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"We 'Gon Be Alright": A Symposium on Black Men, Crisis, and Grace

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November 3 - November 4, 2016
4:00PM - 3:30PM
Martin Luther King Room, Frank W. Hale Hal

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Add to Calendar 2016-11-03 16:00:00 2016-11-04 15:30:00 "We 'Gon Be Alright": A Symposium on Black Men, Crisis, and Grace The Ohio State University Department of African American and African Studies, in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Research Center, is sponsoring a seminar on Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 4:00pm to Friday, November 4, 2016 - 3:30pm in the Martin Luther King Room, Frank W. Hale Hall. The seminar in will feature a host of experts and scholars who will examine the following topic:From educational and health disparities to disproportionate representation in the prison system and police violence, the social and economic reality of many black boys and men in the US is bleak. There is, however, more to black men's and boys' lives than bleakness. This multidisciplinary symposium will bring together scholars from disciplines that often do not dialogue or collaborate with one another in order to think about how notions of crisis and grace might intersect in discourse on black men and boys. Ultimately, the question, to borrow from the Kendrick Lamar refrain that titles the symposium, is: How will black men and boys be alright and what efforts are currently being made by black men and boys to be actively involved in being alright?Frank Rudy Cooper, KeynoteHow Masculinities Exacerbate Racial Profiling: Overcoming the 'Contempt of Cop' MentalitySpeakers Include:Joshua Bates, OSU Kirwan InstituteDarius Bost, SFSULa Marr Bruce, UMDQuinn Capers, OSUMCSimone Drake, OSUWaverly Duck, U of PittDarrell Gray, OSUMCDavid Ikard, U of MiamiDavid J. Leonard, Washington StateJeffrey McCune, Washington ULinda James Myers, OSUWizdom Powell, UNCTownsand Price-Spratlen, OSU  Martin Luther King Room, Frank W. Hale Hal Criminal Justice Research Center cjrc@osu.edu America/New_York public

The Ohio State University Department of African American and African Studies, in conjunction with the Criminal Justice Research Center, is sponsoring a seminar on Thursday, November 3, 2016 - 4:00pm to Friday, November 4, 2016 - 3:30pm in the Martin Luther King Room, Frank W. Hale Hall. 

The seminar in will feature a host of experts and scholars who will examine the following topic:

From educational and health disparities to disproportionate representation in the prison system and police violence, the social and economic reality of many black boys and men in the US is bleak. There is, however, more to black men's and boys' lives than bleakness. This multidisciplinary symposium will bring together scholars from disciplines that often do not dialogue or collaborate with one another in order to think about how notions of crisis and grace might intersect in discourse on black men and boys. Ultimately, the question, to borrow from the Kendrick Lamar refrain that titles the symposium, is: How will black men and boys be alright and what efforts are currently being made by black men and boys to be actively involved in being alright?

Frank Rudy Cooper, Keynote
How Masculinities Exacerbate Racial Profiling: Overcoming the 'Contempt of Cop' Mentality

Speakers Include:
Joshua Bates, OSU Kirwan Institute
Darius Bost, SFSU
La Marr Bruce, UMD
Quinn Capers, OSUMC
Simone Drake, OSU
Waverly Duck, U of Pitt
Darrell Gray, OSUMC
David Ikard, U of Miami
David J. Leonard, Washington State
Jeffrey McCune, Washington U
Linda James Myers, OSU
Wizdom Powell, UNC
Townsand Price-Spratlen, OSU