Restoring the promise of freedom: honoring, preserving, and investing in Freedmen's Settlements.

Recognizes and honors freedmen’s settlements and Black towns, noting their founding, contributions, and the historic and ongoing harms many face such as poverty, environmental pollution, and loss of infrastructure. It names several communities as examples and affirms that more federal, state, and local coordination and investment are needed to preserve their history and support restoration and economic opportunity.

Calls for coordination, protection, and investment by government and other partners to preserve these communities, repair environmental damage, restore infrastructure, and support long-term economic and cultural resilience; it affirms the continuing need for racial justice work and references Juneteenth 2024. The resolution itself is a recognition and call to action rather than a funding or regulatory mandate.

Introduced February 27, 2025 by Sydney Kamlager-Dove · Last progress 1 year ago