Educator and social justice advocate Iva Carruthers addresses Virginia's slavery commission
11-01-2021
From the first ship that arrived at Virginia’s Point Comfort in 1619 carrying dozens of enslaved Africans, to the recent removal of the Robert E. Lee monument, Iva E. Carruthers called Virginia “ground zero” for the national narrative needed to forge change for African Americans around the country.
Carruthers — founding trustee and general secretary of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, an interdenominational organization focused on justice and equity — spoke at the Library of Virginia on Friday to the state’s Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination Against African Americans.
This article, used by permission of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, shares from Rev. Dr. Iva Carruthers’ address to the Virginia commission that is studying the long-enduring legacy of slavery. Dr. Carruthers is the founding director of McCormick’s Center for Reparatory Justice, Transformation, and Remediation. Published October 8, 2021.
Rev. Dr. Iva Carruthers