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“A window into the ravages and lega cy of racism.”
\n\n“Don Ross wr
ites with authority about the heartbreaks and joy of a people in search of
freedom. “Pillage of Hope” is a moving tribute to the decades of long st
ruggle for equality in Oklahoma.”
\n– Anita Hill\, Professor of
Social Policy\, Law and Women’s Studies\, Brandeis University
On Thursday\, Nove mber 4th 7:00-8:30PM\, Ms. Nimbilasha Cushing and Dr. Marty Wolfson will lead a discussion to examine the emotionally charged qu estions of Reparations and what is happening on that front right here is S t. Joseph County.
\nTo register for the book study of Pillag
e of Hope\, or the Reparations discussion\, or both\, click here
* Note: It is not necessary to have read “Pillage of Hope” to take part in the Reparations Discussion.
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“Pillage of Hope” Discussion Leader\, Thursday\, October 28
th\, 7:00 PM: Dr. Alfred Guillaume\, Retired Executive
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs\, Professor Emeritus of French at
“Reparations” Discu ssion Leaders for Thursday\, November 4th\, 7:00 PM
\n\nMs. Nimbi Cushing is a founding member and passionate spokes person for the South Bend Reparations Working Group. She knows we ll the deprivations of racism. She\, along with her many other Life experi ences\, grew up on a tenant farm where she\, as a very young child\, picke d cotton. She is the author of the book\, Come This Way — There Is an Exit.
\n\nDr. Marty Wolfson is an Emeritus Professor of E conomics at the University of Notre Dame. He taught Political Economy for 25 years at Notre Dame. In the years before his retirement\, he also taugh t Peace Studies and was the Director of the Higgins Labor Program. Before coming to Notre Dame\, he was an Economist with the Federal Reserve Board in Washington\, D.C. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Forum for Economic Justice and a member of the South Be nd Reparations Working Group.
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