Violence in Context: Understanding the Current Atlanta Tragedy within the History and Systems of Anti-Asian Violence (MGH)

Date: 

Friday, April 2, 2021, 1:00pm

Location: 

Online

 

Presented by the Office of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) MGH Institute of Health Professions

Josephine Kim, Ph.D., is a Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Takeo Rivera, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in English and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Boston University

Dr. Kim will ground us in the historical and contemporary experiences Asian Americans have with racism and Dr. Rivera will speak to the relationship between the Atlanta shootings and intersectionality, imperialism, and sexual violence.

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