Taking place one day before the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, this teach-in is inspired by the spirit of the intersectional and global movements for liberation that Dr. King dreamed of, which are transforming the world to further human rights and social justice.

AGENDA

SESSION I  10am - 12pm

Social/Racial Justice Movements 1968-2018.  This session features scholars, teachers, and activists who will engage in an active conversation about the way in which their work is attempting to contribute to local and national political and policy questions related to racial and economic justice.

PANEL

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph

Roosevelt Neely

Dr. Richard Reddick

LUNCH BREAK  12pm - 1pm

SESSION II   1pm - 3pm

Social/Justice Movements 2018-Future. This session builds on the previous session to discuss new political strategies, tactics, coalition opportunities and visions for a liberated future free of all forms of racial, economic, gender, sexual orientation and other forms of oppression. How can we realize the radical freedom dreams that captivated so much of the world in 1968 a half century later?

PANEL

Virginia Cumberbatch

Dr. Leonard N. Moore

Dr. Rajeev Patel

VIRGINIA CUMBERBATCH  Ms. Cumberbatch serves as director of the Community Engagement Center (CEC), a part of The University of Texas at Austin Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. Ms. Cumberbatch has used her years of academic and professional experience to facilitate conversations about diversity, inclusion and equity throughout the Austin area. In her current capacity, she ensures that the CEC continues to develop new and sustain mutually beneficial partnerships between the University of Texas and diverse communities, improving systems to be more accessible and equitable for historically underserved communities. 

DR. PENIEL E. JOSEPH: Dr. Joseph holds the Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values at the LBJ School of Public Affairs; and, he is the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, founded to promote engaged research and scholarship focused on the ways issues of race and democracy affect people’s lives.  Dr. Joseph also holds a joint professorship appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.

DR. LEONARD N. MOORE  Dr. Moore is the Interim Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement and the George Little eld Professor of American History at The University of Texas at Austin.  In addition to his academic and administrative work, Dr. Moore spends a great deal of time helping high-profile athletic programs across the country implement strategic diversity initiatives that help student-athletes excel both in the classroom and on the field.  Dr. Moore has worked with some of the finest athletic departments in the country, including:  LSU (Gerry DiNardo, Nick Saban and Les Miles), Georgia (Mark Richt), and Texas (Will Muschamp and Mack Brown).

ROOSEVELT NEELY  Mr. Neely is in his second year of the Master of Public Affairs program at the LBJ School and joined the CSRD as Greaduate Research Assistant in September 2017. Mr. Neely plans to pursue a career in management in the criminal justice system to advance equity by developing solutions that dismantle disparities present between race and class as a result of harmful policies and practices.

DR. RAJEEV PATEL  Dr. Patel is an award-winning writer, activist and academic.  In addition to his role as a research professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, he is a senior research associate at Rhodes University.  Dr. Patel studies the world food system and alternatives to it, and is currently working on a documentary project about the food system with award-winning director Steve James. He has testified about the causes of the global food crisis to the U.S. House of Representative’s Financial Services Committee, and was an adviser to Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

DR. RICHARD REDDICK  Dr. Reddick is an Associate Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy, where he serves as coordinator of the Program in Higher Education Leadership, with courtesy appointments in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Warfield Center of African and African American Studies. Dr. Reddick is also the Assistant Director of the Plan II Honors Program in the College of Liberal Arts, and serves as a faculty fellow in the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis, all at The University of Texas at Austin.