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How to Be an Antiracist: a Follow-up Conversation

2020-08-10 19:00:00 2020-08-10 20:00:00 America/New_York How to Be an Antiracist: a Follow-up Conversation Please join us for a community discussion about the July 20 interview with Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist. Online -

Monday, August 10
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2020-08-10 19:00:00 2020-08-10 20:00:00 America/New_York How to Be an Antiracist: a Follow-up Conversation Please join us for a community discussion about the July 20 interview with Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist. Online -

Please join us for a community discussion about the July 20 interview with Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist.

We can discuss this talk and consider next steps in our own community's conversations/responses. Offered in partnership with Community Mediation Center of St. Mary's County. Register to receive the Zoom link to participate an hour before the event.

Many thanks to Prince George's County Memorial Library System for developing the initial event and offering our community an opportunity to participate. If you didn't get to attend "live," you can view the archival video recording here.

Ibram X. Kendi is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, a professor of history, and the founding director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. He is a columnist at The Atlantic and a correspondent with CBS News. He is the author of five books including “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America,” which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction; “How to Be an Antiracist”; “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,” co-authored with Jason Reynolds; and “Antiracist Baby,” illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky.

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EVENT TYPE: | Life Skills |

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