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ARHU Dean's Colloquium Series on Race, Equity and Justice, Featuring GerShun Avilez
Thursday, May 6, 2021
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Online
For More Information:
arichers@umd.edu
https://arhusynergy.umd.edu/events/arhu-deans-colloquium-series-race-equity-and-justice-featuring-gershun-avilez

ARHU DEAN'S COLLOQUIUM SERIES ON RACE, EQUITY AND JUSTICE, FEATURING GERSHUN AVILEZ

Thursday, May 06, 2021 - 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

ARHU has launched a campaign to address race, equity and justice in its curriculum, scholarship, programming and community engagement. As part of its goals to increase awareness of issues of systemic racism, equity and inequality, the Dean will be hosting a colloquium and conversation series all year long. The colloquia introduce audiences to the expertise that ARHU faculty have in these key areas and allow for dialogue with the experts and the Dean to engage in ideas for social action and change. 

This colloquium features GerShun Avilez, associate professor of English, who will discuss his book Black Queer Freedom (2020) and talk specifically about how Black queer artists explore the spatial inequality that eludes legislative change, specifically the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the absence of change, he shows how artists provide examples of queer self-making and world-making as radical Civil Rights projects.

This Dean's Colloquium Series on Race, Equity and Justice is an ARHU Terrapin Strong event.

You must RSVP to attend. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants approximately 24-hours prior to the event. 

This talk will be recorded and archived for future viewing on our website.

For more information, please contact Ashley Richerson Miller at arichers@umd.edu

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