When I saw that Travis Nelson introduce this bill I was elated. It felt like a real step forward in continuing the work of post Civil War Reconstruction. I would happily support legislation similar to his bill on the city level. It’s not enough to be not racist. We must be anti-racist.
Jeremy Beausoleil Smith
In the 2025 Oregon State Legislative session @travisnelson.bsky.social introduced House Bill 2995 which would create a task force to look into ways in which the state can give reparations for past acts of racism to African American people who live in Oregon. Read the full text of the bill below:
