BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal: Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.12// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Ical BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20211107T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.1378986.field_date.0@carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu DTSTAMP:20210301T004530Z DESCRIPTION:\n This webinar series\, curated by Carr Center Fellow Keisha N. Blain\, will feature social justice leaders working at the local\, nation al\, and international level. The series will highlight the work of leader s of color who are actively challenging racism and advancing human rights. \n\n\n\n Panelists:\n\n\n\n \n Barbara Smith \;| Co-founder of Kitchen Ta ble: Women of Color Press\n \n \n Dr. Keisha N. Blain \;(Moderator) |&nbs p\;Associate Professor of History\, University of Pittsburgh\; Fellow\, Ca rr Center\n \n\n\n\n Barbara Smith is an author\, activist\, and independent scholar who has played a groundbreaking role in opening up a national cul tural and political dialogue about the intersections of race\, class\, sex uality\, and gender. \;She was among the first to define an African Am erican women’s literary tradition and to build Black women’s studies and B lack feminism in the United States. \;Barbara has been politically act ive in many movements for social justice since the 1960s. \;She was co founder and publisher until 1995 of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press\, the first U. S. publisher for women of color. She resides in Albany\, New York and served two terms as a member of the Albany Common Council from 20 06 to 2013. \; From 2014 to 2017 she served as the Special Community P rojects Coordinator for the City of Albany helping to implement the Equity Agenda. \;Barbara has edited three major collections about Black wome n\, including \;All the Women Are White\, All the Blacks Are Men\, But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women’s Studies (with Gloria T. Hull and Patr icia Bell Scott\, 1982)\; and Home Girls: A Black Feminist Anthology (1983 ). \; \;\n\n\n\n Dr. Keisha N. Blain is an award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad interests and specializations in African American History\, the modern African Diaspora\, and Women’s a nd Gender Studies. She is an Associate Professor of History at the Univers ity of Pittsburgh and the president of the African American Intellectual H istory Society. She is currently a 2020-2021 fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. She also serves as an editor f or the Washington Post’s ‘Made by History’ section. Blain is the author of the multi-prize-winning book Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Wom en and the Global Struggle for Freedom (2018) and the co-editor of four bo oks: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America\; New Pers pectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition\; To Turn the Whole World Ove r: Black Women and Internationalism\; and Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race\, Racism\, and Racial Violence. Her next book\, Until I Am Free: Fan nie Lou Hamer's Vision of America\, will be published by Beacon Press in 2 021. Follow her on Twitter @KeishaBlain and on Instagram @KeishaNBlain.\n \n\n\n Virtual Event DetailsThis event will be livestreamed on YouTube Live . Attendees registered for this event (link below) will receive a reminder for the livestream fifteen minutes before the event along with a link to the YouTube page where you can participate in the live chat and ask questi ons during the event.\n\n DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201113T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20201027T150529Z LOCATION:Virtual Event (Registration Required) SUMMARY:Social Justice Leaders Series led by Dr. Keisha N. Blain URL;TYPE=URI:https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/social-justice-leader s-series-led-dr-keisha-n-blain-0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR