Achieving Racial Equality in the Americas

All over the Americas, attention has turned to the extreme racial disparities present in virtually every society. The COVID-19 pandemic, the resulting recession and endemic police violence have all hit communities of color especially hard. How has the Black Lives Matter movement affected grassroots movements elsewhere in the hemisphere? What are the political and economic steps necessary to achieve greater equality? Join us for this conversation with influential voices from within the region.

Speakers:

• Aurora Vergara-Figueroa, Director of the Afrodiasporic Studies Center (CEAF) at Icesi University @AuroraVergaraF1
• Thiago Amparo, Lawyer and Professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas Law School @thiamparo
• Brian Winter, Editor-in-Chief at Americas Quarterly @brazilbrian (moderator)

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