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Talking Social Justice in 2009

June 11, 2009
Talking About Race Now: How to Build Success Without Forgetting the Struggle (June 4, 2009)
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As part of the Open Society Institute–Baltimore’s yearlong series Talking About Race, Gwen Ifill and Sherrilyn A. Ifill recently came together for a discussion of this moment in American history and its potential for advancing equity and social justice.

Talking About Race, cosponsored by the Enoch Pratt Free Library, addresses how we talk (or do not talk) about race from different perspectives and why it is imperative that we discuss this subject openly and thoughtfully.

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