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Higginbotham Memorial Lecture 2024

Featuring Damon T. Hewitt, the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Nov 14, 2024 at | 3501 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Carey Law, Fitts Auditorium

Presenting this year’s Higginbotham Memorial Lecture will be Damon T. Hewitt, the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. This lecture will be moderated by Professor…



The Holmesburg Prison Experiments and the Call for Restorative Justice

A Panel Hosted by the Jones Foundation for Returning Citizens
Oct 23, 2024 at - | Penn Carey Law
3501 Sansom Street
Fitts Auditorium

Join us for a panel hosted by the Jones Foundation for Returning Citizens, as we discuss the legacy, human rights violations, and impact of the prison experiments that late Penn dermatologist Albert Kligman conducted…



Beyond Salvage: Development and Ethnocide in the Scientific Study of Indigenous Groups in Cold War Paraguay with Dr. Sebastián Gil-Riano

Faculty Working Group Meeting and Colloquium
Dr. Sebastián Gil-Riano
Oct 17, 2024 at - | Center for Africana Studies | Max Kade Room
3401 Walnut Street, Room 331A

Dr. Sebastián Gil-Riano is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and…



Genetic Ancestry and Perceptions of Race: Impacts in Social and Medical Contexts Symposium

Keynote Speaker: Professor Dorothy Roberts
May 9, 2024 (All Day) | The Population Studies Center Library, 403 McNeil | University of Pennsylvania
3718 Locust Walk | Philadelphia, PA 19104

The symposium brings medical researchers, clinicians, health scholars, and social scientists into conversation about the way that genetic ancestry information may influence observers' perceptions of others'…



Film Screening & Panel Discussion: TO BE INVISIBLE

A Look Inside the Family Policing System
Moderated by Professor Dorothy Roberts with Director Myah Overstreet
Apr 12, 2024 at - | Jon M. Huntsman Hall Rm G65

Please join the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society (PRSS) as we host the screening of the documentary TO BE INVISIBLE, produced by journalist, filmmaker, and UC Berkeley graduate student Myah Overstreet…



Black Hospitals, White Caps: How Philadelphia’s Black Community Confronted Segregation in Healthcare

Feb 7, 2024 at - | Claire Fagin Hall, room 114

Discover the story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital, created by and for the Black community in Philadelphia. Founded in 1895, Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital, and Mercy Hospital, founded in 1907, merged to form…



African American Lecture Series: Professor Ruha Benjamin

Jan 31, 2024 at | 4fl Commons, McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk



THE 23rd ANNUAL MLK JR. SOCIAL JUSTICE LECTURE & AWARD FEAT PROFESSOR DOROTHY ROBERTS

"Are Civil Rights Enough?"
Jan 24, 2024 at | Annenberg Center | Zellerbach Theatre3680 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
In-Person & Virtual

Professor Dorothy Roberts reflects on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with Professor Marcia Chatelain. 



Unveiling the Intersections of Human Rights and Child Removal from a First Nations Perspective: Family Policing and the Ongoing impact on Sovereignty in Australia

Nov 29, 2023 at | Max Kade Center: 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329-A
 

This talk aims to explore the profound impact of First Nations child removal, family policing, and intergenerational trauma on the sovereignty of Indigenous communities within the Australian context.

This…



Higginbotham Memorial Lecture featuring Professor Sir Hilary Beckles

Nov 20, 2023 at | Fitts Auditorium Carey Law School

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles is Vice Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI). He is a distinguished academic, international thought leader, United Nations committee official, and global public…