Six years after Evanston, Illinois, launched its groundbreaking reparations initiative, city leaders and national partners will gather Thursday, Dec. 4 to assess progress and offer guidance to communities nationwide. The National Reparations Town Hall will stream live from Historic Second Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. 

The town hall is part of the fifth annual Symposium on State and Local Reparations and will feature discussions with community members and updates from cities developing their own reparations programs. 

Panelists include Julianne Malveaux, political economist and president emeritus of Bennett College for Women; Michael Nabors, senior pastor at Second Baptist Church; and Lionel Jean-Baptiste, judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County. 

The program is sponsored by the City of Evanston, the Reparations Stakeholders Authority of Evanston, the National African American Reparations Commission and FirstRepair. 

The National African American Reparations Commission, an initiative of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, is made up of scholars and leaders from civil rights, faith, labor, business and professional sectors committed to advancing reparations for African Americans. More information about the commission and its 10-Point Reparations Plan is available at reparationscomm.org. 

The town hall will be livestreamed at reparationscomm.org.