Panel Discussion about WGBH News Series “Caste in America” (located at the WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library)

Join WGBH News’ Senior Investigative Reporter Phillip Martin at the WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library as he leads a discussion on his most recent series “<A HREF="https://www.wgbh.org/news/international-news/2019/02/25/surajs-shadow-wherever-he-goes-his-caste-follows-even-in-america" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Caste in America</A>.” 
 
WGBH News Senior Investigative Reporter and award-winning journalist Phillip Martin will lead a discussion at the Boston Public Library about his most recent series “Caste in America.” 
 In collaboration with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, this multi-part examination explores the discrimination Indian immigrants face in the United States as a result of this ancient hierarchical system of human classification. 
 Martin will lead a conversation about the role of caste in the United States with Suraj Yengde, Laurence Simon, Kavita Pillay, <SPAN STYLE="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;">Swami Venkataraman and Tarun Khanna. The conversation will begin at 5:30 pm. 
 
<A HREF="https://www.wgbh.org/news/people/phillip-martin" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Phillip Martin</A> is Senior Investigative Reporter and award-winning journalist for WGBH News and a contributing reporter to PRI’s The World, a co-production of WGBH, the BBC and PRI; a program, which he helped develop as a senior producer in 1995.
<A HREF="https://scholar.harvard.edu/surajyengde/about" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Suraj Yengde</A> is an inaugural postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative for Institutional Anti-racism and Accountability, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Suraj is India’s first Dalit Ph.D. holder from an African university in the nation's history. 
<A HREF="http://www.brandeis.edu/facultyguide/person.html?emplid=a1717d052c37a3544bf6999199eb4dde9986541d" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Laurence Simon</A> is Professor of International Development and Director of the Center for Global Development and Sustainability at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis. Since 2018, he also serves as the Joint Editor-in-Chief of CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion.
<A HREF="http://pulitzercenter.org/user/239687" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kavita Pillay</A> is a documentary filmmaker and reporter. She has reported from Singapore, Poland, India, and Finland for PRI's The World.
<SPAN STYLE="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;">Swami Venkataraman is a member of the National Leadership Council of the Hindu American Foundation and the lead author on HAF's report, <I STYLE="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><A STYLE="color: #954f72; text-decoration: underline;" HREF="https://www.hafsite.org/media/pr/hinduism-not-cast-caste-full-report" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Not Cast in Caste: Seeking an End to Caste Based Discrimination</A>.
<A HREF="https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6491" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tarun Khanna</A> is Director of the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute & Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School.
 
 
This is free and open to the public, but we appreciate you letting us know if you plan to attend. Please RSVP. 
 
Seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. 
 
Food and drink is available for purchase at the Newsfeed Café. 
 
 
 
Location
The WGBH Studio at the Boston Public Library is located at 700 Boylston St. at the corner of Exeter Street inside the Newsfeed Café. 
 
Parking
Limited metered parking is available in the area. We recommend taking public transportation when possible. MBTA’s Copley stop on the Green Line and Back Bay stop on the Orange Line are located nearby. Visit <A HREF="http://mbta.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://mbta.com/</A> to plan your trip on public transportation. 
 
 
Photo credit: Phillip Martin, WGBH News

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