Bergen Community College Webinar: Brave Conversations About Race and Racism

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color across the globe are fighting everyday to live free from all forms of violence.

Join a global conversation about anti-racist practices, hear about strategic actions that you can take to advance racial justice in your community, and share resources to strengthen your capacity to be a stronger advocate in the fight for a more just world.

This Zoom event will feature one hour of dialogue between two educators. One in South Africa and the other in the United States. The conversation will explore practical anti-racist practices.

More about the speakers:

Dr. Warren Chalklen passionately works for equity and social justice through education, advocacy, and cross cultural dialogue. His personal experience growing up in a mixed race family in racially segregated South Africa shapes how he sees and experiences the world. In his current role he trains doctors and nurses in anti-racist practices across the United States.

Njabulo Mkize, better known as Njabs is an Applied Drama Practitioner; History and English teacher; a former talk radio presenter and a motivational speaker. His primary interest is youth development and the overall economic liberation of Africa. This liberation should come in the form of SELF-LIBERATION.

As Steve Biko once said "The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves." Njabulo agrees with Biko when he defines what being black means when he states that "Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude." He relates well to the concepts of African Consciousness as a Historian. Furthermore, he believes that an educational revolution is needed in Africa, and it has to begin with t`he formalisation of Afrocentric knowledge systems.

This event would not have been possible without the support of Bergen Community College and Greg Fenkert