{"id":656,"date":"2021-07-15T16:21:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=656"},"modified":"2021-11-12T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:00:10","slug":"straighttalk-2021-structural-racism-part-three-of-three","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/event\/straighttalk-2021-structural-racism-part-three-of-three\/","title":{"rendered":"StraightTalk 2021 | Dismantling Racism: Why Now is a Moment for Change | Part Three of Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Structural Racism: It\u2019s Real, It Matters, and Why Change Can Happen Now<\/h2>\n<h3>Part Three of Three: Dismantling Racism: Why Now is a Moment for Change<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Learn more about the entire series at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/straight-talk\">www.furman.edu\/straight-talk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/164479349161\">Register on Eventbrite<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Presented by the Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) in partnership with South Carolina ETV<\/em><\/p>\n<p>StraightTalk 2021 is a three-part series that will explore the continued impact of structural racism \u2060\u2014 the broad system of policies, practices, structures, and norms that perpetuate and reinforce racial inequities \u2060\u2014 in the United States and what we can do as a community and a country to create a more just society.<\/p>\n<h3>September 14 | Dismantling Racism: Why Now is a Moment for Change<\/h3>\n<p>Racism and racial injustice are often in headlines and spur frequent protests. With heightened attention to these complex issues and the promise of federal investment in communities as they recover from losses due to COVID-19, now is a pivotal moment. How might these funds and other measures be employed to counteract the exacerbation of racial inequities during the pandemic? What can local leaders do to build up communities and drive equitable outcomes? What is our hope in this moment?<\/p>\n<h4>Featuring<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Angela Glover Blackwell (virtual),\u00a0<\/strong>founder in residence at PolicyLink<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Simpkins,<\/strong>\u00a0president of MDC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Russell Booker,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Ph.D.,<\/strong>\u00a0executive director of the Spartanburg Academic Movement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gavin Jackson,<\/strong>\u00a0host of South Carolina ETV\u2019s\u00a0<em>This Week in South Carolina<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ticket information<\/h3>\n<p>In-person attendance at McAlister Auditorium is required for Furman students and is open to faculty and staff. Due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Upstate, the general public should access the event via Zoom webinar.\u00a0Please see below for ticket and registration information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General public (virtual only): <\/strong>$10 per session | $25 entire series | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/speaker-award-events\/speaker-events\/straighttalk-2021-structural-racism\/\">Register here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Furman students (in-person only):<\/strong>\u00a0No registration required. CLP pending.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Furman faculty and staff<\/strong> may choose in-person or virtual attendance. No registration required for in-person attendance. Email <a href=\"mailto:rileyinstitute@furman.edu?subject=Faculty%20registration%20for%20virtual%20StraightTalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rileyinstitute@furman.edu<\/a> for virtual registration information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OLLI members,<\/strong>\u00a0please direct any questions to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:OLLI@furman.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OLLI@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Due to speaker availability, this series will be a combination of in-person and virtual speakers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural Racism: It\u2019s Real, It Matters, and Why Change Can Happen Now Part Three of Three: Dismantling Racism: Why Now is a Moment for Change Learn more about the entire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":786,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[20],"class_list":["post-656","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-straight-talk","cat_straight-talk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}