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Each contractor with whom the City enters into a contract, whether subject to competitive bid or not, must complete an affidavit verifying that the contractor has searched any and all records of the company or any predecessor company regarding records of investments or profits from slavery or slaveholder insurance policies during the slavery era. The names of any slaves or slaveholders described in those records must be disclosed in the affidavit. The chief procurement officer shall make the information available to the public and provide an annual report to the City Council Failure to comply with this section shall deem the contract voidable on behalf of the City.  

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We understand that paying for college can be a challenge. That's why we offer a variety of financial aid options, including scholarships, grants, and loans, to help make college more affordable for our students.

Thanks to our diligent work with the City of Chicago Department of Procurement we have been able to get the Slavery Era Disclosure reports posted for online access. Please access the current reports here.

CWCRC has been working with the Department of Procurement Services to scrub the City's Procurement Services database to cross reference the list of banks and insurance companies noted in  

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, press release dated June 7, 2022.

 wrote letter requesting their involvement or history in slavery. listing the below banks and insurance companies. 

We requested the database be scrubbed against the below list during the June 9, 2022 subcommittee on Reparations meeting. 

READ CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATERS JUNE 7, 2022 PRESS RELEASE. 

Banks
Bank of America Corporation
Capital One Financial Corporation
Citigroup, Inc.
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Truist Financial Corporation
U.S. Bancorp
Wells Fargo & Co.

Insurance Companies
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
MetLife, Inc.
New York Life Insurance Company
Prudential Financial, Inc.
State Farm Insurance
The Allstate Corporation
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
The Progressive Corporation