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The Fierce Urgency of Now, a Racial Reckoning: How Princeton Is Building Scholarly Capacities to Confront Racial Injustices

May 23, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

May 23, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Robertson Hall, Room 016

During this panel, participants will be asked to explore: 1) how their scholarly research and teaching intersect with each other’s work in such areas as homeownership and housing discrimination, educational opportunity, environment justice, health care disparities, employment, criminal justice, transportation and wealth development, and 2) how an interdisciplinary, academic, applied research center at Princeton designed to identify effective and implementable solutions would add value to their efforts.

Speakers: Khalil Gibran Muhammed, director, Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project (IARA) and professor
of African American studies and public affairs; Eric Tate, professor of Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies; Frederick Wherry *00 *04, Townsend Martin, Class of 1917 Professor of Sociology.

Sponsored by Concerned Black Alumni of Princeton (CBAP)

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  • Date: May 23, 2025
  • Time:
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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The views expressed during Reunions are those of the individual presenters only. With respect to Princeton’s free expression values, members of the Princeton University community and visitors have broad freedom to express themselves in a manner consistent with the University’s policies. At the same time, University policies prohibit conduct that, among other things, disrupts University operations and activities. To be clear, any individuals who disrupt a Princeton event are in violation of University policy, subject to disciplinary action, and will be asked to leave the premises immediately. If they do not leave immediately, they will be considered a Defiant Trespasser under New Jersey criminal law and subject to arrest.