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Talking Peace taping: Critical Race Theory (CRT)

With Professor Athena Mutua, JD, MA, LLM, UB Law School; Floyd H. & Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar, international CRT expert; Deidra EmEl, Executive Director, WNY Peace Center; and Vicki Ross, WNYPC Community Coordinator.

 

Discussion:

  • What is Critical Race Theory (CRT), and how has it developed?
  • What is the current controversy over CRT about?
  • How does it relate to our current inequity (and denial) nationally? internationally?
  • How has Nikole Hannah-Jones (UB Distinguished Speaker for Feb 16; tickets still available) re-framed our conversations on race?
  • ways people get involved and work to abolish racism and reverse its effects worldwide

 

The show is taped for just under an hour by Think Twice Radio: Home of the Future (thanks to Richard Wicka, our wonderful producer). The Zoom recording, livestreamed on Facebook during the taping, will air on WBNY 91.3FM on the following Monday at 1pm EST. After airing, you can also find the video archived on the WNY Peace Center YouTube channel.

Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

Starvation and hunger is sweeping across Afghanistan due a collapse in the economy. What has led to this catastrophic crisis is primarily the fault of the U.S. government by freezing Afghan assets in U.S. banks, and U.S. policies that are in place.

Reflections on the Moment: From Covid to War in Space… & Lots In-Between

With Bruce Gagnon & Regis Tremblay. Join Massachusetts Peace Action on Zoom.

• Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He was a co-founder of the Global Network when it was created in 1992. He is an author and has written many articles. Bruce is also has a blog called Organizing Notes and a local TV program in Maine called This Issue. He is a veteran and an active member of Veterans for Peace.
• Regis Tremblay is a independent filmmaker living in Yalta, Crimea of the Russian Federation. His film, Ghost of Jeju chronicles the resilience of power of the people of Jeju are fighting for self-determination, basic human rights, an open and transparent democratic process, and the protection of this rare and beautiful environment.

 

Music by CommUnity Voices.

 

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