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Conversations on Race and Policing series continues this Wednesday, June 24 at 4 p.m.

Conversations on Race and Policing series continues this Wednesday, June 24 at 4 p.m.

Posted by: Tiffany Jones


The Conversations on Race and Policing series continues this Wednesday, June 24 at 4 p.m. via Zoom, with representatives from San Bernardino City Unified School District and Westside Action Group joining the discussion.  

You're invited to join this unique dialogue between CSUSB and community leaders from San Bernardino.  The hosts and panelists will examine policing, racial justice, and potential actions to promote greater equity in our local communities.

Zoom link: https://csusb.zoom.us/j/97960458784

 

CSUSB student hosts:  Marlo Brooks, Kameron Pyant, and Yvette Relles-Powell. 

 

Panelists:

  • Stan Futch, President, Westside Action Group, San Bernardino;
  • Don Griggs, Counsel and Historian, Westside Action Group, San Bernardino;
  • Gwen Dowdy-Rodgers, President, San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education; and
  • Dr. Elsa Valdez, Professor, Department of Sociology at CSUSB, and past member of the San Bernardino City Unified School District Board of Education.

 

Series organizers: Mary Texeira (Sociology), Marc Robinson (History), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), and Jeremy Murray (History). 

The first three recordings of the ongoing Conversations on Race and Policing series are available on YouTube, linked below.  There is also a video available from this past fall of an interdisciplinary panel with CSUSB faculty on reparations in historical context.

 

Conversations on Race and Policing (1) June 3, 2020

Conversations on Race and Policing (2) June 10, 2020

Conversations on Race and Policing (3) June 17, 2020

Reparations in Historical Context, CSUSB Panel, October 29, 2019

 

For questions or more information, contact Robie Madrigal (rmadriga@csusb.edu) or Jeremy Murray (jmurray@csusb.edu).