Dear Baileyblog readers,
Glad to connect with you again this week. Sharing today my appearance on a recent panel on the Black Lives Matter movement. This discussion took place after the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
https://www.newswise.com/articles/jacob-blake-blm-and-political-conventions-expert-panel-for-tuesday-september-1st-2pm-edt
I appear with the following professors: Dr. Andrea Boyle,(Tulane University) and Dr. Vladimir Mendencia (Univ of Delaware).
Thank you Thom Canalichio and Newswise for the invitation.
I hope you will listen to the entire presentation as these colleagues make some important observations.
Here too are some highlights:
At 20 min: A call to deescalate violence and a call for a national ceasefire
At 29 min Silver Lining: young people on the front lines
At 32min A Global Multiracial movement in this moment of racial reckoning
At 36 min: A call for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission including reference to the initiative that Binghamton University is launching.
At 56 min Reparations and the signficance of Senator Kamla Harris’ nomination