Ethics of Now
The Ethics of Now with adrienne maree brown
Durham County Main Library 300 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with adrienne maree brown on justice and imagination. adrienne maree brown grows healing ideas in public through her multi-genre writing, her music, and her podcasts. Informed by 25 years of movement facilitation, somatics, Octavia E. Butler scholarship, and her work as a […]
The Ethics of Now with Tommie Shelby
Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NCJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Tommie Shelby on the case for prison abolition and the hard questions it raises. Philosopher and African American Studies Scholar Tommie Shelby pushes us to engage hard questions of crime, punishment, justice, and culpability. The author of The Idea of Prison […]
The Ethics of Now with Jonathan Metzl
Durham Arts Council 120 Morris St, Durham, NCJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Jonathan Metzl on why so many Americans support policies that harm them. An acclaimed physician and professor of psychiatry and sociology, Jonathan Metzl is one of the United States’s most important critics on health and violence. His work illuminates the social […]
The Ethics of Now with Raj Patel
Durham County Main Library 300 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Raj Patel on solving hunger, climate change, racism, and poverty. A prolific journalist, bold activist, and respected scholar, Raj Patel is committed to helping us understand what’s wrong with the global food system and find alternatives to it. He has testified […]
The Ethics of Now with Rev. Dr. William Barber II
Hayti Heritage Center 804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, NC, United StatesOn the heels of the general election, join host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II about countering the politics of rage with a moral policy that prioritizes love, truth, and strategically reaching for higher ground. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is among the nation’s most significant moral and […]
The Ethics of Now with Damon Tweedy and Jeffrey Baker
Hayti Heritage Center 804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, NC, United StatesJoin the Kenan Institute for Ethics and host Adriane Lentz-Smith for a conversation with Jeffrey Baker and Damon Tweedy on race, memory, and what local history can teach us — as embodied in a story from Duke Hospital that still reverberates today. In a new podcast, “UNHEALED: A Story of Race, Memory, and a Teaching […]