Kansas City, Mo – Pursuant to Ordinance 220966, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas today announced the appointment of members to serve on the Mayor’s Commission on Reparations to study and make recommendations to the city on reparatory justice for past harms and discriminatory practices against Kansas City’s Black community. In January, Kansas City Council voted to establish the 13-person Mayor’s Commission on Reparations.   

“Building a better community for all requires our City to address past wrongs, ongoing patterns of discrimination, and tools by which we may create equal opportunity for all Kansas Citians,” said Mayor Lucas. “I thank the members of the Mayor’s Commission on Reparations for engaging in the important review and work essential in providing a template for City Council, Kansas City businesses, and our entire community for how we can support long-term equitable growth for all parts of Greater Kansas City.”

Reparations Commission Appointees:

Terri Barnes, Chair, Non-Profit Leader and President, the Nia Project

Linwood Tauheed, Associate Professor of Economics, UMKC

Cornell Ellis, Educator and Founder of Brothers Liberating Our Communities (BLOC)

Dionne King, Consultant, DMK Consults

Madison Lyman, Student, Lincoln College Preparatory Academy

Ryan Sorrell, Journalist and Founder of the KC Defender

Kenneth Ford, Author, Descendent Freedman Alliance (DFA)

Fritz Riesmeyer, Partner, Seigfreid Bingham

Bridgette Jones, Physician and Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Kelli Hearn, Housing Leader, Program Officer at LISC Greater Kansas City

Will Bowles, Advocate, Kansas City Black United Front

Danise Hartsfield, Executive Director, Communities Creating Opportunities

Ajia Morris, Urban Developer and Cofounder, Greenline Initiative

Ex-Officio Mickey Dean, Kansas City Reparations Coalition

Ex-Officio Ester Holzendorf, Kansas City Reparations Coalition

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