Race, Violence, Resistance. From Gaza to Ferguson.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Time: 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Location: Barnard College, Diana Event Oval. 

Columbia University.

Panel discussion highlighting the many intersections of race, militarized policing, and structural state violence faced by communities in Palestine and Ferguson.

Introductory remarks provided by: 

President Debora Spar, Barnard College

Moderated by: 

Katherine Franke: Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law; Director, Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School

Panelists: 

- Nikhil Singh: Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University

- Patricia Williams: James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia Law School 

- Jamil Dakwar: Director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Human Rights Program (HRP), Adjunct Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY).