#9 - Giving It All Back: White People's Worst Nightmare

PAY THE TAB: Reparations Now

Morgan Curtis discovered that her family’s wealth (and her large inheritance) were made from centuries of exploitation and suffering, including slavery. What she did in response is an amazing story of personal reparations - and reminds us of the power of facing hard truths and living our lives with purpose.
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Guest: Morgan Curtis

Morgan Curtis is a young white woman making personal reparations through giving away all of her inherited wealth to causes supporting Black and Indigenous empowerment. She also coaches other wealthy people interested in redistributing their wealth. Morgan is a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School, focused on the spiritual dimension of reparations work for white descendants of colonizers and enslavers.

Highlights of Episode:

[8:05] Surprise discovery of large investment account in her name

[16:33] Challenges accessing the money and navigating relationship with her father

[18:53] Plan for giving away her money

[24:35] Morgan’s wealth distribution coaching

[34:23] Role of guilt and shame

[36:41] Reparations resources

Morgan’s Homepage: More about Morgan and her work, including coaching services. You can chart the details of her giving on this Wealth Redistribution Spreadsheet. And check out her mini-book manifesto, Decolonial Dames of America.

More resources for wealth redistribution and social change, mentioned in the episode:

• Resource Generation: Organizes young people with wealth and class privilege to become transformative leaders working towards the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power.
• Solidaire Network: Community of donors moving resources to intersectional movements for racial, gender, and climate justice.
• Coming To The Table: Providing leadership, resources, and a supportive environment for all who wish to acknowledge and heal wounds from racism that is rooted in the United States’ history of slavery.
• Reparations 4 Slavery: Major portal for leaders doing deep work on reparations in America.
• Seed Commons: A national network of locally-rooted, non-extractive loan funds that brings the power of big finance under community control.
• Thousand Currents: They use relationships and resources worldwide in support of social movements building loving, equitable, and just futures, while transforming philanthropic and investment practices.

Atlanta episode “The Big Payback” trailer (season 3, episode 4):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWDBXNFM5A0

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