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#BlackLivesMatter Across the Americas: Black Youth Organizers and the Struggle for Racial Justice

October 29, 2020 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

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On Thursday, October 29 at 4 p.m. EDT, join the second event in the What Justice Looks Like series for a conversation with activists from Black youth-led movements from the US and Latin America, leading the struggle against racial injustice, from police violence to structural racism and disparate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on racialized and low-income communities.

Speakers include:

  • Ana Belique, Reconocido Movement (Santo Domingo)
  • Daniela Rincón, Casa Cultural El Chontaduro (Cali)
  • Marcelle Decothé, Marielle Franco Institute/Favelas Na Luta/Rio de Janeiro Youth Forum (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Mirtes Renata Souza and Priscila Santana, Kilomba Collective (Brazil/US)
  • Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Data 4 Black Lives/BYP100/Invisible Institute (Chicago)

This event is sponsored by Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Center for Public Leadership, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, and the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at the Wiener Center for Social Policy, and produced in collaboration with the Kilomba Collective.

Registration is required. For more information about the series, and to register, click here.

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Date:
October 29, 2020
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Online – Registration Required