Thu, Feb 04
|Online Event
Let’s Talk: Bridging the Divide - Louisville’s Reckoning with Race
Time & Location
Feb 04, 2021, 6:00 PM
Online Event
About the Event
- Thursday, February 4, 2021
- 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
Louisville recently declared racism a public health crisis and the University of Louisville pledged to become the premier anti-racist university. Do these steps represent real change as we deal with inequities in what is still a segregated city? Join us as we tackle the tough topic of race, if we’re truly making progress, and how each of us plays a role for lasting change.
PANELISTS
Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, President, University of Louisville Dr. Ricky Jones, Graduate Director & Chair, Pan-African Studies Department, University of Louisville Senator Gerald Neal (D), District 33 Lamont Collins, President & CEO, Roots 101 Keturah Herron, Policy Strategist, ACLU
Opening remarks from the Courier Journal’s Veda Morgan on the newspaper’s special series “Beyond Breonna.”
CO-MODERATORS
Rachel Platt, Director of Community Engagement, Frazier History Museum Renee Shaw, KET
QUESTION FACILITATOR
Ron Jones, Community Relations Manager, 104.7 FM WLOU/1240 AM WLLV
This is a virtual program hosted on the Zoom platform. Admission is free.