Little more than a year ago, the St. Paul City Council approved a resolution apologizing for the city’s role in allowing discrimination against the descendants of Black slaves. The council appointed an advisory committee to explore the creation of a permanent commission on reparations.

Since the Jan. 12, 2021 resolution, the reparations committee has held regular meetings to discuss ways in which the city could better address historical disparities. The committee will host four community sessions in April to share their work and present the draft ordinance proposal that would establish a commission, which will be presented to the city council in June.

Virtual sessions will be held through the East Side Freedom Library from 5 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, and from noon to 1 p.m. on April 29. Registration is online at tinyurl.com/4buembuj.

In-person sessions will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on April 14 at Dayton’s Bluff Recreation Center, 800 Conway St., and from 6 to 7 p.m. April 21 at the Rondo Library’s multipurpose room, 461 Dale St. N.

More information is online at tinyurl.com/StReparations22.