What Role Should Media Play in Reckoning with Contemporary and Historical Racial Injustice in the U.S.?

Thursday, March 14
2:00-3:30 pm EST Online

Participants

Alicia Bell, Founder, Media 2070
Nia Evans, Journalist
Alan Jenkins, Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School
Ashley Nelson, Director of Communications, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

Moderator: S. Priya Morley, Director, International Human Rights Clinic and Racial Justice Policy Counsel, Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law

About this event

Co-hosted by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, this webinar explored how the media should figure into a quest for racial justice for historical and contemporary racial injustice. Panelists discussed how the media shapes national narratives that support, or not, truth, reparation, and justice initiatives while recognizing that the “fourth estate” should be held accountable for or its own role in perpetuating racial harms. Panelists shared their ideas on how the media can support current efforts to redress racial injustice in the U.S. while drawing from comparative international experiences to recognize the cost of overlooking the role of the media in Transitional Justice processes.

View the Recording here.

Proudly Co-hosted with the New England Law School (Boston)’s Center for International Law and Policy, and the International Human Rights Clinic and Racial Justice Policy Counsel, Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law

Additional Information available here:
https://www.nesl.edu/practical-experiences/centers/center-for-international-law-and-policy

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