When
Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 2:30 PM EST-to-
Friday, December 11, 2020 at 4:00 PM EST
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This is an online event.Ethics and Practice of Dissent Symposium
The Ethics and Practice of Dissent Symposium will bring together activists, professors, and graduate students in three boundary-crossing panels to discuss pressing questions about contemporary protest and to bring together the insights of both practitioners and academics. The panels will address the legacy of the civil rights movement, social movements and policy change, and strategies of contemporary protest from both theoretical and practical perspectives.
Thursday: 2:30-4pm EST
Social Movements and the State: From Voice to Influence
Dr. Deva Woodly, The New School
Lisa Owens, Executive Director of City Life
Rebecca Marwege, Columbia University
Friday: 10-11:30am EST
Practice as Theory: Strategies of Contemporary Protest
Dr. Candice Delmas, Northeastern University
Charlene Carruthers, Organizer, Northwestern University
Mie Inouye, Yale University
Friday: 2:30-4pm EST
Martin Luther King Jr. and his Legacy
Dr. Brandon Terry, Harvard University
Funmilola Fagbamila, Activist and Professor at Cal State LA
Darren Nah, Yale University
The symposium is hosted by graduate students in political theory at Harvard, and is co-sponsored by the Department of Government and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
The symposium is hosted by graduate students in political theory at Harvard, and is co-sponsored by the Department of Government and the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.