Mapping Racial Justice to Build a More Just World: Getting the Lay of the Land📍 New York, NY📅 Monday, April 14, 2025🕑 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM (ET)📝 RSVP Link: cvent.me/G15AYXThis 90-minute dialogue builds on a workshop we hosted last September at Howard University on the margins of the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference. That strategy session brought together Black lawmakers and civil society leaders from across the Americas and Europe to identify global patterns of anti-Black racism and begin building coordinated responses.
In line with one of the workshop’s key recommendations—to build sustainable coalitions, create resource-sharing mechanisms, and support youth engagement—this side event will spotlight two youth-led initiatives:
- The University of Pittsburgh’s David C. Frederick Honors College Racial Equity Resource Database — mapping racial justice efforts and civil society activity around the globe.
- Howard University’s Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center Movement Lawyering Clinic Black Audit Project — uncovering patterns of systemic harm against Black communities across U.S. cities.
The event will take the form of a roundtable discussion between students from Howard and the University of Pittsburgh. They will share the goals and findings of their respective projects, explain why their work matters, and reflect on how their efforts contribute to the broader global resistance ecosystem. The conversation will be moderated by the Director of the Ralph Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University.
Together, these efforts represent a critical starting point: getting the lay of the land. We can’t coordinate global resistance to anti-Black racism without first understanding where the challenges are most acute—and who is already doing the work to confront them.
We hope you will join us for this timely and collaborative conversation. Please feel free to share this invitation with others in your network who may be interested in attending. We are asking that everyone
please RSVP for this event by April 10, 2025.Security LanguageEvent address and main entrance: 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY 10017.
Security & Registration: All guests are required to present a valid photo ID matching the name on the registration in order to receive the entry badge. Additionally, guests are required to undergo a pre-screening bag check upon arrival at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice.
Ford Foundation will provide badges for all registered guests. Guests must wear their badge in a visible location.
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