Racial Grief and the Need for Black Body Acknowledgements, June 7

[Wendy Philpott]

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join the first in a webcast series on Sunday, June 7, to inspire critical dialogue and meaningful action, hosted by the Aptly Outspoken! Collective, which includes members of the Faculty of Arts.



WHAT: Racial Grief and the Need for Black Body Acknowledgements

WHEN: Sunday, June 7th, 6pm EST

HOW: Please register to join<https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/home?authuser=0>, and a link for the livestream event will be sent to you, followed by a link to the recorded event



Moderator:

Vershawn Ashanti Young, JD, PhD<https://uwaterloo.ca/communication-arts/people-profiles/vershawn-young>



Panelists:

The Aptly Outspoken Collective<https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/who-we-be?authuser=0> with special guest panelist, Christopher Taylor, PhD<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fuwaterloo.ca%2Fhistory%2Fpeople-profiles%2Fchristopher-taylor&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFPQ4wQJ4Ag6m2Z7FIv0KT8KRw83A>



APTLY OUTSPOKEN! is a collective of anti-racist, cross-racial allies/accomplices who are disgusted and saddened by the senseless killing of Mr. George Floyd (1973-2020)<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FDeath_of_George_Floyd&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEUl9FHgzsM2QcAJJrW7qoLzoY3AQ>, another Black man, by police.<https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/who-we-be?authuser=0#h.wwcwhgc22p75>



APTLY OUTSPOKEN! is committed to using speech communication and writing to intervene into the daily and oppressive treatment of living black bodies in the USA and Canada.



APTLY OUTSPOKEN! is mostly --but not only--a group of academics, PhD type folk, who teach and research in the areas of American studies, Canadian history, education, language, law, performance, theatre, and more.



Visit Aptly Outspoken! for upcoming webcasts in this series<https://sites.google.com/view/aptlyoutspoken/what-it-do?authuser=0>.



Sent on behalf of Vershawn Young.

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