MASS SLAVERY APOLOGY

Mass Slavery Apology, the group's original name, is still the name of the project that started our work - our statement of apology for slavery and commitments to restorative action... 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... We chose the name "Mass Slavery Apology" because of its double meaning: acknowledging our location in Massachusetts and also hoping to inspire a mass movement to redress the legacy of slavery. In early 2009 we printed copies of the statement and put up a website. We began to define ourselves as reaching out primarily to others of European descent in order to broaden white communities' understanding of racism, white privilege, and racial..

Also known as: Mass Cultural Council