Athens Reparations Action

04/29/2025

04/19/2025

Yall the Linnentown documentary is going to premiere April 28 at 9pm EST on Local USA! Scan the QR codes in the post below and watch the trailer here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1LDPTTxopi/

It’s been an incredible journey with and . Excited to see how put it all together on screen. Chaplain Cole Knapper JoBeth Allen Trisha Hall Patricia Moody Kevin Shaw Carter Vest floyd

02/18/2025

Chaplain Cole Knapper, JoBeth Allen and Alys Willman had the pleasure of being interviewed by Rev. Pat Jackson of Interwoven Congregations late last year about our work for reparations for The Linnentown Project. The chance to reflect on our journey together was a real gift.

You can watch the interview here:

It started on a bus ride last summer as I was traveling with the delegation of the Georgia Poor People's Campaign for the 2024 March on Washington. At one point I sat next to Chaplain Cole Knapper who attends Ebenezer Baptist Church West in Athens, GA. Chaplain Cole told me just a bit of the story a...

10/07/2024

Join our Transition Team to shape the next phase of work for

This fall, we will be assembling a Transition Team to advise on what would help us live out our mission to build the Beloved Community and heal from historical harm through reparations in Athens.

We expect the Team will be a diverse group of people committed to reparations, including those whose families have been harmed by racist policies such as urban renewal.

We will call on the Team to help us get a handle on how our work fits in with other work related to reparations in Athens, broaden our networks, and lay out a plan for a second phase.

What's the time commitment, you ask? We would love our Team to make time for a couple of coffees/lunches (our treat!) later this fall, and an in-person planning session in mid-February next year.

Interested? Reach out to us at [email protected] or here on social media for more details.

07/03/2024

Great coverage by Flagpole Magazine

Members of two Athens churches distributed checks to descendants of Black families whose homes were taken by the City of Athens and the University of Georgia in the 1960s—a first of its kind attempt at reparations, according to organizers. Predominantly white Oconee Street United Methodist Church ...

06/28/2024

The Athens Reparations Action started the first phase of their reparations to Linnentown descendants in a powerful and hopeful ceremony at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, West, on Sunday, June 23.

06/24/2024

200-some community members listened with reverence and keen interest as each Linnentown descendant shared intimate family moments, brought us to laughter and tears, evoked anger and gratitude and resolve. The history of Linnentown is African American history. It is the history of white supremacy. It is Athens history.

06/23/2024

See y’all at 4!

06/20/2024

Last night board members Chaplain Cole Knapper Trish Hall and Alys Willman spoke at a Juneteenth event for . We were so excited to see Athens Georgia on this fab map of reparations initiatives around the country. Reparations are not only possible, they are happening thanks to the efforts of folks like and others. Let’s keep the momentum!