Forward with Hope: Never Shall We Forget - Spring 2021 Symposium

Join the Bowie State University-University of Maryland Social Justice Alliance for our spring symposium, Forward with Hope: Never Shall We Forget / The Legacy of 1LT Richard W. Collins III.

The program will include words from Dawn and Rick Collins, Lt. Collins' parents, as well as a panel discussion inspired by an op-ed by Ibram X. Kendi, "Racial Progress Is Real. But So Is Racist Progress." The panel of social justice scholars and leaders will address the dual progressions of anti-racism and, simultaneously, anti-Blackness and white supremacy both in U.S. society at large and on college campuses specifically.

Panelists:

• Dr. Charles Adams, Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Human Services, Bowie State University
• Tafeni English, Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)'s Civil Rights Memorial Center
• Doron Ezickson, Vice President, Mid-Atlantic/Midwest Division, Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
• Dr. Rashawn Ray, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland
• Zahrah Siddiq, President, NAACP UMD Chapter, Undergraduate Student Leader, University of Maryland
• Kortney Wells, President, Student Government Association, Bowie State University
• Dax-Devlon Ross (moderator), author, social justice consultant, investigative journalist

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