Black American History is being made right now!
Because of legislation written @cjecofficial, California state employees who are descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. can NOW self-identify on official state forms โ helping make our communities visible in the data that drives policy and resources.
This is how repair begins: being seen, being counted.
City and county employees: this option is coming for you too, starting January 2027.
Learn more and take part ๐๐ฟ
bit.ly/statedelineateCA#BlackAmericanHistory#Delineation#Reparations#OurStoryOurDataOurFuture#CJEC#LineageData#CaliforniaEmployees
In California, Black๐บ๐ธ who descend from persons enslaved in the US have a separate category in statewide data collection. #SB189#Section14#SB515#LineageData
Read SB515 LAW here: legiscan.com/CA/text/SB515/iโฆ
This is just the beginning. โ๐พ๐ช๐พ๐บ๐ธ
THANK YOU Senator Laura Richardson for introducing #SB515!!
This LAW requires ALL California cities & counties starting 1/1/2027 to disaggregate data for the โBlack/AAโ population and create a separate category for #AmericanFreedmen!
#LineageData is now statewide!!๐๐พ๐ฅ๐ฅโ๐พ๐ช๐พ๐บ๐ธ
BREAKING: SB-515 PASSES!
California's 1st "Black/AA" data disaggregation bill to touch every one of California's 538 cities and counties is headed to @CAgovernor!
Spread the word!! #disaggregation#lineagedata#datamatters#dataisPOWER โ๐พ๐ช๐พ๐บ๐ธ
โSupporters say the change is long overdue โ and could finally bring policy attention to a community they estimate includes more than 2 million Californians with lineage tied to U.S. slavery.โ
blackchronicle.com/national/โฆ
#ab1315 Establishes the CA American Freedmen Affairs Agency #CAFAA to provide Black families in CA free genealogical services to verify their ancestry. (NO STUDY NEEDED)
#sb515 Disaggregates โBlack/AAโ in data collection across all CA cities & counties. #LineageData
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