RSVP: The New Civil Rights Movement | Presented by Shaun King (MAY 1st | 7PM | Soda Center)

WHAT: The New Civil Rights Movement | Presented by Shaun King
WHEN: MONDAY, MAY 1, 2017 from 7PM - 8:30PM
LOCATION: SODA ACTIVITY CENTER | SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE

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The deadliest hate crime against African Americans in our lifetimes didn’t happen in 1955 or 1965, but in Charleston in 2015. More unarmed African Americans were shot and killed by American police in 2015 than in any year of lynching since 1922. Ten times more African Americans are currently incarcerated today than they were in 1955. Racism has not died, but has shape-shifted in unexpected and unprecedented ways. In this free-flowing, information-packed, multi-media presentation, Shaun King illuminates how this generation must come to grips with its own unique challenges. Instead of wondering who we’d be and what we’d do if we were alive in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, King asks us to see our present place in the modern movement for a more fair and just world. Racism, discrimination, and harmful policies won’t get better on their own; for that reason, King proposes real and applicable solutions to the most pressing problems of the day. 

This presentation is only open to SMC students, faculty and staff.

Gratitude to our program sponsors:

This program is presented by the Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA) with partnership and support from the Communication Department, College Committee for Inclusive Excellence (CCIE), the Bishop John S. Cummins Institute for Catholic Thought, Culture and Action, Ethnic Studies Department, Intercultural Center (IC), Justice, Community and Leadership Program, Mission and Ministry Center (MMC), Roy E. and Patricia Disney Forum, Sociology Department, School of Liberal Arts (SOLA) and the Theology and Religious Studies Department.