Whose Streets? Fighting Against White Supremacy, State Violence, and Militarization w/ Dr. CBS

This session explores ongoing movements against white supremacy, state sponsored violence, and the increasing militarization of police and society at large. Speakers will discuss the connections and interactions between these different forces and what it would mean to prioritize the needs of the people instead of bloated military and police budgets.

Speakers

Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly, United States

Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly is the 2021-2022 Visiting Scholar in the Race and Capitalism Project at the University of Chicago and, starting in Fall 2022, an Associate Professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University. A scholar of critical Black studies, political theory, and intellectual history, she is the co-author, with Gerald Horne, of W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History, the co-editor of Organize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writings with Jodi Dean and the co-editor of Reproducing Domination: On the Caribbean Postcolonial State with Aaron Kamugisha and Percy C. Hintzen.

Nekima Levy Armstrong, J.D., United States

Nekima Levy Armstrong, J.D. is a renowned civil rights attorney, ordained Reverend, former law professor, freedom fighter, legal scholar, and national expert on issues at the intersections of race, public policy, economic justice, public education, juvenile justice, and the criminal justice system. She is the author of several articles and essays focused on racial justice, poverty, incarceration, and the War on Drugs. Nekima is currently the Executive Director of The Wayfinder Foundation and founder of the Racial Justice Network in Minneapolis.

Kyla Hartsfield, United States

Kyla Hartsfield (she/her) is a Black Queer Women based in Durham, North Carolina. After studying many Black Women organizers that came before her she was led to deepen her commitment to Black liberation and dedicated herself to organizing in 2017. In the past 5 years she has worked on and been stretched by #EndMoneyBail and #DurhamBeyondPolicing campaigns and others around decarceration, and environmental justice. After spending long days dreaming and scheming of a world without cages and borders she loves to unwind by singing too loud and dancing too hard.

Cristian Delgado, Colombia

Cristian Delgado is a social activist and leader in the Marcha Patriótica movement which is a meeting place of organizations and struggles in Colombia who have decided to exercise their own politics. Marcha Patriótica aspires to be an organized expression of the movement of resistance and struggles of ordinary people from all corners of the country who despite adversity, fight for a dignified and sovereign homeland. Delgado is a lawyer and specialist in Administrative Law from the Universidad del Cauca. He also studied Constitutional Law from the Universidad Nacional and Human Rights and Culture of Peace from the Universidad Javeriana.

Rafael González Morales, A Message from Cuba

Rafael González Morales is a professor and researcher at the Center for Hemispheric and United States Studies (CEHSEU). Morales has a Law degree from the University of Havana (2003) and a Masters in International Relations (2006). He teaches on national security issues specializing in information analysis, and conducts research on the shaping of U.S. foreign and security policy. His texts have been published in Cubadebate and the Latin American Context magazine. He has published two books with Ocean Sur, United States and the “4G War" Against Venezuela (2019) and Bolsonaro and Trump: 100 days of Alliance Against Our America (2019).

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