechecks #cutthecheckca

@cjecofficial #CAReparations2025 #lineagematters #AmericanFreedmen #CALeg

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

100+ #Reparations advocates and supporters w/27+ orgs came to the #Sacramento Capitol this week for our inaugural #California Reparations Education and Advocacy Day (R.E.A.D) @cjecofficial and the FIRST EVER Reparations lobby day in California HISTORY!!!

Altogether, we visited the offices of almost ALL of the 120 CA Senators & Assemblymembers, urging them to introduce or support 2025 Reparations bills including:

1. A state agency to verify Reparations eligibility (lineage-based).
2. A Reparations Fund in the state Treasury.
3. Funding for Reparations in the 2025 Budget.
4. Direct monetary (cash) payments.
5. Restitution and compensation for stolen property.

More to come... #READ2025 #CALeg #CAReparations2025 #AmericanFreedmen #FBAF #lineagematters

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

🗣🗣 Join us for a Community and Candidate Forum calling for accountability and pledges to support REAL Reparations! Saturday 10/19 6pm @ the Center For Black Power #LosAngeles 🏴!!!

The NEXT California Legislative season is less than 90 days away and we're calling on ALL current and aspiring members of the CLBC @CABlackCaucus, candidates for state and local office, and state legislators to support REAL Reparations for Black Americans in California next year.

Brought to you by a growing coalition of Community members and orgs dedicated to seeing Reparations paid to descendants of persons enslaved and emancipated in the U.S.!!!
#CJEC #BLMLA #NAASD #DowntownCrenshaw #AfrodescendantsNation #cjeccoalition #AfricaTownCoalition #StudentsDeserve #CAReparations2025 #lineage

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

Get the latest California #Reparations info, updates, and action alerts from grassroots Reparations advocates!

Text “JOIN” to: 833-693-2800 to get updates sent straight to your cell phone OR visit https://t.co/LN7MQg3XNT to sign up today!

#CAReparations #CAReparations2025 @cjecofficial #CAReparationsInfo

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

***Statement in Response to the Veto by Governor @GavinNewsom of Reparations-related Bill SB-1050***

We are deeply disappointed with Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision to veto SB-1050, a pivotal bipartisan bill that would have provided restitution and compensation for Black American families whose properties were unjustly taken through state-sanctioned actions. The decision is yet another example of political leaders paying lip service to Reparative justice while cowering in the face of true Reparative action.

SB-1050 was approved by the California legislature with over 70 votes in the state Assembly and over 37 votes in the state Senate. Therefore, we also call for the state legislature to pass legislation overruling Governor Newsom’s decision.

This veto is a setback for Reparative justice, and it is deeply troubling that it was, in part, a result of the California Legislative Black Caucus @CABlackCaucus recently blocking another bill crucial to SB-1050's implementation (SB-1403).

SB-1050 was not just a bill; it was a lifeline to families who have suffered generational harm due to wrongful property seizures. The veto sends a message that the state is unwilling to confront the full breadth of its historical injustices. The families affected by these actions deserve restitution, and the failure to pass this bill is an injustice in itself.

This moment highlights a broader failure of political leadership. This was a historic opportunity, and political maneuvering has delayed justice once again. The blocking of essential companion legislation by members of the California Legislative Black Caucus has only compounded the damage. We will not, however, be deterred from our mission to achieve Reparations and Reparative Justice.

Instead, we will redouble our efforts. The fight for Reparations and justice for Black American Californians is far from over, and we will continue to press forward. @cjecofficial

https://t.co/hzjvkw7W03
#CAReparations2025 #lineagematters

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

***Oakland*** 2025 Reparations and related bills are on the way! The time to get educated and active is NOW! Join us for ANOTHER Community Town Hall on CALIFORNIA REPARATIONS! Make your voice heard!

When: Sunday, September 29th, 2 pm - 5 pm
Where: Defremery Recreation Center, 1651 Adeline St, 94607

Hosted by: @ARCCBayArea & @cjecofficial

You do NOT wanna miss THIS! Be there!!!

@ASandford4AD18 @AsmMiaBonta #CAReparations2025 #lineagematters #ReparationsNOW

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

We're less than 90 days away from the start of the 2025 legislation season and our next opportunity for new Reparations and related bills in California! Don't wait! Whether you're in California or not, we need you to get ACTIVE now!!!

Register for our NEXT new volunteer meeting and join us on Wed, 10/2, 6:30p - 8p. Register 👇🏿
https://t.co/jnfkYfOhZh

@cjecofficial #lineagematters #CAReparations2024 #CAReparations2025 #ReparationsNOW #ReparationsFOREVER #lineagematters

[Coalition For A Just & Equitable California @cjecofficial]

Time to get ACTIVE in the fight for Reparations! Register for our next new volunteer meeting on Wed, 9/11, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Register @ https://t.co/6692BGpbGR

Whether you're in California or not, we need you to get ACTIVE now!!!

Don't miss THIS!!!

@cjecofficial #lineagematters #CAReparations2024 #CAReparations2025 #ReparationsNOW #ReparationsFOREVER #lineagematters