ST LOUIS— The Jesuit university is accused of stalling on reparations demands for the slavery it profited from. He wasn’t there, but one couldn’t help but wonder whether Dr. Fred Pestello felt the brickbats hurled his way from Saint Louis University’s Busch Center. His office is just a couple of blocks down the street. Members of Descendants of the Enslaved of SLU, a non-profit with an acronym DSLUE, were accusing the Jesuit university’s president at a spirited press conference and teach-in Thursday, February 8, of slow-walking consideration of their demands for reparations. Read the article written by Richard H. Wiess for the River Front Times by following the link below.
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Statement from Section 14 Survivors’ Attorney Areva Martin Regarding October 10 Palm Springs City Council Meeting
Palm Springs, CA (October 10, 2024) – Today, following a lengthy closed session City Council discussion, the City of Palm Springs announced that it would hold one additional closed session regarding Section 14 and dedicate the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Thursday, November 14 to the matter of Section 14. In