Just Conversations

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Alicia Garza

On This episode of Just Conversations with  Kelly Brown-Douglas  she speaks with Alicia Garza, Principal at Black Futures Lab. They will discuss Garza's role as a co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network and her current work with the Black Futures Lab.

 

This conversation was recorded via Facebook Live on Monday, April 19 at 2:15 pm EST.

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Lonnie Bunch III

 On this episode of, Just Conversations, Dean Douglas speaks with Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. In this conversation, Dean Douglas will explore Dr. Bunch's former role as director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture and the importance of telling an accurate and truthful account of American history. In addition, they will discuss criticisms the museum faced and some of the parallels of the criticisms that The 1619 Project has faced since its publishing.

Just Conversation with Kelly Brown Douglas | Sherry Molock

On this Episode of Just Conversations with Kelly Brown-Douglas she speaks with  Dr. Sherry Molock, a Senior Research Fellow at The Steve Fund. They discussed how The Steve Fund collaborates with colleges and universities, non-profits, researchers, mental health experts, families, and young people to promote programs and strategies that build understanding and assistance for the mental and emotional health of the nation’s young people of color.

This conversation was recorded via Facebook Live Thursday, July 29 at 2:30 pm EST.

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Tia Doyle

During this episode of Just conversations  with Kelly Brown-Douglas she speaks with Dr. Tia Dole, Chief Clinical Operations Officer of the Trevor Project. They discussed methods of crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.

 

This conversation was recorded via Facebook Live Thursday, July 29 at 2:30 pm EST.

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Richard Rothstein

On this episode of Just Conversations, Dean Douglas speaks with Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute. Dean Douglas and Dr. Rothstein will discuss his book, The Color of Law, which outlines America's history of intentional, state-sanctioned segregation that produced unfair housing practices, the racial wealth gap, and continued discrimination against people of color in our nation.

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Justin Pearson

On this episode of Just Conversations, Dean Douglas speaks with Justin J. Pearson, co-founder of Memphis Community Against the Pipeline. In this conversation, Dean Douglas and Pearson will explore housing segregation laws and how they have contributed to environmental racism and disproportionate health outcomes for people of color.

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Britney Cooper

On this  episode  of Just Conversations With Kelly Brown Douglas Dean Douglas speaks with Dr. Brittney Cooper, Associate Professor at Rutgers University and co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection. They discussed the current cultural conditions in America during the age of COVID-19, confronting the system of White Supremacy in schools and church, and the role and potential impact the faith community has in this confrontation.

America's Hidden Caste System

On Wednesday, February 24, EDS at Union hosted a virtual panel discussion that focuses on Isabel Wilkerson’s New York Times-bestseller Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Our panelists will discuss the history and themes explored by the book, and what Ms. Wilkerson describes as America’s hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings that goes beyond race, class, or other factors.
Joining Dean Kelly Brown Douglas on the panel will be Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of African-American Studies and Sociology and director of the African American Studies Program at Colby College, and The Rev. Dr. Joshua Samuel, Visiting Lecturer for Theology, Global Christianity, and Mission at Union Theological Seminary and the author of Untouchable Bodies, Resistance, and Liberation on a theology of liberation among Hindu and Christian Dalits.

The conversation was moderated by Hope Wabuke, a poet, writer and assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Wabuke was asked by NPR Books to review Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Starsky Wilson

On February 11th, 2021, Dean Douglas as she spoke with Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of the Children's Defense Funds. This interview examined how the Covid-19 pandemic has made the many challenges facing young people - from health to housing to food security - all the more daunting.

 

Please join us for the new EDS at Union's Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas. In this upcoming series of interviews, Dean Douglas will explore the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more just future

Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas | Stacey L. Holman

Please join us for the new EDS at Union's Facebook Live series Just Conversations with Kelly Brown Douglas. In this upcoming series of interviews, Dean Douglas will explore the racialized inequities intrinsic to our nation and our collective responsibility to create a more just future.

On Monday, February 15 at 1:15 pm, Dean Douglas as she spoke with Stacey L. Holman of Black Butterfly Productions. They discussed the four-hour series that Holman served the series producer and director, The Black Church: This is our Story, This is our Song. The series will premiere on Tuesday, February 16 and Wednesday, February 17 at 9:00 p.m. EST on PBS.