#BlackLivesMatter Across the Americas: Black Youth Organizers and the Struggle for Racial Justice

Date: 

Thursday, October 29, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Virtual event, registration required
Join the second event in the What Justice Looks Like series for a conversation with activists from Black youth-led movements from the US and Latin America, leading the struggle against racial injustice, from police violence to structural racism and disparate effects of the COVID pandemic on racialized and low-income communities.

Speakers include:
  • Ana Belique, Reconocido Movement (Santo Domingo)
  • Daniela Rincón, Casa Cultural El Chontaduro (Cali)
  • Marcelle Decothé, Marielle Franco Institute/Favelas Na Luta/Rio de Janeiro Youth Forum (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Mirtes Souza, Miguel Otavio’s mother; with Priscila Santana, Kilomba Collective, (Brazil/US)
  • Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Data 4 Black Lives/BYP100/Invisible Institute (Chicago)
  • Yanilda María González (Moderator), Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

This event is sponsored by Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Center for Public Leadership, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, and the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at the Weiner Center for Social Policy, and produced in collaboration with the Kilomba Collective. 

Video Recording 

 

#BlackLivesMatter Nas Américas: Juventude Negra e a Luta pela Justiça Racial  

Quinta feira 29/10 às 17h (hora Rio de Janeiro)

Um diálogo com ativistas de movimentos sociais pela justiça racial liderados por jovens negras na América Latina e os EUA, lutando contra a violência policial, racismo estrutural, e o impacto da COVID nas comunidades racializadas e empobrecidas.

Participantes:

  • Ana Belique, Movimento Reconocido (Santo Domingo)
  • Daniela Rincón, Casa Cultural El Chontaduro (Cali)
  • Marcelle Decothé, Instituto Marielle Franco/Favelas Na Luta/Fórum da Juventude do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Mirtes Souza, mãe de Miguel Otavio; com Priscila Santana, Kilomba Collective, (Brasil/USA)
  • Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Data 4 Black Lives/BYP100/Invisible Institute (Chicago)

#BlackLivesMatter en las Américas: Juventud Negra y la Lucha por la Justicia Racial

Jueves 29/10 a las 3pm (hora Cali) 

Un diálogo con activistas de movimientos sociales por la justicia racial, liderados por jóvenes negras en América Latina y los EEUU, luchando contra la violencia policial, el racismo estructural, y el impacto desigual de COVID en las comunidades racializadas y empobrecidas. 

Participantes:

  • Ana Belique, Movimento Reconocido (Santo Domingo)
  • Daniela Rincón, Casa Cultural El Chontaduro (Cali)
  • Marcelle Decothé, Instituto Marielle Franco/Favelas Na Luta/Fórum da Juventude do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Mirtes Souza, madre de Miguel Otavio’s mother; con Priscila Santana, Kilomba Collective, (Brasil/USA)
  • Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Data 4 Black Lives/BYP100/Invisible Institute (Chicago)

Virtual Event Details  

Registration is required for this event. Please register using the link above to receive details via email for how to join the virtual discussion. This event will be recorded and a link to the recording will be sent out afterward to all who register.

You can submit questions to the panelists in advance during the registration process. A live Q&A will also be available during the event with an option to submit questions in real-time. 

The Ash Center encourages individuals with disabilities to participate in its events. Should you wish to enquire about an accommodation, please contact our events team at info@ash.harvard.edu prior to the event. 

Additional questions? Email the Ash Center events team at info@ash.harvard.edu.

About the 'What Justice Looks Like' Series 

Recent uprisings in cities throughout the US against racialized police violence, along with mass protest movements from Chile to Colombia to Haiti against long-running structural inequality and exclusion, have demonstrated that policymakers and political leaders routinely remain disconnected from, or actively ignore and silence, the experiences of communities directly harmed by their policies. 

“What Justice Looks Like” takes a perspective of “public policy from below” by centering the voices of those on the ground level of struggles for justice, but traditionally excluded from the halls of power.  This year-long discussion series centers the voices and experiences of activists and communities directly affected by state violence and mass incarceration in trauma-informed conversations about (in)justice, power, resistance, and pathways to racial justice, equity and meaningful change. 

Convened by Assistant Professor Yanilda González. This series is sponsored by Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Center for Public Leadership, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, and the Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management at the Weiner Center for Social Policy.