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    StraightTalk 2021 | Structural Racism: Impeding the American Dream for Us All | Part Two of Three

    September 7, 2021@6:30 pm-8:00 pm

    $10

    Presented by the Riley Institute and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) in partnership with South Carolina ETV

    StraightTalk 2021 is a three-part series that will explore the continued impact of structural racism – the broad system of policies, practices, structures, and norms that perpetuate and reinforce racial inequities – in the United States and what we can do as a community and a country to create a more just society.

    Featuring:
    Heather McGhee, economic and social policy expert and author, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

    Thelisha Eaddy, reporter for South Carolina Public Radio

    Ken Peterson, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs and provost and professor of economics

    The Hon. Richard W. Riley, former U.S. secretary of education and former South Carolina governor

    Lillian Brock Flemming, member of Greenville City Council

    David Lominack, market president of South Carolina for TD Bank

    *Due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in the Upstate, the general public should access the event via Zoom webinar. To learn more and register, visit furman.edu/straight-talk.

    Details

    Date:
    September 7, 2021
    Time:
    6:30 pm-8:00 pm
    Cost:
    $10
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    Website:
    http://www.furman.edu/straight-talk

    Organizer

    The Riley Institute at Furman University
    Phone:
    8642943546
    Email:
    kendall.gallagher@furman.edu
    View Organizer Website

    Venue

    Online
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