Earl Lewis and Jessica Cruz spoke with Alyssa Burr of MLive to discuss the Center for Social Solution's 'Crafting Democrati Futures' reparations project in greater detail. The pair discussed the new community fellows representing Washtenaw County, Detroit, and Flint, respectively, and the community engagement aspect that is central to the project. 

Speaking on the impetus for the project, Lewis noted, "It’s hard for us to have the kind of racial healing that was called for after the death of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor, among others, without deeply delving into the ways in which history complicates how we go about healing and who should be healed."

Cruz, who is the project's managing director, added “I think repair, redress, acknowledgement and accountability are in the spirit of repair and trying to break the cycle of intergenerational harm."

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