Nelson, Moorhead Represent Territory At International Reparations Summit In New York

New York -- Hundreds of reparations advocates, activists, and leaders from throughout the Diaspora of African descent are gathering in New York City this week (April 9-12) for a historic Reparations Summit. The US Virgin Islands is being represented at the summit by Senator Terrence "Positive" Nelson and African-Caribbean Reparations and Resettlement Alliance (ACRRA) President Mr. Shelley Moorhead, who has for the last decade led the Virgin Islands reparations movement. According to a press release issued on Thursday, the purpose of the Summit is to advance discussion and debate around reparations issues and to provide a platform for advocates from around the world to support and reinforce each other's campaigns. The event is being hosted by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) and the recently established National African-American Reparations Commission (NAARC), comprising some of the leading scholars, activists, attorneys and historians in Black America and follow...