Transgender activist, CeCe McDonald, criminal defense attorney Samuel Newton and many others have spoken on various issues pertaining to the black community during various University of Idaho Black Lives Matter Speaker Series.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs, Africana Studies Program and Diversity and Inclusion Certificate are hosting a series of speakers in September. Beginning Sept. 8, there will be four speakers who will be discussing a variety of topics.
The first speaker is Dr. David Pellow and he will be speaking on Sept. 8. Pellow will be speaking on Environmental Justice Movements in U.S. prisons.
Pellow is a faculty member at UC Santa Barbara within the Environmental Studies Program. He teaches courses on environmental and social justice, race/class/gender and environmental conflict, human-animal conflicts, sustainability and social change movements that confront socio-environmental crises and social inequality.
He has participated in various areas of research. His full biography can be read on UC Santa Barbara’s website.
The second speaker is Dr. Rahsaan Mahadeo and the title of her discussion on Sept. 15. is “Funk the Clock: Transgressing Time While Young, Prescient and Black.”
Mahadeo is a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown Un ive r sit y. Mahadeo will be teaching a course in spring 2020 titled Race & Ethnic Relations. Her biography can be found on Georgetown University’s website.
The third speaker is Dr. Alex Manning and he will be speaking about black athletic activism on Sept. 22. Manning is an assistant professor of sociology at Hamilton College.
The final speaker is Dr. Tiffany Llewellyn from Johns Hopkins University. Her discussion is titled “Identifying, Assessing and Treating Racial Trauma” on Sept. 29.
Llwellyn is a certified licensed clinical social worker, and her work is influenced by her commitment to racial and social justice, liberation of oppressed and marginalized populations and fostering diversity and inclusion in all spaces. Her full biography can be found on Johns Hopkins University’s website.
Registration is required for all webinars ahead of time. Dr. David Pellow, Sept. 8 at 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Rahsaan Mahadeo, Sept. 15 at 5:00 p.m.
Dr. Alex Manning, Sept. 22 at 5:00 p.m.
Dr. Tiffany Llewellyn, Sept. 29 at 5:00.
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