CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Champaign-Urbana Reparations Coalition is getting one step closer to forming a study group, pending approval by the Champaign County Board Thursday night.

The coalition is asking for $25,000 from the county to put together a committee made up of community leaders whose job would be figuring out appropriate reparations for people in the Champaign-Urbana area.

The City of Urbana has already allocated $25,000 to the cause, and the coalition is in active conversations with the City of Champaign and University of Illinois about funding as well, according to founder Jeffrey Trask.

Trask said the committee would likely focus on housing but they won't know until the committee starts working.

“You want to hear from the community who has been harmed, what they belie

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