Defining Racial Justice in the 21st Century: Competing Perspectives and Shared Goal

Defining Racial Justice in the 21st Century: Competing Perspectives and Shared Goal

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 5:30pm to Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 6:45pm
In the wake of a summer of protests against police brutality, the midst of an ongoing pandemic, and the aftermath of a contentious election, the UNC Program for Public Discourse and Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies are bringing together a panel of Black academic, journalistic, religious, and political leaders to discuss and debate their different definitions of what racial justice looks like – and how it might be achieved – in the twenty-first century.  Register for this Zoom meeting.
 

Moderator: Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times and CBS News

Panelists:

  • Senator Valerie Foushee, North Carolina State Senate
  • Touré Reed, PhD, Illinois State University
  • Jacqueline C. Rivers, PhD, Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies at Harvard University