1,371 Supporters and Counting: You Are Building the Reparative Citizenship Movement
Thank you the Founding 1,000 and everyone who has joined since:
This movement is growing because of you.
We are now at 1,371 supporters, only 129 signatures away from the next Change.org milestone of 1,500 supporters.
Since our last update at 1,241 supporters, you helped bring in 130 more signatures. That is another 10.5% increase, after already helping this petition blow past the Founding 1,000 well ahead of schedule.
That did not happen by accident.
It happened because people signed.
People shared.
People posted in groups.
People sent the link to family, friends, organizations, and networks.
People decided that reparative citizenship is too important to stay silent about.
This is what a movement looks like when ordinary people take collective action.
The petition has now reached:
- 1,371 supporters
- 3,956 petition views
- 795 petition shares
- A petition strength score of 10: Great
- Only 129 signatures left to reach the next goal
Those are not just numbers.
Every signature represents a person who chose to stand publicly for repair, recognition, representation, and justice.
Every share carries this message into another family group, another community space, another organization, another conversation.
Every comment helps show that this petition is not abstract. It is made of real people, real stories, real concerns, and real demands.
The process must match the promise.
The call for reparative citizenship is being carried by Historic Diasporans, Ghanaians born and raised in Ghana, repatriates, Pan-Afrikanists in Practice, organizers, families, elders, youth, and people across the world who understand that repair cannot remain symbolic.
This is bigger than any one individual or organization.
This is a collective demand that Ghana’s relationship with the Historic Diaspora must move beyond language into structure, beyond welcome into access, beyond symbolism into policy, and beyond invitation into representation.
If Ghana says the Historic Diaspora is welcome, the pathway must be fair.
If the return is reparative, the process must not be exclusionary.
If citizenship is being restored, access must not be blocked by prohibitive costs, unclear procedures, or barriers that ignore the historical violence that created the Diaspora in the first place.
This petition continues to call for real reform, including:
- Reviewing and suspending the prohibitive non-refundable GHS 25,000 citizenship application fee
- Permanently removing DNA as an exclusionary barrier
Ensuring real, constituency-mandated representation for the Historic Diaspora - Establishing a clear, year-round pathway to reparative citizenship
- Requiring at least 90 days’ notice for major changes in fees, requirements, vetting dates, or deadlines
- Publishing a clear appeals and review process for applicants
- Creating a Historic Diaspora Citizenship and Inclusion Advisory Council with representatives selected by Historic Diasporans themselves
- Establishing a multi-stakeholder working group to guide reform and implementation
- Building a process grounded in reparative justice, not exclusion
Your Sharing Is Carrying This Movement
The petition dashboard now shows that WhatsApp accounts for 23% of listed signature sources, making it the top recruiting channel again.
That means your direct sharing is working.
Your family groups are working.
Your community groups are working.
Your alumni groups are working.
Your professional networks are working.
Your repatriation circles are working.
Your trusted person-to-person sharing is moving this petition forward.
Please do not stop now.
If you signed, you are already part of this movement. Now help bring others in.
Post the petition in every relevant Abibitumi group, WhatsApp group, Facebook group, Telegram group, email list, organizational platform, community page, alumni network, media contact list, and social space where this message belongs.
We are only 129 signatures away from 1,500. With the energy you have already shown, this next milestone is within reach.
Recent Interviews Are Now Live
Two recent interviews on the reparative citizenship petition are now available to watch and share:
Radio One’s Carl Nelson Show:
https://abibitumitv.com/v/BDLpxf
WSYP Sankɔfa Radio with Attorney Anthony Muhammad:
https://abibitumitv.com/v/X2PZsp
These interviews help explain the deeper issues behind the petition, but their impact grows only when you share them. Please watch, comment, and send them to people who need to understand why reparative citizenship must be fair, transparent, accessible, and grounded in justice.
The growing list of organizations formally asking to be associated with the petition also shows that this movement is expanding beyond individual signatures into organized institutional support. Recent organizational supporters include the Reparation Education Project, represented by Nkechi Taifa, Nkechi Taifa, Esq., an internationally recognized civil and human rights attorney and long-standing force in the reparations movement; Heritage Connection, represented by its president, Donald Brown, whose work centers on connecting culture with trade; and two organizations submitted by reparations strategy expert Brassa Mada aka Siphiwe Baleka: the Balanta B’urassa History and Genealogy Society in America (BBHAGSIA) and the New Afrikan Diplomatic and Civil Service Corps (NADCSC). Their support in addition to the foundational individuals and organizations listed on the petition adds further weight to the call for fair, transparent, accessible, and reparative citizenship reform for the Historic Diaspora.
Do Not Miss This Historic Moment to Demonstrate Pan-Afrikan Solidarity
- Stand on the right side of history. Share the petition again:
https://www.change.org/ghanacitizenship - Leave a comment on the petition page.
Tell the authorities why you signed. Use the phrase: “The process must match the promise.” - Start another WhatsApp Sprint.
Send the petition to at least 5 serious people today and ask them to do the same. - Share the interviews.
The more people hear the full explanation, the more they understand what is at stake.
Please copy and paste this message to your networks:
“I am part of the growing reparative citizenship movement. The petition for fair Historic Diaspora reparative citizenship, representation, and inclusion in Ghana has reached 1,371 supporters, and we are only 129 signatures away from 1,500. The process must match the promise. Please sign and share today: https://www.change.org/ghanacitizenship
Media and Organizational Inquiries
For media interviews with representatives of The Black Agenda in English or Twi, or for organizations wishing to stand publicly with the petition, email:
theblackagendagh@gmail.com
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You are not just signing a petition.
You are helping build a reparative citizenship movement.
Now let’s carry it to 1,500.
Sign. Share. Organize.