For Immediate Release March 22, 2022

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 7:00 – 8:15 pm p.m.
Free, but registration is required here.

In September 2019, Virginia Theological Seminary announced the creation of a reparations endowment fund and the intent to research, uncover, and recognize African Americans who toiled under the oppression of VTS during slavery and throughout the Jim Crow era. The March 30th lecture looks at the program’s progress providing reparations to descendants since March 2021’s lecture and overview. This year, Ebonee Davis, will provide an update to the program and speak with one of the descendants about what the VTS reparations program has meant to their family.

Ebonee Davis, Associate for Multicultural Ministries Programming and Historical Research for Reparations with VTS, will update the research findings and implementation of VTS’ Reparations Program. Davis is a public historian with nearly 15 years’ experience working for local, state, and national institutions in the Americas and Africa. With VTS, she is coordinating the research efforts of the VTS’ Reparations Program and works directly with the program’s descendant families.

This event is sponsored by the Alexandria Historical Society, Alexandria Black History Museum, and the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project.

For Media Inquiries, please contact Audrey Davis at audrey.davis@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.4706.

To request a reasonable disability accommodation, please contact Audrey Davis at audrey.davis@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.4706, or call Virginia Relay 711.

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This news release is available at alexandriava.gov/go/3441.