The program in African and African American Studies, along with the Institute for Diversity in the Arts, presents another public lecture in its “Race, Policing & Mass Incarceration” series. Join CNN “Crossfire” host and bestselling author Van Jones for a discussion entitled “How do we cut the prison population in half?” The talk will take place on Wednesday, April 29th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at CEMEX Auditorium, and is open to the public.
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Angela Davis on Racism and Criminalization: Neglected Dimensions
The Program in African and African American Studies and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts present Angela Davis, who will be speaking about racism and criminalization.
This event is part of Race, Policing and Mass Incarceration–a public lecture series and AAAS course which takes place on Wednesday evenings from April 8 through May 13.
The Politics of Intimacy on University Campuses in South Africa
A Stanford graduate, Jonathan Jansen is one of South Africa’s best known, most widely heard, and most critical educators. Never hesitant to speak truth to power, he challenges conventional wisdoms and sparks national debate about education policy and practice.
Jonathan Jansen is Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of the Free State, President of the South African Institute of Race Relations, and former Vice-President of the South African Academy of Science. He is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and a Fellow of the Academy of Science of the Developing World. His book Knowledge in the Blood: Confronting Race and the Apartheid Past (Stanford 2009) was listed as one of the best books of the year by the American Libraries Association. He also writes popular books like Great South African Teachers (with two students), We Need to Talk, and We Need to Act (2013); and is a columnist for The Times. His most recent book (with filmmaker Molly Blank) is How to fix South Africa’s schools: lessons from schools that work; his next book (in preparation) is titled Nearness by Resemblance, and deals with problems of intimacy in race relations on South African university campuses.