This event is the launch of The African American Studies Department yearlong series of virtual conversations on the historical, social and psychological, economic, and political consequences and implications of racial slavery, injustice, and structural inequality in America.

In the Wake of COVID-19 and Murder of George Floyd, Congresswoman Barbara Lee called
for the establishment of the first United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT). The Commission will examine the effects of slavery, institutional racism, and discrimination against people of color, and how our history impacts laws and policies today.

The purpose of the Commission is to properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress toward jettisoning the belief in a hierarchy of human value based on race, embracing our common humanity, and permanently eliminating persistent racial inequities.

Monday, September 21, 2020
Noon-1:15pm
Virtual on Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/97553084984
For questions, please contact the African American Studies Department at aasd.umd.edu or 301-405-1158
Co-sponsors:
BSOS Anti-Black Racism Initiative
Baha’i Chair for World Peace
Center for Literary and Comparative Studies
Critical Race Initiative
Judge Alexander Williams Center for Education, Justice and Ethics