College student, 22, thanks God for being chosen to join Boston reparations ... trends now
A college student and activist has announced she can't wait to 'break our chains' after being chosen to join Boston's slavery reparations task force.
Carrie Mays, 22, is one of the youngest people in the committee - and she thanked God for the opportunity, adding that she was 'blessed' to be a part of the 'revolutionary opportunity to make transformational changes.'
The University of Massachusetts student will join a body of 10 people - including two high school boys - to make recommendations to the Mayor on whether the ancestors of black slaves in Boston should receive monetary reparations.
After she was chosen for the position, Mays wrote online: 'I feel beyond blessed, honored and grateful to be appointed by the Mayor to serve on Boston’s FIRST REPARATIONS TASK FORCE.
'I am so thankful that God has placed me to do this work and for this revolutionary opportunity to make transformational changes. For breaking national news, for breaking the status quo and breaking our chains.'
The college student organizes discussions about racism at her school, and has spoken about the issue at national conferences. She has now thanked god for the opportunity to 'break our chains' and join the task force in Boston
Mays has said she thought the Black Lives Matter movement should be about more than just policing - and she announced that the 'marathon continues' now that she is joining the task force
The activist added: 'This is not the end but rather a continuation of a protracted struggle where Love inevitably wins and the ark of the universe bends towards justice.
'None of this would be possible without the resilience of our community. The good trouble makers, activists and elders who came before me. My friends and partners in the fight for social justice and most of all my ancestors.
'To everyone and all of the people here to support. I see you. I value you and I love you. Thank you. The marathon continues.'
The group of 10 will make recommendations in June 2024 'for truth, reconciliation and reparations addressing the city of Boston's involvement with the African slave trade.'
High school juniors Damani Williams and Denilson Fanfan are the youngest members of the committee.
Mays has already gained local attention in her own right for her efforts to rally people to a Black Lives Matter protest in Boston following the death of George Floyd in June 2020.
She said the message resonated with her because her family was once stopped by police at gunpoint, causing her personal trauma. Mays now organizes discussions about racism at her school, and has spoken about the issue at national conferences.
Her social media profiles are also filled with messages supporting Black Lives Matter and spewing her identity politics, with a pinned post on her Facebook profile demanding the 'white-washed school curriculum teach black history beyond slavery.'
The task force will also include high schoolers Damani Williams, left, and Denilson Fanfan, right
Mays has said her family was once stopped at gunpoint by police, causing her personal trauma
The reparations proposal in Boston has already sparked debate
