Racial Justice Rising (formerly Mass Slavery Apology) is an all-volunteer organization in Franklin County, MA, USA.
Latest Activities
Kwanzaa 2023
December 10, 2023; First United Methodist Church, Greenfield, MA; Kwanzaa celebration with singing a…
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Reparations Teach-In
Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 6:30 to 8pm EST on Zoom, by The Reparations Collective What are Repa…
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Pocumtuck Homelands Festival
August 5 & 6, 2023 Unity Park, Turners Falls MA Announcing this partner event in our community: …
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Just Another Mile
Saturday, February 18, 2023 – 2 PM All Souls UU Church of Greenfield, 399 Church Street, Green…
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Our Statement of Apology
Read our statement of apology for slavery and commitment to restorative action. Endorse our statement by adding your signature to the list.
Speak Out for Reparations
We offer the local and broader community a place to say why reparations are important. Read what others have said and make your own comment.
Reparations are the restorative actions that make an acknowledgement of wrong doings via an apology meaningful.
View Our Reparations Teach In
The Education Committee
A new committee has formed to focus on racial equity in the schools and education system in the Greenfield, Massachusetts area. If you are interested in learning more about this or want to get involved, contact us using the form below.
About Racial Justice Rising
We are ordinary people
troubled by the persistent racism that plagues this country. Believing that the damage caused by racism must be repaired before our society can be whole, we work for just and respectful treatment for all. While much of our work is focused in our local area, we are connected with the broader movements in our region and the nation.
Our Mission
- to help build the movement for racial justice by contributing to a deeper understanding of systemic racism and racial justice, and
- to help to heal the racial divide and bring justice for people targeted by racism.
Mass Slavery Apology is the project that started our work. It is a statement of apology for slavery and a commitment to taking restorative action.
Our Partners
Racial Justice Rising supports
- Greenfield People’s Budget
- Grassroots Reparations Campaign, The Truth Telling Project’s premiere program
- Nolumbeka Project
Weekly Vigils
Most Saturday mornings from 11 – 12
on the Greenfield Commons
Thanks to Our Supporters
Our programs are supported in part by grants from these Local Cultural Councils: Amherst, Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont-Hawley, Conway, Deerfield, Gill, Greenfield, Heath, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.