AMHERST — Hampshire College will host a week of events this month centered around studying and discussing how to undo racism and support community of color.
Some of the events the week of Oct. 24 are open to the public, including the college’s annual Eqbal Ahmad Symposium. The two-part event features a talk, “Life in a Penal Democracy: Race, Policing, and the Limits of Liberal Reform,” at 4 p.m. Oct. 25 in the Robert Crown Center.
The second event, “Resisting Racial Violence: Making Our Communities Safe” will be held at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 26 at a location to be determined.
“Hampshire has asked the panelists to address the activism that has surged in response to the constant confrontation with police violence and the racialized system of injustice, how the communities they work with are experiencing and responding to this moment, and how they view its significance,” the college said in a release.
“Life in Penal Democracy” will feature remarks by Naomi Murakawa, professor of African American studies at Princeton University, and Khalil G. Muhammad, professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government.
“Resisting Racial Violence” will feature remarks by Hampshire alum Cara Page of the Audre Lorde Project, a New York City LGBTQ organizing center, and Charlene Carruthers of Black Youth Project 100, a Chicago activist organization of black 18- to 35-year-olds.