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Resisting Gendered State Violence Across Turtle Island: Cross-Border Solidarity Against Anti-Blackness
Robyn Maynard, author of best-selling Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present
Robyn Maynard will discuss similarities and differences in histories, tactics, modes, and consequences of state violence targeting Black communities in the U.S., Canada and at the border, articulating critical questions and strategies for cross-border solidarity, organizing, and resistance in the current political moment.
Read MoreWhat is the Future of Black Lives Under a Kleptocracy?
Alicia Garza
DESCRIPTION On Tuesday, April 11, BCRW is thrilled to host “What is the Future of Black Lives Under a Kleptocracy?” a lecture by Alicia Garza focusing on the first 100 days of the new administration and what’s at stake for the movement.. SPEAKER BIO Alicia Garza is an Oakland-based organizer, writer, public speaker and freedom […]
Read MoreA Black Feminist Reading of the Movement for Black Lives: Resistance and the U.S. Left Reimagined
Barbara Ransby
Award-winning historian, writer, and longtime activist Barbara Ransby joins BCRW to give the 2017 Natalie Boymel Kampen Memorial Lecture in Feminist Criticism and History, “A Black Feminist Reading of the Movement for Black Lives: Resistance and the U.S. Left Reimagined.” Ransby is Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History […]
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