Dawn Bonker
With recent racial incidents and unrest on many California campuses fresh in mind, Associated Students and Wilkinson College of Humanities and Social Sciences are co-presenting a week-long symposium entitled “Bridging the Divide: A Conversation on Race and Racism in the 21st Century,” March 15-18. Here’s the schedule:
Monday, March 15 – Bush Conference Center, Beckman Hall 404 — 7 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Are We Beyond Race and Racism in the 21st Century?”
Tuesday, March 16 – Argyros Forum 209 – 1 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Playing Within the Color Line”
Tuesday, March 16 – Bush Conference Center, Beckman Hall 404 – 7 p.m.
Guest Speaker REV. JAMES LAWSON, Former Civil Rights Movement Activist
Rev. Lawson was a leading theoretician and tactician of non-violence within the American civil rights movement. He continues to be active in training activists in non-violence.
Wednesday, March 17 – Sandhu Conference Center – 7 p.m.
Guest Speaker TIM WISE, leading anti-racism author and activist
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S. He is the author of
White Like Me
,
Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
, and
Speaking Treason Fluently
.
Thursday, March 18 – Argyros Forum 209 – 7 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION: “How Do Issues of Race and Racism Affect Chapman?”
All events are free and open to the public and campus community.
