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October 2020
Reimagining the World Together: A Conversation with Bree Newsome and Gina Newsome Duncan
Bree Newsome Bassis is an artist, activist and public speaker. She is an organizer in the modern civil rights. In 2015, she attracted national attention when she scaled a flagpole at South Carolina’s capitol building to remove the Confederate battle flag in protest of systemic racism. Dr. Gina Newsome Duncan is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Health Behavior. She is a regular blogger on the American Psychiatric Associations Healthy Minds website. Join Newsome Bass and Newsome Duncan for a…
Find out more »Reimagining the World Together: A Conversation with Julie Beck and Mary Katherine Howell
Julie Beck is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where she oversees the Family section. She is the creator of "The Friendship Files," a series of interviews with friends about their friendships. Mary Katherine Howell is an Allied Health Fellow at the Capitol MIRECC (Mental Illness Research, Education, & Clinical Center) for the Department of Veteran Affairs, where she conducts clinical research with and provides psychological treatment to Veterans with serious mental illness. Join Beck and Howell for a conversation…
Find out more »Torture Victim Protection Act Litigation
This event is part of the Duke Law Human Rights in Practice series organized by the Center for International and Comparative Law and the International Human Rights Clinic. More information to come. For additional information, please contact Balfour Smith at bsmith@law.duke.edu.
Find out more »November 2020
Reimagining the World Together: A Conversation with Anthony Arnove and Sonia Shah
Anthony Arnove produced the Academy Award–nominated documentary Dirty Wars, based on Jeremy Scahill’s book Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield and wrote, directed, and produced The People Speak with Howard Zinn. Sonia Shah is an investigative journalist and author of critically acclaimed and prize-winning books on science, human rights, and international politics. Join Arnove and Shah for a conversation of how their friendship has shaped their lives, work and purpose. Reimagining the World Together: Why Friendship Matters for Our…
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