Race

ASWSUG Inclusion Conference Keynote Speaker Rashida Willard.

ASWSUG Inclusion Conference Keynote Speaker Nathan Webster.

How can we build a more equitable system of justice? As we reflect on 2020 and the movement to re-imagine police and policing, we must turn towards history.

This interactive workshop will introduce the concept of microaggressions and examine how they operate to reinforce systemic inequality, power, and privilege, while having lasting impacts on individuals.

Join award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh on March 7, 4-5 p.m., to see his livestreamed presentation, “Picture Books and Social Justice.”

Since 1986, the first year of the Martin Luther King holiday, Washington State University has held an annual program to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Microaggressions are verbal and nonverbal exchanges that put down an individual, intentionally or unintentionally, based on their membership in a marginalized group.

Charlene A. Carruthers is an award winning community organizer advocating for racial justice and youth leadership development.

This event includes the presentation from activist and Hip Hop Artist, Jasiri X.

Join activist and award-winning hip-hop artist Jasiri X for a workshop on how hip-hop culture can promote social activism, both online and at the community level.

The criminal justice system should focus less on retribution and more on reparations for those born into a culture of violence, says activist and Law Professor Cynthia Chandler.

Photographer Ayana V. Jackson discusses her new exhibit, Archival Impulse.

Angela Davis was the keynote speaker at Washington State University’s 2015 MLK Community Celebration.

Lecture on “Race, Racism and Science” by Dr. C. Richard King. This lecture was part of the WSU Common Reading event series for the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.