JHU Forums on Race in America: The Impact of Women of Color on Public Policy

Description

This JHU Forums on Race in America event, co-presented by the university's Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the SAIS Diversity Committee, will feature a panel discussion on the global empowerment of women and the impact of women of color on public policy.

Panelists include:

• Veronica Cool, CEO and Hispanic strategist, Cool & Associates LLC
• Serena Fong, vice president, strategic engagement, Catalyst
• Janice Mathis, executive director, National Council of Negro Women
• Elsie L. Scott, founding director of the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center, Howard University

The talk will be moderated by Noemi Crespo Rice, assistant dean of student affairs at JHU's School of Advanced International Studies. Opening remarks will be delivered by Chiedo Nwankwor, a visiting research associate and adjunct lecturer at Hopkins.

A livestream broadcast will be available.

The Forums on Race in America were established in spring 2015 to inform and expand the discussions that were ongoing in the university's classrooms, workplaces, and public spaces: discussions about racial equality, divisions in our society, and the toll of institutionalized racism.