The U.S. provides reparations in many forms every day. This conversation asks why the harms of slavery and racial discrimination have largely been excluded from that tradition.

“Rupture is inevitable. Repair is learnable. Every time you repair, your relationship grows stronger.” Learn the PACER method of how to quickly move from conflict to resolution.

Done well, an apology can make a relationship closer and more trusting than it was before the harm was done. Learn how.

Traditions and systems put in place by slavery and colonialism have shaped our present inequalities and still need our repair.

Explore Jacqui’s story of being forcibly separated from her family during Belgium’s colonial rule and reflect on what meaningful repair can look like for harms tied to identity, belonging, and stolen histories.

This article reflects on what meaningful repair can look like at a national level and why accountability matters even when repair is imperfect.