Upcoming Virtual Event: The John B. Slaughter Endowment Reparations Series – Global Models of Reparations

The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace is delighted to co-sponsor

The John B. Slaughter Endowment Reparations Series: Global Models of Reparations 

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Register for the event at:  

https://go.umd.edu/globalreparationsafam

This webinar will provide an overview and discussion of reparations models in the US and globally which include: The City of Asheville, North Carolina; Georgetown University; and South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This event is part of a yearlong series of virtual conversations on the historical, social and psychological, economic, and political consequences and implications of racial slavery, injustice, and structural inequality in America.

Opening Remarks: 

Dean Gregory Ball, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland

 

 

 

Moderator: 

Professor Hoda Mahmoudi, Research Professor and Chair, Bahá’í Chair for World Peace, University of Maryland

 

 

 

Speakers:

Everisot Benyera, Associate Professor, African Politics, University of South Africa in Pretoria

 

 

 

Elizabeth Thomas, White House Producer/Report for ABC News, Georgetown University ’19

 

 

 

Keith Young, City Councilman, Asheville, NC

 

 

 

For questions, contact the African American Studies Department at aasd.umd.edu or 301-405-1158

Follow the conversation using the hashtag #ReparationsAFAM

Co-Sponsors:

BSOS Anti-Black Racism Initiative

Bahá’í Chair for World Peace

Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Critical Race Initiative

Judge Alexander B. Williams, Jr. Center for Education, Justice & Ethics

 

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