Conference information
Join us for an empowering and healing conference on June 17, 2021 themed "Shifting the Narrative: From Here to Where?".Presented by Suffolk University’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Initiative (TRHT), this conference will include workshops, racial healing circles, self-care activities and more! The conference will center on the TRHT framework which includes five pillars: narrative change, racial healing and relationship building, law, separation, and economy. Don’t miss this opportunity to share, listen, and learn how we all are shifting the narrative in 2021!
Agenda
12pm-1:15pm How Did We Get Here: Our History, Our Pain
A panel discussion about shifting the narrative through access to employment, housing, and health care.
Moderator: Quaime Lee,
Kelly F. Vieira, Esq., SULS ‘19
Suffolk Housing Discrimination Testing Program, Clinical Fellow
Lawyers for Civil Rights, BizGrow Director
Batool Raza, Esq., SULS ‘14
Boston Public Health Commission, Assistant General Counsel
1:20pm-2:10pm Shifting the Narrative through Law
A discussion on mobilization through policy as individual citizens.
Discussion Led by Steven Rossi, BA’22 and current Policy Intern at Build A Movement 2020
2:15pm-3:15pm Shifting the Narrative through Changing the Narrative
A panel discussion about shift the narrative in curriculum. Panelists include faculty and students from Suffolk University’s College of Arts and Science, Sawyer Business School, and the Law School.
Moderator: Maya Ott, Center of Teaching and Scholarly Excellence
Professor Panelists Include: Professor Marilyn Plotkins, Professor Brendan Burke, Professor Sharmila Murthy
Student Panelists Include: Emily Bui, Holly Thanh Nguyen, and Julia Hutchinson
3:20-4:45pm Shifting the Narrative through Racial Healing
How are you shifting the narrative? How are you using your privilege and positions? Join us as we build relationships and reflect on these questions through racial healing circles.
4:45-5:15pm Building Relationships through Self-Care
Join the Suffolk University Chaplain, The Reverend Amy L. Fisher, for Zazen (Zen Buddhist sitting meditation)
5:15pm-6pm Shifting the Narrative through Economic Wisdom (POP-UP SHOP)
Join us for a pop-up shop with local minority small business owners. There will be great items for purchase and even a few giveaways!
Co-sponsored by BlackOwnedBos.