DEI Summer Retreat Keynote Speakers: Rev. Al Sharpton & Dr. Jelani Cobb

Hudson County Community College

Hudson County Community College's Annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summer Retreat Keynote Speakers: Rev. Al Sharpton & Dr. Jelani Cobb

161 Newkirk St

<a href="https://hudsonccc.webex.com/hudsonccc/j.php?MTID=mb6ef896caa7c0b61069abc1ef3180d1c" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Keynote Address: Reverend Al Sharpton &amp; Dr. Jelani Cobb</a> R﻿everend Al SharptonAs one of the preeminent civil rights leaders of our time, Reverend Al Sharpton serves as the founder and president of the National Action Network (NAN), anchors Politics Nation on MSNBC, hosts the nationally syndicated radio shows Keepin’ It Real and The Hour of Power, holds weekly action rallies and speaks out on behalf of those who have been silenced and marginalized. Rooted in the spirit and tradition of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., NAN boasts more than 100 chapters across the country to promote a modern civil rights agenda that includes the fight for one standard of justice, decency and equal opportunity for all. T﻿ime: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM._﻿_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________D﻿r. Jelani CobbDr. Jelani Cobb joined the Columbia Journalism School faculty in 2016 and became Dean in 2022. He has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2015. He received a Peabody Award for his 2020 PBS Frontline film Whose Vote Counts? and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Commentary in 2018. He has also been a political analyst for MSNBC since 2019.He is the author of The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress and To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic. He is the editor or co-editor of several volumes including The Matter of Black Lives, a collection of The New Yorker’s writings on race and The Essential Kerner Commission Report. He is producer or co-producer on a number of documentaries including Lincoln’s Dilemma, Obama: A More Perfect Union and Policing the Police.Dr. Cobb was educated at Jamaica High School in Queens, NY, Howard University, where he earned a B.A. in English, and Rutgers University, where he completed his MA and doctorate in American History in 2003. He is also a recipient of fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation and the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM.

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