Campus community invited to attend announcement Monday, Oct. 29

During its fall meeting on Saturday, Oct. 27, the Furman Board of Trustees will discuss the report of the Task Force on Slavery and Justice.

The university community is invited to attend a campus announcement on Monday, Oct. 29, at 11 a.m. in the Watkins Room of the Trone Student Center to hear more about the next steps the university plans to take in regard to the “Seeking Abraham” report and its recommendations.

Those speaking at the event will include Alec Taylor, chair of the Furman Board of Trustees; Brandon Inabinet, associate professor of communication studies and co-chair of the Task Force on Slavery and Justice; senior Chelsea McKelvey, a student member of the task force; and Michael Jennings, Furman’s chief diversity officer.

You may read more about the task force and its report here.