"Days to Come"
Reading Challenge
How can we imagine reparations in the days to come for King County Black communities?
Starting this MLK Holiday, SAARC invites schools, colleges, libraries, local government departments, faith-based groups, non-profits, labor unions, artists, athletes, elected officials, historians, legal advocates, and more to join a community conversation about local reparations.
In “The Days to Come” Dr. King asks us to imagine a future where the harms of anti-Black racism are repaired. MLK also names clear policy frameworks where Black people finally receive what we need to live full and dignified lives in a greater US society where everyone thrives.
Ready to read and reflect together? The MLK Reading Challenge is about:
- Building civic Imagination to achieve reparations for local Black communities in King County and WA state
- Dreaming about racial repair in a multi-racial democracy
- Creating a future where government abuses are impossible by addressing past harms head-on
- Using the new SAARC comic to help Black History come alive to build intergenerational understanding between students and Black Civil Rights elders
- Imagining why King County being the only US County named to honor Dr King and the only County in the country with majority support for reparations across racial groups leaves us well- prepared for this exciting civic journey
"The Days to Come" Discussion Questions
1
Dr. King writes about economically repairing the damage caused by racism, not just ending unfair laws. What kind of repair do you think Black communities still need today?
2
In “The Days to Come,” Dr. King imagined a Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged. What do you think that bill might look like?
3
Dr. King believed that justice requires real action. What are the steps you see our government and institutions taking to make reparations to Black communities?
4
With all the tensions of our present moment, how can working on reparations as a civic project bring us all together as a greater society?
Join the Challenge
READ
The Days to Come” between MLK Holiday until Juneteenth.
DISCUSS
Create a group to discuss Dr King’s message in “The Days to Come”
while meditating on what reparations could look like.
while meditating on what reparations could look like.
ACT
Let local officials in King County and Washington State know you want to see the new reparation harms report move the page to the policy table before 2030.
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