Join the Conversation with Glendale's Panel on Racism
Safiya Umoja Noble
Hannibal B. Johnson
Steven Nelson
The death of George Floyd, and the resulting widespread calls for justice, have ignited a long-overdue national conversation about racism: How did we get to this present moment and where do we go from here? Perhaps, like many in the community, you’ve been reading, watching, listening, and learning, as well as having conversations with your friends and neighbors, but are still looking for more opportunities to do the work. In the pursuit of a more just, engaged, and empathic society, the City of Glendale is hosting a virtual Panel on Racism: Past & Present on Thursday, July 30 at 6:30 p.m., and welcomes residents to continue to be a part of the conversation. Join the event here.
The panel includes scholars and authors in the fields of racism and racial justice, speaking on various areas of expertise:
Safiya Umoja Noble is Associate Professor of Information Studies at UCLA where she also serves as the Co-Director of the Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. She is the author of a best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (link to purchase).
Hannibal B. Johnson, Esq., a Harvard Law School graduate, is a member of the federal 400 Years of African American History Commission. He is an expert on Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District and the Tulsa Race Massacre. His books cover those topics, together with others on race and racism in Oklahoma and beyond. Mr. Johnson has held teaching positions at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Tulsa College of Law. His book Black Wall Street 100, is available for preorder in late July (link to purchase).
Gary Keyes is a Southern California native and a retired professor, having taught at Glendale Community College (GCC), Pasadena City College, and Crescenta Valley High School for over 40 years. His Race and Differential Application of Justice lecture at GCC proved very popular. A graduate of UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Los Angeles, he is the co-author of two books, both available at the Glendale libraries, Wicked Crescenta Valley and Murder & Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley. Link to purchase.
The panel’s moderator, also has an extensive background in the field of African and African American History:
Steven Nelson is Dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Steven is also Professor Emeritus of African and African American art history at UCLA and, until recently, the director of the UCLA African Studies Center. He is the author of two forthcoming books: On the Underground Railroad and Structural Adjustment: Mapping, Geography, and the Visual Cultures of Blackness.
If you would like to participate in this forum, you can virtually attend the panel here. Together, if we confront the systemic racism of the past and present, we can better strive to cultivate an antiracist future.
