{"id":4158,"date":"2015-10-08T18:32:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T23:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/?p=4158"},"modified":"2015-10-08T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T23:32:39","slug":"critical-conversations-at-the-university-of-memphis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2015\/10\/critical-conversations-at-the-university-of-memphis.html","title":{"rendered":"Critical Conversations at the University of Memphis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change <\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Annual Open House\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Panel Discussion:\u00a0The Hot Summer of 2015: The Nation Faces Old and Retooled Forms of Racial Discrimination: The Intractable Issue of Race in America<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

October 15, 2015, 4:30pm Reception, 5:00pm Program<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The University of Memphis, Michael Rose Theatre<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Panelists<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennifer Stollman<\/a>, PhD, Academic Director and Consultant in Detecting and Eliminating Institutional and Interpersonal Biases, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi<\/p>\n

Shelia Peters, <\/a>PhD, Associate Professor, Fisk University, Former Director of the Fisk Race Relations Institute, with expertise in providing training for cultural competence in communities, institutions and systems of care<\/p>\n

Earle Fisher<\/a>, MDiv,\u00a0Preacher, Writer, Social Activist, and co-spokesperson of the Memphis Grassroots Organizations which stands in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter Movement<\/p>\n

Moderator<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Andre E. Johnson<\/a>, PhD, Assistant Professor, U of M, Rhetoric, Politics and Society with Emphasis on African American culture<\/span><\/p>\n