Mayor Brandon Johnson Opens Applications for Chicago Reparations Task Force

In a major step toward racial justice, Mayor Brandon Johnson has officially opened the application process for Chicago’s Reparations Task Force—a first-of-its-kind effort to study the legacy of systemic harm against Black Chicagoans and chart a path toward repair.
Announced Wednesday in partnership with the Office of Equity and Racial Justice and the Aldermanic Black Caucus, the task force will play a central role in producing Chicago’s first comprehensive reparations study, sc