Past Events
Feminista Jones in conversation w/ Tanji Gilliam
Please join us for a reading and discussion with FEMINISTA JONES—author of Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets—in conversation with TANJI GILLIAM!
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MLK: An Interfaith Commemoration and Conversation in Social Justice
Reverend Dr. William Barber II
PRSS Event: “Race, Medicine, and Justice”
Dorothy Roberts
Dorothy Roberts will deliver the keynote address for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
PRSS Event: Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Symposium
PRSS is co-sponsoring this event, hosted by the Penn Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity. The symposium will feature a keynote address from Dr. Jonathan Woodson, former Assistant Secretary of Health Affairs…
Strong Island
Directed by Yance Ford, the Oscar-nominated documentary Strong Island (2018) examines the 1992 murder of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free. This special screening will…
Hopscotch Translation Series: Zahra Patterson's CHRONOLOGY
Zahra Patterson & Steve Vásquez Dolph
Taking as its starting point an ultimately failed attempt to translate a Sesotho short story into English, Chronology explores the spaces language occupies in relationships, colonial history, and the postcolonial…
A TREASURY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHRISTMAS STORIES
Bettye Collier-Thomas
Back in print after more than a decade, A Treasury of African American Christmas Stories is a collection of little-known short stories and narrative poems written by black-writers, journalists, and political…
Antinomies of Democracy
With the resurgence of fascism and xenophobia in the world, scholars and pundits have declared that democracy is in crisis. However, history reveals that democracies have always existed amidst systems that thrive on…
History Teaches Us to Resist
Dr. Mary Frances Berry
Join us for a book talk with Dr. Mary Frances Berry about her book, "History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times."
Light refreshments will be provided.
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Higginbotham Lecture
Maya Wiley
Join us for our annual Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture featuring Maya Wiley and her lecture titled "Race and Sex in the Time of Trump."
Maya Wiley is the Senior Vice President for Social…