Deferred No More: Advancing Reparations in Maryland

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 11:12:44 -0500

Event Description

As of 2026, Maryland has created a Commission on Reparations. Deferred No More will introduce Maryland's emerging reparations agenda within the long arc of racial terror and targeted state violence in Maryland. Through artistic presentations and performances that pair the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 2025 final report recommendations, a documentary theater presentation on MLTRC 'legal lynching' findings in the case of Marshall Eddie Conway, and a live debut Echoes of Truth podcast roundtable on the Reparations Commission's mandate, the program draws connections between the history of racial terror in Maryland, recent political repression, and calls for action.

The evening's program will feature music by BIRCKHEAD and be hosted by Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Whitehead of WEAA's Today with Dr. Kaye. Together, the artistic program and public conversation invites Baltimore residents, youth, students, and constituents to learn how we are living through a critical political moment—and facing a narrow window of opportunity—to collectively call for meaningful government action to shape reparative justice in Maryland.

Event Details

Wednesday, March 11

7-9pm, Doors open at 6:30pm

Lovely Lane Church

2200 St. Paul Street

Baltimore, MD

All are welcome, free admission

Co-sponsors include JHU Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism, Center for Africana Studies, Billie Holiday Center for Liberation Arts.