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08/28/2026

Reparations Media - Aug 2026 News: SAVE THE DATE - https://mailchi.mp/reparationsmedia/changeagentsaug2023-16545740 Some sentences never end. A criminal record follows people long after release — into jobs, housing, the ballot box. This month: a work-in-progress look at our documentary CIVIL DEATH (Oct 24, Resilience Fest), free record relief at Cook County's Second Chance Summit (Oct 10), our Swahili season finale, and what's on your ballot this fall. Full details in bio.

08/13/2026

Change Agents Alumn, Jeb Backe is doing some exciting things! You can find his archived segment through the link below.

Honored to get the chance to co-host for this week's NewsWrap at This Way Out. Earlier this year, I began writing the weekly news segment for this historic international LGBTQ radio magazine. Since then, I've been feeling so grateful to exercise the unique freedoms afforded by working in independent...

08/13/2026

🎙️ Sasa kwa Kiswahili / Now in Swahili

A Moment of Pause: Navigating Misinformation in Immigrant Communities is now available in Swahili — live and ready whenever you or your community need it.

Advocate Emma Yaaka on trust, rumor, and the power of slowing down in a moment of fear. 🌱

🎧 Listen: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1600336/episodes/19609395

07/30/2026

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Featured in Change Agents s6ep9: Stateless

What does home mean when no country will claim you? 🌙
At 17, Fatima fled genocide in Myanmar. Seven years after resettling in Chicago, her family is still stateless — but at the iftar table, they found a community that speaks their language. ✊

🚩 Listen to the full story: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1600336/episodes/19539730



Produced by Bing Wang

07/25/2026

What are your weekend plans?

Join Reparations Media & at the Sauk Village Christmas July event on Saturday, July 25, 2026.

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07/06/2026

"A place to call home is so essential to that dignity. It provides the bedrock to build a family, start a career, and pursue our goals."

Matthew Cage discusses the intersection of housing and healing on the latest episode of Change Agents. After losing his brother and father, Matthew explains how a stable home allowed him to finally "show up" for his mother and his community.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation: https://changeagentsthepodcast.buzzsprout.com/1600336/episodes/15272291-a-place-called-home

What's your take? How can cities better support housing for returning citizens? Share your thoughts below 👇


Produced by Joshua Eferighe for Reparations Media NFP | In collaboration with Matthew Cage and

07/01/2026

"If people knew that they can vote that have felonies, that many people can sway any election."

King Moosa discusses the bridge between art and activism and the necessity of justice-impacted leadership on the latest episode of Change Agents. This investigation explores how 13 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections transformed Brian Harrington into King Moosa, an ambassador for the right to vote.

At Reparations Media we work with the people who are working towards changing their community for a better tomorrow 🇺🇸

🎧 Listen to the full conversation: https://changeagentsthepodcast.buzzsprout.com/1600336/episodes/17251807-rhymes-resistance-king-moosa-uses-creativity-to-advance-voting-rights

What's your take? Share your thoughts below 👇

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth from your friends at Reparations Media!

06/12/2026

Summertime Chi is in full effect!

We've curated a short list of events designed for connection and community. There is SO MUCH more going on in and around Chicago. Our list barely scratches the surface.

What are your Juneteenth plans looking like?

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Juneteenth Family Festival of Beverly and Morgan Park






music: DJ Roy Davis Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INZkYvPIX6c

05/30/2026

Reparations Media - May 2026 News: Our Foundational Pillars Include YOU

Our foundational pillars — Inclusion, Integrity, Collaboration, and Empowerment — aren't window dressing. They're structural. They're what we build on and what we build toward.

And this month, we're being clear: they include YOU.

From Change Agents Season 6 translations and community listening events, to the Lenfest News Philanthropy Summit, to the DePaul Institute for Journalism and Racial Justice Freelancing Bootcamp, to the final push to finish our feature documentary Civil Death — every pillar was at work in May.

The funding landscape for independent journalism is shifting. Individual donors aren't a contingency. They are the foundation.

Read our May newsletter. See the pillars in action. And if you're moved, help us finish the work. 🔗 Link in bio.