Founder of Herd & Flock Helps Launch Scholarships for African American Law Students
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From Reparation’s Project on Facebook:
The Reparations Project is thrilled to invite African American students with a family connection to enslavement in Georgia who are attending or about to attend accredited ABA U.S. law schools to apply for scholarships of up to $30,000 each. There will be no need for proof of lineage and applicants need not have been born in Georgia or be attending law school in Georgia.
The Reparations Project is indebted to Katherine “Katie” Parsons Dwight for helping us establish these scholarships. Katie is the great-great-granddaughter of George Parsons, a prominent cotton merchant in Savannah before and during the Civil War. Recently, Katie received money from a trust set up by Parsons. Her knowledge that this money was made on the backs of the enslaved inspired her to work with The Reparations Project to set up scholarships for descendants of the enslaved in Georgia who are attending or about to attend law school.
Ms. Dwight was born in New Jersey and attended Yale University, where she majored in history before moving to California to work as a death penalty investigator for two years. She later pursued her interest in sustainable agriculture by spending eight years working at an organic vegetable farm.
Inspired to make a broader impact, Katie returned to school to pursue a law degree, earning her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Davis. She began her legal career advocating for veterans who had been unjustly denied benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs. She later transitioned to immigration law, helping individuals obtain permanent residency and U.S. citizenship.
Five years ago, Katie and her wife, Meghan Dibble, founded Herd & Flock Animal Sanctuary. The sanctuary provides a safe haven for animals rescued from factory farming while promoting compassion and awareness about the benefits of plant-based living. Together, Katie and Meghan are passionate advocates for animal welfare and sustainable eating practices. The Reparations Project is deeply grateful to Ms. Dwight for making these scholarships possible, and to the team of attorneys involved in helping us with this effort.
About Reparations Project
The Reparations Project is a multifaceted redress initiative created by the Quarterman & Keller Fund that seeks to narrow the wealth gap and promote equity by centering descendants of those who were enslaved and supporting descendant families of enslavers to pursue ancestral healing through repairing generational harm. We created The Reparations Project because we believe that we cannot wait for the government alone to provide programs for redress and healing, though we believe our government must also do the work of truth telling and begin the work of paying reparations in a multitude of ways. We want to create new models for individuals, descendant-families, and the nation to repair racialized, caste-based injustice against Black/African-American communities that began in 1619 and continues today.