Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Lillis Business Complex, Room 182
955 E 13th Ave, Eugene, OR
Margo Jefferson, Pulitzer-Prize winning writer, cultural critic, Columbia University professor, and author of Negroland: A Memoir.
“We The People” is an affirmation, but it’s a provocation too. It provokes each of us as individuals, as “I”s who cherish our particular identities, to think about how those identities can join forces in a community. And by” forces” I mean beliefs, achievements and dreams, but also uncertainties and conflicts: histories and traditions that often clash. “We The People” are a nation of communities and cultures struggling hard to make sense of one another. What kind of “we “ is worth dreaming of and working for?
Lectures & Presentations, Lecture, Free, Diversity and Multiculturalism, Black and African American
Division of Equity and Inclusion, Center on Diversity and Community (CoDaC), College of Arts & Sciences, School of Journalism and Communication, Center for the Study of Women in Society, Oregon Humanities Center, Clark Honors College, Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, Multicultural Center (MCC)
All Students, Faculty/Staff, General Public, Residence Halls, Graduate Students, New Students, Alumni
free
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