Jasmine Richards and Dr. Melina Abdullah

Melina Abdullah is Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. Sy het haar Ph.D. en Middeleeue. van die Universiteit van Suid-Kalifornië in Politieke Wetenskap en haar BA. van Howard Universiteit in Afro-Amerikaanse Studies.

Haar navorsing fokus op krag toekenning en maatskaplike transformasie. Abdullah het verskeie artikels en hoofstukke outeur, including “The Emergence of a Black Feminist Leadership Model,"" Hip Hop as politieke uitdrukking,” “Self-Defined Leadership Among Black Women,” “Capitalistic Hands around My Throat: Korporatiewe beheer en die erosie van Hip Hop se vroulike Roots,” “Pushing and Pulling Towards Coalition: Afro-Amerikaners en die verkiesing van Antonio Villaraigosa,” and “Towards a Womanist Leadership Praxis: Electoral/Grassroots Alliances in Black California.”

Jasmine Richards is a Pasadena native who has been directly affected by state-sanctioned violence. She became an activist after the murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson. She is now a lead organizer with Black Lives Matter – Pasadena, working closely with the family of Kendrec McDade who was killed in 2012 by Pasadena police. Most recently Jasmine made headlines after being arrested in connection with a demonstration and changed with making “terrorist threats.”

Webwerf: www.BlackLivesMatter.com
GEBEURTENIS
Black Lives Matter – Emergency Pasadena Townhall
Wanneer: April 17th 4pm
Waar: New Revelation Baptist Church

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