Keynote Speaker: Eddie Glaude
Eddie Glaude is the chair of the Center for African-American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University. His most recent in book is Democracy In Black: How Race Still Enslaves The American Soul.
Note: To view a video of the Teach-in on Race panels and keynote, please click the titles below.
Schedule of Events: October 14, 2016
Keynote Address: 10:00 am–11:00 am
"A Revolution of Value: A Politics for Our Time" (Video)
Keynote with Dr. Eddie Glaude
Description
If we are committed to American democracy, and by some twisted fate I must be, we have to work for transformative change. This will require a revolution of value that upends the belief that white people are valued more than others. It will require breaking the racial habits that give life to what I call the value gap. And it starts with changes in our social and political arrangements.
A revolution of value seeks to uproot those ways of seeing and living that allow Americans to support racial inequality and yet live in ways that suggest they believe otherwise. It is a revolution to close, once and for all, the value gap. It involves three basic components:
- a change in how we view government;
- a change in how we view black people; and
- a change in how we view what ultimately matters to us as Americans.
Sessions: 11:15 am–12:15 pm
Anatomy of Activism (Video)
What is activism? What does it take to become an activist? How can one get involved with a cause?
Panelists
- Julie Hennrikus, Affiliated Faculty, Emerson College, executive director of StageSource, cultural diversity advocate
- Jenny Lau, Core Trainer for the Activist Training Institute, a leadership development and training program for Asian American activists
- Cole Parke, representative, Showing Up For Racial Justice
- Chala Tshitundu (Moderator), EBONI President
Crime + Punishment (Video)
Why are so many people of color behind bars? Are police officers targeting minorities or just doing their jobs?
Panelists
- Michael Brown, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
- Gia Barboza, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
- Frank Rudy Cooper, Professor of Law, Suffolk School of Law
- Nathaniel Charles (Moderator), POWER Co-chair Screening - Laughing While Mad: Race & Identity on American Sitcoms
Sessions: 1:45 pm–2:45 pm
Intersectionality (Video)
Everyone’s talking about intersectionality, but what is it exactly? What does it have to do with race?
Panelists
- Sarah Jackson, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University
- Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Assistant Professor, Emerson College
- Heather Watkins, writer & disability advocate
- Zoe Gadegbeku (Moderator), Communications Associate, Emerson College's Elma Lewis Center
Artful Change (Video)
Art for art’s sake or art to change the world?
Panelists
- Shawn LaCount, co-founder and artistic director of Company One (theater)
- Lori Lobenstine, program design lead at Design Studio for Social Intervention
- Terry Marshall, founder of Intelligent Mischief (Artful Change)
- Jessica Chance (Moderator), Assistant Director, Emerson College Career Services
Sessions: 3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Artful Change (Video)
Art for art’s sake or art to change the world?
Panelists
- Shawn LaCount, co-founder and artistic director of Company One (theater)
- Lori Lobenstine, program design lead at Design Studio for Social Intervention
- Terry Marshall, founder of Intelligent Mischief (Artful Change)
- Jessica Chance (Moderator), Assistant Director, Emerson College Career Services
Building Community (Video)
Using creativity to bring people together.
Panelists
- Nia Evans, executive director of Boston NAACP
- Cheryl Buchanan, Affiliated Faculty, Emerson College, founder of Writers Without Margins
- Bing Broderick, Executive Director of Haley House
- Judy Pryor Ramirez, (Moderator), Emerson College's Elma Lewis Center Director
The Crisis in Casting for Stage and Media
Panelists
- Joe Wilson Jr., actor, Trinity Repertory Theatre
- Mike Lew, playwright, author of TIGER STYLE! upcoming at the Huntington Theatre
- Eyde Belasco (via Skype), casting director (Transparent, among other credits)
- Destiny Lilly, casting director for films, TV, commercials, and theater
- Melia Bensussen (Moderator), Chair and Professor of Performing Arts, Emerson College