080 - Plenary Session. Protesting Racism

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

The Black Lives Matter movement swept the United States in the past few years, raising public awareness of police brutality and racism to unprecedented levels. Panelists, who include prominent leaders of this movement, will discuss the dynamics of this new social movement as well as the issues that led to its emergence and growth.

Sub Unit

• Plenary and Presidential Panels

Session Organizer

• Ruth Milkman, CUNY Graduate Center

Presider

• Aldon D. Morris, Northwestern University

Panelists

• Kimberle Crenshaw, Columbia University; University of California-Los Angeles; and African American Policy Forum

• Charlene Carruthers, Black Youth Project 100

• Mariame Kaba, Project NIA