Justice Leagueof Greater Lansing Michigan
Justice League of Greater Lansing Michigan
The Justice League of Greater Lansing Michigan aims to address the impact of slavery, building relationships and reparations to boost wealth equity for African Americans in Lansing. We link faith with racial justice, promoting healing and unity.
Our journey
From our founding to the work ahead.
Our mission
The Justice League of Greater Lansing Michigan exists to repair the breach caused by the historical damage of slavery and its aftermath. In the spirit of repentance for the sin of racism, we seek to build relationships and facilitate reparations between houses of worship and collaborative partners to increase wealth equity for African Americans in the Greater Lansing Area.
Our work in action
Three pillars of reparations: education, homeownership, and business entrepreneurship.
01 / EducationMeet our scholarship recipients and explore the program supporting their educational journeys.
02 / HomeownershipBuilding wealth equity through reparations-supported homes and community partnerships.
03 / Business EntrepreneurshipSupporting business infrastructure, marketing, innovation, and sustainable growth.
Our second pillar
Two home builds on McCullough Street, in partnership with Eastside Community Action Center.
April 2025
JLGLM and the Eastside Community Action Center supported construction of a home for a senior African American first-time homebuyer on McCullough Street. ECAC provided homeowner training, savings support, and transition guidance.
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September 2025
JLGLM advanced its homeownership pillar with a second reparations-supported home on McCullough Street, adjacent to the first home, again in partnership with ECAC.
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Willye Bryan · FounderA local vision. A shared commitment.
The inception for the Justice League of Greater Lansing Michigan was January 2021. As I was thinking about the next step for justice work in the Greater Lansing Area, I felt as if I had come to an impasse. Our Social Justice and Mission Committee at First Presbyterian Lansing had been engaged in the issues and possible solutions for several years. The pandemic had provided time and ideas for continued study and education of systemic and structural racism.
Questions grew louder of “what can we do” about the injustices and racial disparities we see in our nation and more specifically our community. I began to think of “repairing the breach” caused by centuries of slavery and its continued devasting aftermath, i.e., prison leasing, lynchings, legalized segregation, redlining, mass incarceration and the list goes on.
As we were having these conversations in houses of worship — predominately White Houses of Worship — a solution became extremely clear. How can people of faith fix this? How can predominantly White churches apply the doctrine of “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?” The Justice League was born in my head! I knew I just needed to define and promote “Reparations” to PWC in the Greater Lansing Area.
Lansing is a particularly fertile area for fair and progressive thinking. It is an area not afraid of tackling large issues with constructive, attainable goals. Community members are ready proponents of projects that improve the area and its inhabitants. Examples that came to mind for me were projects such as the Lansing Promise, Lift Up Our Youth Foundation, Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), One Love Global, and many others.
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A commitment to repair
Explore the apology“I can stand up, speak out, and apologize to those who continue to be harmed. It is important to name and recognize the need for an apology”
— A response to the apology for the sin of slavery and its aftereffects
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