From Slave Ships To Black Lives Matter - Session 4

Friday, December 6, 2019
Petterutti Lounge, Brown University.

Mr. Jason Walker
VOCAL-NY
Dr. Surafel Wondimu Abebe
Institute of Ethiopian Studies
Dr. Bedour Alagraa
Brown University
Dr. Amanda Boston
New York University

The Black Lives Matter movement has opened up a new stage of the Black freedom struggles in the United States and beyond. This event presents scholars and community organizers discussing the role of the Black Lives Matter movement in shaping activism around issues of segregation in housing, LGBTQ+ homelessness, refugee status, and the Sudanese uprising. This discussion will consider the intersections of the Black Lives Matter movement internationally and its consequences.