“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” —James Baldwin

Friend,

Throughout the history of the United States, Black folks have been enslaved, abused and exploited by a system of white-controlled power — and the media system has played a key role.

It’s time to reckon with this past, and build something new. That’s why, for the past year, we’ve been working on a very exciting project that makes the case for — and envisions a future with — media reparations. Today, we want to share this work with you. Be one of the first to download the Free Press essay Media 2070: A Call to Dream Up Media Reparations.

This work documents how anti-Black racism has been part of our media system’s DNA since colonial times and makes visible the ways in which the media have taken part in and supported state violence and harm against Black people. It highlights why Black media reparations are critical to achieving racial justice and ensuring democracy is fully realized.

Help welcome our call for media reparations into the world: Download Media 2070: A Call to Dream Up Media Reparations, and share this groundbreaking essay with your friends and family.

This essay is just the beginning: In the coming months, we will work in coalition with Black leaders, organizations and people like you to co-create a vision of what kinds of reparations are needed to truly transform the media. Thank you for joining us on this journey!

In the spirit and truth of our ancestors—

Alicia, Collette, Joseph and the Media 2070 team
media2070.org

P.S. For the past year, our team has documented stories, testimonies and resistance. Now we’re sharing this work with the world as “Media 2070,” an in-depth essay and organizing hub. Be the first to download the paper and share this work with your friends and family.