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