Join Sustain Dane and the YWCA for a special video screening of Dr. Powell's presentation "Beloved Community." January 14 from 6-8p at Madison Public Library. This is event is FREE. Sustain Dane and YWCA bring you a special encore screening for the 2014 National Bioneers Conference. john a. powell - Beloved Community: Interbeing, Race, Class, and Person ‘Hood.' As humanity faces global environmental and social collapse, our fear of the “Other” can be magnified by unstable contracting economies, radically shifting demographics, and new social norms. Can humanity overcome these divisions and come together to protect our common home? Stay for a discussion following the film with Angela Russell, City/County Public Health Equity Coordinator; Lauren Beriont, Sustain Dane, Tariq Saqqaf, City of Madison Neighborhood Resource Teams; and Maurice Cheeks, Alder, City of Madison.
John
A. Powell, an internationally recognized scholar in the areas of civil
rights, civil liberties, race, ethnicity, housing, poverty, and
democracy, is a professor of Law, African American Studies, and Ethnic
Studies at UC Berkeley and serves as the Director of its Haas Institute
for a Fair and Inclusive Society. He has founded several institutes,
taught at numerous law schools, including Harvard and Columbia, and has
authored several books, including, most recently: Racing to Justice.
