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SUMMARY:The 2015 Paul Robeson Conference “From Protest to Politics” - Then and Now
DESCRIPTION:The Columbia Black Law Students Association\n& the Columbia Journal of Race and Law in conjunction with\nthe Center for the Study of Law and Culture\nPresent \nThe 2015 Paul Robeson Conference\n“From Protest to Politics” – Then and Now \nFriday\, April 10 & Saturday\, April 11\nColumbia Law School\nJerome Greene Hall\n435 W 116th St\nNew York\, NY 10027 \nThe 21st century has seen a series of powerful protests that have garnered international attention: the Arab Spring\, the Occupy Movement\, and\, of course\, Ferguson. In light of these developments\, the 2015 Paul Robeson Conference will seek to honor the 50th anniversary of Bayard Rustin’s seminal work\, “From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement\,” and analyze its ideas about the relationship between grassroots protests and sociopolitical change in light of the current civil rights landscape in several different arenas. \nThe Conference will begin on Friday\, April 10\, with an opening roundtable and continue on Saturday\, April 11 all day. A light breakfast and refreshments throughout the day will be provided on Saturday. \n  \n​\nThe Conference will begin on Friday\, April 10\, at 6:30 p.m. with Kendall Thomas\, Nash Professor of Law\, will intoeduce the Conference themes and moderate a panel discussion among a distinguished group of leaders in the civil rights world about Bayard Rustin’s work and writing. \nOn Saturday\, April 11\, at 9 a.m.\, guests will have the opportunity to hear about the role of protest politics and Rustin’s theory of political change in several key arenas including mass incarceration and immigration\, economic justice and labor rights\, political process and voting rights\, access to housing and education\, and intersectional erasure of women and sexual minorities within the mainstream racial justice paradigm. \nThe Conference will conclude at 5 p.m. following closing remarks by\nOlatunde Johnson\, Professor of Law. \nThe Conference is free and open to the public. \nKindly RSVP to the Columbia Journal of Race and Law at \n​ ​\ncjrl@law.columbia.edu. \n​
URL:https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/cji/event/2015-paul-robeson-conference-protest-politics-now/
LOCATION:William & June Warren WJW – L107\, 1125 Amsterdam Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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