Caribbean reparations leaders just shut down a fake group trying to speak for them across Europe. Professor Sir Hilary Beckles runs the official CARICOM Reparations Commission and had to set the record straight about some troublemakers. These wannabe representatives have been meeting with British and European Union officials about slavery reparations. The real commission never sent them and wants everyone to know they act alone. Media reports made it sound like this mixed group of Caribbean people and Europeans had official backing.
Beckles chairs the University of the West Indies and leads the legitimate reparations fight for Caribbean nations. His team got bombarded with interview requests after news stories suggested the European visitors spoke for CARICOM. The commission works with universities, churches, families and banks around the world but never approved this particular mission. These self-appointed activists operate without any mandate or official support from the real organization. The commission has spent more than ten years pushing for reparations justice across the globe.
Caribbean government leaders recently gave the official commission permission to start their actual European campaign. Beckles said his group still needs time to plan their authorized public relations effort properly. The real commission takes its diplomatic duties seriously and wants to shape the worldwide reparations movement the right way. They support grassroots activists but only when governments back the work officially.
Beckles chairs the University of the West Indies and leads the legitimate reparations fight for Caribbean nations. His team got bombarded with interview requests after news stories suggested the European visitors spoke for CARICOM. The commission works with universities, churches, families and banks around the world but never approved this particular mission. These self-appointed activists operate without any mandate or official support from the real organization. The commission has spent more than ten years pushing for reparations justice across the globe.
Caribbean government leaders recently gave the official commission permission to start their actual European campaign. Beckles said his group still needs time to plan their authorized public relations effort properly. The real commission takes its diplomatic duties seriously and wants to shape the worldwide reparations movement the right way. They support grassroots activists but only when governments back the work officially.
