Realizing Reparations Series: Venneikia Williams and Trevor Smith

FEATURING VENNEIKIA WILLIAMS AND TREVOR SMITH - Hundreds of movement leaders, activists, organizers, funders, and journalists gathered in Atlanta, Georgia in June 2023 at Alight, Align, Arise, an invitation-only conference on reparations organized by the Decolonizing Wealth Project. As the conference’s media partner, YES! Media spoke with more than a dozen prominent organizers, activists, and leaders, among them were Venneikia Williams, Campaign Manager at Media 2070, and Trevor Smith, Director of Narrative Change at Liberation Ventures, where he is building the ‘Reparations Narrative Lab’ (RNL).