A consultant will present the city council with results next month.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Olympia residents who are descendants of enslaved African people could qualify for cash payments from the city, but Mayor Dontae Payne said not to expect checks anytime soon.
”We’re planting seeds,” said Payne, “This is long-term work that I see, and it’s not all going to get done in my time as mayor here.”
Payne is Olympia’s first Black mayor.
He was part of a 2024 resolution calling for a Pierce County consulting firm, Truclusion, to study potential reparations for citizens with ties to slavery. The city spent
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