Black Lives Still Matter - New Schools of Black Thought Academic Symposium
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Black Lives Still Matter
New Schools of Black Thought Academic Symposium
New College of Florida
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Keynote Presentation: “Justice and the Politics of Care” by Deva Woodly, Associate Professor of Politics, New School For Social Research
The Movement for Black Lives is not only a social movement that seeks to end the lethal harm perpetrated by police and other disciplining apparatus of the state, it also offers a political philosophy that invites us to reconsider what constitutes justice and how we might achieve it. In this talk, Dr. Woodly explore the ways that the movement offers a guiding political philosophy that teaches us how to treat people as though they matter, providing us with a perspective that could be era-defining, if we chose to embrace it.
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 11 AM - 3:00 PM
Welcome - 11:00-11:10 AM
Introduction - - 11:10 - 11: 40 AM - Nancy Wilson, SpiritHouse, Inc
Video: “Why Cops Shoot: Natasha Clemons, 'Five years fighting'” - 11:40 - 11:50 AM
Local Movements for Justice - 11:50 AM - 1:10 PM
Panelist: Deidra Larkins - Black Lives Matter, Sarasota-Manatee; Ruth Beltran - ANSWER - Suncoast; Richie Floyd, Bay Area Dream Defenders; and Layla Vincent-Brown - Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, UMass- Boston
Restorative Break - 15 minutes - 1:10-1:25
Black Lives Matter at School - 1:25 - 2:45 PM
Panelist: Black Lives Matter at School Organizing Committee : Awo Okaikor Aryee-Price, Angela Harris, Ismael Jimenez, and Lisa Covington
Closing - 2:45 - 3:00 PM
Annual BHM Open Mic Night 'n Mixer!:
Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 7-9 PM
Hosted by Lo-Fi Language Learning
Miles Iton, Naimul Chowdhury, Donovan Brown, and Eileen Calub