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A VIRTUAL Community Conversation...
The January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection signaled the resurgence of the type of overt white supremacy that characterized most of U.S. history. Its aftermath affirmed a right wing subversion of the democratic process, threatening a shift toward autocracy. America’s history of racism enables these threats. Our democratic ideals are in danger. Can we rescue them before it’s too late? See more detailed description. |
Missed the conference? You can still see it at Ypsilanti District Library's Facebook Page: FACEBOOK LIVE RECORDING Organized by Washtenaw Faces Race, Washtenaw County, Michigan and the Ypsilanti District Library, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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PROGRAM
Introduction and Overview
What's So Good About Democracy, Anyway?
Racism: Multi-Purpose Tool for Division and Conquest
KEYNOTE: White Supremacy, White Populism, and Christian Nationalism: Can Democracy Long Endure
Affirming Inclusive Democracy: Resisting media disinformation
Also featuring selections from the:
Sponsored by Washtenaw Faces Race and Ypsilanti District Library.
Introduction and Overview
- La'Ron Williams, B.F.A., Racial Justice Educator and Professional Storyteller, co-founder of Washtenaw Faces Race. https://larontalk.blogspot.com/
What's So Good About Democracy, Anyway?
- Kay Wade, Social Studies Curriculum Specialist, Ann Arbor Public Schools
Racism: Multi-Purpose Tool for Division and Conquest
- Vincent L. Hutchings, Ph.D., Diversity and Social Transformation Professor; Hanes Walton, Jr. Collegiate Professor of Political Science and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
KEYNOTE: White Supremacy, White Populism, and Christian Nationalism: Can Democracy Long Endure
- Peter J. Hammer, J.D., Ph.D., Director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights; Professor of Law; A. Alfred Taubman Endowed Chair https://law.wayne.edu/profile/ar7084#definition-Biography
Peter J. Hammer is the A. Alfred Taubman Professor of Law and the director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School. The Keith Center is dedicated to promoting the educational, economic and political empowerment of under-represented communities in urban areas and to ensuring that the phrase "equal justice under law" applies to all members of society. Hammer was instrumental in editing and compiling Judge Damon J. Keith’s biography, Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith (2013) and the book "No Equal Justice": The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr. (2022). Hammer has become a leading voice on the economic and social issues impacting the city of Detroit.
Affirming Inclusive Democracy: Resisting media disinformation
- Chuck Newman, Founder, Protectors of Equality in Government
Charles Newman has been an entrepreneur since starting his first company while a college undergraduate. His last for-profit company was ReCellular that collected over 50,000,000 used cellular phones for reuse and recycling. With his wife Sharon he founded the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor. Among the political justice organizations he has founded or co-founded are Protectors of Equality in Government, WAVE and Distill Social, all of whom are dedicated to providing voters with the information they need to have a government that treats everyone with equality and acceptance.
Also featuring selections from the:
- 2022 Prisoner Creative Arts Exhibition
- Ypsilanti High School Choir
Sponsored by Washtenaw Faces Race and Ypsilanti District Library.
