Race, Hate Crimes, and Reconciliation
When: Wednesdays, Fall Semester 2021
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
Where: West Village F, Room 020, Northeastern University
(Located beneath the Visitors Center | 40 Leon Street, Boston, MA 02115)
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION: We have replaced our Zoom Webinar registration with the above livestream link for all future Open Classroom Fall 2021 events. This link will be the same every week and does not require registration to participate. Should you have any questions in the meantime, please email sppuaevents@northeastern.edu.
Synopsis
Please join the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, the College of Arts, Media and Design, and the Northeastern Humanities Center for this semester’s Open Classroom series. The fall 2021 semester’s Open Classroom will focus on hate crimes, anti-Semitism, anti-Asian discrimination, and on ways of bringing together disparate groups to address discrimination and reconciliation. We will address history, reparations, racial dialogues, and approaches to addressing social justice in America.
The fall 2021 Open Classroom series is offered in partnership with the Kraft Family Philanthropies/Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism, with support from the Northeastern University Jewish Studies program and the annual Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lectureship.
Previous Sessions
Why is the American Melting Pot on a High Boil?
John Simons, Executive Editor, Time Magazine
David Shribman, Pulitzer-Prize Winner, former editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Professor Jack McDevitt, SPPUA
Professor Kim Lucas, SPPUA
In collaboration with the Morton E. Ruderman Lecture Series:
The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race and American Identity
Professor Eric Goldstein, Emory University
Professor Kabria Baumgartner, CSSH
Recording available here.
Politics and Identity: The Latinx Experience
Professor Amilcar Barreto, CSSH
Professor Ángel Nieves, CSSH
Recording available here.
In collaboration with the Morton E. Ruderman Lecture Series:
Asian Americans in a Multi-Racial and Multi-Religious Democracy
Rabbi Mira Rivera
Professor Philip Thai, CSSH
Professor Matt Lee, CSSH
Professor Lily Song, CSSH and CAMD
Recording available here.
Can Universities and Media Bring us Together?
Karl Reid, Senior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer
Professor Richard O’Bryant, Director of the African American Institute
Professor Regine Jean-Charles, CSSH
Recording available here.
Blacks, Jews and the Future of American Coalitions
Andre Tippett, Hall of Fame Linebacker, New England Patriots (1982-1993)
Josh Zakim, Former City Councilor representing Back Bay, Fenway-Kenmore and Mission Hill; Board Member, The Lenny Zakim Fund; Executive Director, Housing Forward MA
Josh Kraft, President, Kraft Family Philanthropies
Adrian Walker, Columnist, The Boston Globe
Recording available here.
STEM and Racism
Rebecca Riccio, Director of the Social Impact Lab
Diedra Wrighting, Executive Director ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development
Professor Michelle LaBoy, CAMD
Recording available here.
In collaboration with the Holocaust and Genocide Awareness Committee:
Plunder, Reparations and Restorative Justice
Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder
Professor Margaret Burnham, NUSL
Recording available here.
Boston and America’s Racial and Ethnic Politics: Looking to 2022 and 2024
Joanna Weiss, Editor-in-Chief, Experience; Contributing Editor, POLITICO
Dr. April Khadijah Inniss, Director of Community Engaged Research, King Boston
Samantha Canica, Graduate Student
Claudia Capria, Graduate Student
Haley D’Amico, Graduate Student
Recording available here.
Sign up for updates!
Please note: If you are signing up for Open Classroom updates, other event-related announcements, and/or information about our programs, you will also receive our monthly newsletter. We will not distribute your contact information to any third party at any time.