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Preserving Seats at the Table: White-Dominated Boards (Truth and Transformation 2021)

This video starts with the second panel discussion from the 2021 Truth and Transformation conference, hosted by the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School. Then, at 59:27, starts the lunchtime musical performances by The Reminders and Brown Rice Family.

The panel discussion, titled, “Preserving Seats at the Table: White-Dominated Boards” features:

  • Trina Jackson (Speaker) Senior Solidarity Program Officer – US Internationalist Program, Grassroots International
  • Samantha Tweedy (Speaker) President, Black Economic Alliance Foundation
  • Rebecca Shuster (Speaker) Assistant Superintendent of Equity, Boston Public Schools
  • Cheryl Mills (Speaker) Founder & CEO, The BlackIvy Group
  • Jeffrey Ginsburg (Moderator) Executive Director, East Harlem Tutorial Program

Learn more about the Truth and Transformation Conference and the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project online: https://ash.harvard.edu/iara

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