Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. — Democracy and Race in America — A University of New England Event

Please join us for a keynote presented by Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. of Princeton University.

The Department of Intercultural Student Engagement, Black Student Union, Brothers of Color and UNitEd have all worked very hard to offer this to our campus and community members.

One of the nation’s most prominent scholars, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is an author, political commentator, public intellectual, and passionate educator who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience. His writings, including Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, and his most recent, the New York Times bestseller, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own, take a wide look at Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States, and the challenges we face as a democracy. In his writing and speaking, Glaude is an American critic in the tradition of James Baldwin and Ralph Waldo Emerson, confronting history and bringing into full view our nation’s complexities, vulnerabilities, and hope — hope that is, in one of his favorite quotes from W.E.B. Dubois, “not hopeless, but a bit hopeful.”

Dr. Glaude is joined by University of New England President James Herbert and Associate Provost for Community, Equity, & Diversity G. Christopher Hunt.

The University of New England is Maine’s largest private University. UNE offers more than 40 bachelor’s degrees in needed fields, from the health professions, to the health and life sciences, to business and the humanities. We also offer 30-plus graduate, professional and doctoral degrees in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, social work and more. UNE learning happens online and on three beautiful campuses: on the shore in Biddeford, Maine, in-town in Portland, Maine, and at our study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco. Visit https://www.une.edu for complete information.