This is part of the 'first Saturday' public sessions Detroit Reparations Task Force @repairdetroit is conducting thru July 2025. Today's is held at Northwest Activities Center 18100 Meyers Rd. You can also attend virtually or by phone ⬇️⬇️⬇️ detroitmi.gov/events/detroit…

@repairdetroit Looking for more info? You can contact @repairdetroit directly at 313-439-5645 reparations@detroitmi.gov plus visit their website here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ detroitmi.gov/government/cit…

@repairdetroit And as always, please check out coverage of previous sessions by @DetDocumenters! Most recently we have this live coverage thread by @NachumDetroit 📱👇 https://x.com/NachumDetroit/status/1796960921056694583

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit As covered by media partner @freep's Dana Afana @DanaAfana the task force has been reaching out to the community for input via survey 🗞️💻👇 freep.com/story/news/loc…

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana #DETdocumenters it is a gorgeous day at Northwest Activities Center

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Set up is very different from previous sessions I covered—ready for break out sessions

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana We have the agenda…

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana And we also have info gathered from previous session

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Meeting starting at 2:13…rather light turnout at this point, about 30 people including members

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Calloway is running the meeting and rolling through the first 4 agenda items

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Hazel gives her Treasurer Report…total budget is $416,000 but she can’t give full report until all the invoices are presented to her

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana States they currently have $329,000ish on hand…and I see there is a new project manager who will be presenting her with remaining invoices/info for the line item report

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Member from Detroiters for Tax Justice on hand to speak briefly on tax captures and has lit to distribute

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Image of lit he distributed…also has membership application

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Their website is here ⬇️ detroitersfortaxjustice.com

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana More people have streamed in…we are at about 38 if I have counted correctly

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana It is 2:27 PM…the DTF gentleman is still speaking…he is item 7.1 in the agenda

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana So, they move to break out sessions..,I will try to bounce around but will focus on group I am sitting with…Ms Janis Hazel facilitating

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana She is working with Harms Report for the Detroit Reparations Task Force 📒👇

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana This is available for download online ⬇️ detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitm…

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Former police officer Davis

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana People in round table discussing interactions with police…

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Connection of lived reality with data in report

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Hazel asks former Commissioner Davis where records of systemic misconduct by police would be found, how to push forward in continuing the investigation & building on harms report

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Speaking about abuses by police occurring during the riots

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana People continue to stream in…lots of action at the various tables

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana People are animated/passionate but appears the facilitators all keeping things moving

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Hazel brings conversation back to tax issues, connecting with the presenter from DTF…goes beyond tax captures and speaks about the systemic over assessments and Land Bank

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Describes situation of bureaucracy constraints and poor job of Land Bank…

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Okay…video took forever to load! During those times people kept coming in and question from round table about type of reparations led to Hazel giving mini-clinic on broad topic & narrowing it to purpose of task force — harms specific to citizens of Detroit

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana 1 Round table participant feels starting point should be 1950, 2nd would like 1700s, another feels 1900

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Hazel begins to wrap up…they are searching for oral histories to be documented and looking for a writer to pull project together…job notice for this writer position at task force website ⬇️ detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitm…

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana We are now at 48 people…Calloway having tables give brief summary of what was discussed and ask questions

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana We are at the 3:34 point and still have items on agenda so trying to move things along

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana First table emphasizes importance of language and lineage in report, making sure black is focus

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana 2nd table speaks to a long list of actions to be addressed…person from a different table addresses things but not as rep for table (?)—wants reparations addressed in terms of international law

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Hazel reports on the table I’m at…points to harms done as systemic process of wealth extraction & task force final report will go beyond harms report to include the task force’s work

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana She notes there is still confusion over purpose & scope of the task force—NOT reparations in total but specifically done by municipal Detroit to African Americans living in Detroit

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Another table also has long list but leads with housing and states need for revising AMI to be exclusively based on Detroit boundaries

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Speaking also about issues of over assessment and DLBA inventory—states that HUD dollars coming to Detroit should not be under discretion of the mayor’s office

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Final table…person speaking about language, saying report should specify actions that should be stopped, started or continued should state why…plus glossary of terms is necessary

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Calloway moving to pull things to close…Migrant & Immigrant Fair on October 16 at Detroit Hispanic Development Corp dhdc1.org

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Rep from Community Development Advocates of Detroit on hand to invite people to learn about their work, supports work of task force cdad-online.org

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Calloway closes noting 1 there are cards available for building oral history and 2 the task force survey still available online ⬇️ app.smartsheet.com/b/form/048a5c0…

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana Meeting adjourned at 4:03 PM

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana That concludes my coverage for the October 5 Detroit Reparations Task Force…if anything is not accurate please email Documenters@media_outlier.org with ‘Corrections Request’ in subject line

@repairdetroit @DetDocumenters @NachumDetroit @freep @DanaAfana As always find additional content and coverage at Documenters.org