PANEL: Charlottesville, Racism and the Current Crisis in America
WHEN: Friday August 25, 12:30pm-2pm
WHERE:
Hesburgh Auditorium
Hesburgh Center for International Studies
University of Notre Dame
The violent demonstration in Charlottesville, VA and growing racial divisions across the country have brought into focus the dangers posed by a revitalized White supremacist movement in the United States. What are the causes of the present crisis, how is it connected to historical justice struggles and collective memory, and where do we go from here? Come listen to experts on American racial politics discuss the current situation and what can be done in response.
Speakers:
Erika Doss
Professor in the Department of American Studies
David Anderson Hooker
Associate Professor of the Practice of Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Dianne Pinderhughes
Notre Dame Presidential Faculty Fellow, Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, Professor in the Department of Political Science
Richard Pierce
Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of History
Ernesto Verdeja (moderator)
Associate Professor in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Department of Political Science
This event is cosponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Department of Africana Studies.
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IN ADDITION: please note that Tuesday September 5 at 8:00pm the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center will screen the documentary film Whose Streets? (2017) about the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and the ensuing political and social tensions. Panel to follow. Tickets and information available at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.