Exonerating a History and a Heroine
The National Congress of Black Women Inc. <mail@networkforgood.com>
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Tue, Sep 20 at 11:11 AM
NCBW is honored & proud to participate in Exonerating a History and a Heroine For Immediate Release: Press Conference Announcing a Presidential Posthumous Pardon Petition on Behalf of Mrs. Callie House The William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Criminal Justice Institute at the Harvard Law School, the National Congress of Black Women Inc., and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs Inc. will host a joint press conference on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, to announce a presidential posthumous pardon petition on behalf of Mrs. Callie House, a formerly enslaved woman who founded the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief and Pension Association (MRB & PA). The press conference will be held on the very day of the 123rd anniversary of the beginning of the federal prosecution of the foremother of the reparations movement and the first national reparations organization. By 1900, Mrs. House built a movement of over 300,000 members and accomplished the herculean goal of a reparations bill being introduced in Congress – ironically with the support of Sen. Edmund Pettus. With this growth in influence came increased government surveillance. Three federal agencies – the Bureau of Pensions, the Post Office Department, and the Department of Justice – sought to end this movement. Without any evidence, the Post Office Department accused Mrs. House of mail fraud, making it forbidden for the MRB&PA to send mail or cash money orders. Despite House’s efforts to invoke her constitutional rights, the Post Office Department was determined to invoke the fraud order in order to limit the MRB&PA’s influence. In the midst of her rise, Mrs. House was unjustly convicted of mail fraud by an all-white male jury, effectively killing her movement. The press conference (for members of the press only) will take place at the Harvard Kennedy School from 1pm to 2pm. Featured speakers include Cornell William Brooks, Hauser Professor of the Practice of Nonprofit Organizations and Director of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice; Ronald S. Sullivan Jr., Jesse Climenko Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute; Lynn V. Dymally, Acting President/CEO of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc.; Erika Swaringen-Blankumsee, Senior Advisor to the 30th President of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc.; and students from Prof. Brooks’ social justice clinical “Creating Justice in Real Time.” About the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social JusticeThe Trotter Collaborative is a social think and do tank at the Harvard Kennedy School, within the Center for Public Leadership. The Collaborative’s mission is morally ambitious and threefold. First, it supports the teaching and fostering of excellence in social advocacy through interdisciplinary clinical education, across Harvard and beyond. Second, the Collaborative supports Harvard Kennedy School students and those across the university serving client organizations in the nonprofit and government sectors. Lastly, the Trotter Collaborative leverages the analytic capital of Harvard through teaching, convenings, executive sessions, ideation, innovation, transformation, and best practice reform in service of communities and organizations seeking social justice.  __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ National Board of DirectorsJanice BrooksNational Chair Siverene JonesFirst Vice Chair Marilyn BlakelySecond Vice Chair Theresa Buckson, MDTreasurer Shyra ArringtonRecording Secretary Alene Brown-HarrisCorresponding Secretary Ophelia AverittChaplain Bernice OdenMember Grace CarringtonMemberLynn V. DymallyMember Cindy Ayers ElliottMember Valerie PriceMember Fumilayo TildenMember Adrenance WilliamsMember Morgan JonesMember Danielle MartinMember Kheri MonksMember National Congress of Black Women Inc1250 4th St SW Ste WG-1Washington, DC 20024Email not displaying correctly?View it in your browserUnsubscribe |
