{"id":33353,"date":"2020-06-25T15:32:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T22:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=33353"},"modified":"2020-06-25T15:32:30","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T22:32:30","slug":"online-event-covid-19-systemic-racism-and-the-responses-of-hbcus-a-virtual-town-hall-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/online-event-covid-19-systemic-racism-and-the-responses-of-hbcus-a-virtual-town-hall-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Event: COVID-19, Systemic Racism, and the Responses of HBCUs: A Virtual Town Hall Discussion \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COVID-19, Systemic Racism, and the Responses of HBCUs: A Virtual Town Hall Discussion<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Monday, June 29, 2020<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Speakers:<\/span><\/div>\n
Makola M. Abdullah, President of Virginia State University\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Mary Schmidt Campbell, President of Spelman College<\/span><\/div>\n
C. Reynold Verret, President of Xavier University\u00a0of Louisiana<\/span><\/div>\n
Gilda Barabino, President-elect of Olin College of Engineering (Moderator)<\/span><\/div>\n

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are among the nation\u2019s most vital and vibrant institutions, serving the educational needs of hundreds of thousands of students, advancing the full spectrum of human knowledge, and invigorating the cultural, social, and economic horizons of the regions they serve. And today, these universities are at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19, researching treatments, keeping their states and communities informed, and treating patients at academic medical centers.\u00a0 They are also at the forefront of the nation’s struggles against institutionalized discrimination, systemic inequality, and anti-Black racism that are being brought to bear every day in the forms of demonstrations and advocacy in most U.S. communities.<\/p>\n

How have HBCUs responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and to the recent events surrounding the murder of George Floyd?\u00a0 As HBCU presidents look toward resuming in-person classes in the fall, what have they learned from the COVID-19 crisis, how will their institutions evolve as a result, and what might that mean for the future of HBCUs in America?\u00a0 How will HBCUs adapt to the serious financial challenges likely to arise in states and the nation in the months ahead as a consequence of COVID-19? What are HBCU campus leaders doing in preparation for a stronger and higher-profile role in terms of advocacy and leadership in directly\u00a0addressing anti-Black racism\u00a0in this country?<\/div>\n
Please join the presidents of three of the nation\u2019s\u00a0premier\u00a0HBCUs as they discuss COVID-19\u00a0and issues of racial injustice. This event is hosted by the National Academies’\u00a0Board on Higher Education and Workforce<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Issues in Science and Technology<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and sponsored by the Kresge Foundation and the\u00a0U.S. Department of Defense HBCU\/MI Program.<\/div>\n
Please contact John Veras (jveras@nas.edu<\/span>) for questions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,19,21,7,12,13,8,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}