A.C.T.O.R (A Continuing Talk on Race) “50 Conversations” with Nicole Lee
Date and Time
Oct 2, 2016 5:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Oct 2, 2016 5:00 pm
14th & V
The A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) open discussion series is hosted by Busboys and Poets as a community service. It provides the opportunity for people to come together and speak openly and honestly about issues of race. The intent is that each person walks away from the discussion feeling something: challenged, educated, uncomfortable, enlightened, refreshed, reassured and hopefully inspired and moved to action! Each month there is a new topic for discussion.
This Month: "50 Conversations Project" with Nicole Lee - Human Rights Lawyer and Activist. Â
“50 Conversations With Parents On Race†was an initiative to interview parents from different racial and ethnic backgrounds on how they approach issues of race and racism with their children. Their ages ranged from 2 to 30 years old and uncovered a variety of concerns, triumphs and challenges. More often than not, communicating with children about issues of race and difference is a top priority for parents. “50 Conversations" is the newest initiative that Nicole Lee has utilized to provide more space for discussions of social justice and anti-racism practice.
Nicole Lee is a strategist, coach and public policy leader. She was the first female President of TransAfrica, the nation’s premier African American foreign affairs organization and founder of the Black Movement Law Project, an organization affiliated with the Movement for Black Lives. From Haiti to Ferguson, she has led international and domestic investigations and missions documenting human and civil rights violations.Â
Ms. Lee is the founder of the Lee Bayard Group, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in diversity and inclusion, organization development, and public policy in Washington, D.C. She is an adjunct professor at SUNY Buffalo Law School.Â
Iris Jacob is a facilitator, organizer and liberation worker. Iris is the founder of Social Justice Synergy LLC, a consulting group that works with organizations and schools to support them in reaching their goals around, equity, inclusion and ending oppression. For more than 10 years Iris has been working to support organizations create policies and practices that truly reflect their goals and mission around social justice.
In addition to this work Iris is an adjunct faculty member in Women’s Studies at Trinity University in Washington DC, where she utilizes a black queer feminist framework.
Free and open to all.Â
A.C.T.O.R. is held on the first Sunday of every month at Busboys and Poets 14 th & V; 5:00 PM.
