Malkin Penthouse
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge
Fri., Mar. 22, 2024, 8:45 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, UNESCO, and the U.S. Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice at the Department of State, Desirée Cormier Smith, present a major event on global efforts to prevent modern slavery and combat anti-Black racism. This symposium will consist of several moderated panels covering the status of global racism and anti-blackness in the twenty-first century.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Business, Diversity and Inclusion, Ethics, Film, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences, Support/Social, Sustainability
Organization/Sponsor: The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Speaker(s): Leslie Alexander, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History, Rutgers University, Sandy Placido, Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University - Newark, Dominique Day, Executive Director, DAYLIGHT and Chair, UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, Roeshana Moore-Evans, Executive Director, Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery, Tiffany Florvil, Joy Foundation Fellow and Associate Professor of History, The University of New Mexico, Charity Clay, UNCF Mellon Fellow and Associate Professor of Sociology, Xavier University, Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Chief, Executive Office of the Social and Human Sciences Sector, UNESCO​, Alex Johnson, Deputy Director of U.S. Foreign Policy, The Open Society Foundations, Anthony N. Morgan, Adjunct Professor, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Roger-Claude Liwanga, Adjunct Professor, Child Protection & International Human Rights, Emory University School of Law, Adebissi Djogan, Founder and CEO of Public Affairs Africa and member African Descendant Social Entrepreneurship Network (ADSEN), Gay McDougall, Member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination and distinguished scholar in residence at Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, Fordham University School of Law, Epsy Campbell Barr, Former Vice President of Costa Rica and Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Contact Info: emmacosta@hks.harvard.edu
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