2017 Black Lives Matter Symposium
"Black Lives Matter: Local Movements, Global Futures," was a two-day symposium, which aimed to connect the local struggles of Brandeis students and other scholar-activists in the Boston area to broader national and global issues that have animated the Black Lives Matter movement.
The event consisted of student forums, teach-ins, keynote speakers and panels featuring prominent scholars, artists and activists.
Keynotes
- Khalil Gibran Muhammad
- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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Panelists and Moderators
- Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, English, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
- Jabari Asim, Associate professor of Writing, Literature and Publishing, Emerson College; Executive Editor of The Crisis
- Moya Bailey, Assistant Professor of Cultures, Societies and Global Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Northeastern University
- Rev. Jeffrey Brown, founder of RECAP (Rebuilding Every Community Around Peace)
- Shayna Jones, Black Lives Matter Cambridge
- Didi Delgado, Black Lives Matter, Cambridge
- Adam Elliot-Cooper, Kings College London; Black Lives Matter UK
- Fatima El-Tayeb, Professor of African-American Literature and Culture, UC San Diego
- Adam Foss, Assistant District Attorney in the Juvenile Division of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office; founder of Prosecutor Integrity
- Sarah Jackson, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University
- Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University, Ohio State University
- C. Shawn McGuffey, Associate Professor of Sociology and African and African Diaspora Studies, Boston College
- Idrissou Mora-Kpai, Independent documentary filmmaker and producer
- Darnell Moore, Senior Correspondent at MicNews, Co-Managing/Editor at The Feminist Wire and writer-in-residence at the Center on African American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice at Columbia University.
- Carina Ray, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
- Faith Smith, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies and English, Brandeis University
- C. Riley Snorton, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cornell University
- Ibrahim Sundiata, The Samuel and Augusta Spector Professor Emeritus of History, Brandeis University
Derron Wallace, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Education, Brandeis University
Chad Williams, Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
Organizing Committee
- Aliyyah Abdur-Rahman, Associate Professor, African and Afro-American Studies and English
- Cathy Burack, Heller School for Public Policy
- Marisa Carey, Ph.D. student, History
- William Jones (‘18), Politics and IGS
- Delande Justinvil, Academic Administrator, AAAS
- Alex Montgomery, MA student, Heller
- Derron Wallace, Assistant Professor, Education and Sociology
- Chad Williams, Associate Professor, African and Afro-American Studies
Campus Teach-Ins
#BlackLivesMatter Teach-ins
Campus teach-ins are organized and facilitated by students in AAAS 156A--#BlackLivesMatter: The Struggle for Civil Rights from Reconstruction to the Present.
Topics
- BML and Black Women Leaders
Upper Usdan - Art and Cultural Representation
Rose Art Museum - BLM and Self/Collective Care
Peace Room - Social Activism and Getting Hired
Upper Usdan - Black Queer Activism
Upper Usdan - BLM and Coalition Building
Mandel Center Atrium - Music and the Movement
Slosberg Music Center - BLM and Environmental Racism
Rabb Steps - Black Activism and Whitelash: A Critical Reading Workshop
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Critical Race Theory Teach-in
Featuring dramatic readings of intimate black correspondence by students in AAAS/ENG 141 Critical Race Theory.
- BLM: Black Literatures of Love and Struggle
Intercultural Center (ICC)