Recorded August 20, 2020 Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church North Carolina Poet Laureate Gospel Recording Artist DATE August 20, 2020 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC Presiding Bishop Curry and Mike Wiley discuss "Taking on Diversity: Becoming The Beloved Community" Jaki Shelton Green reads selected poems Jennifer Evans performs "Higher Ground" BIOGRAPHIES The Very Right [...]

Recorded September 17, 2020 Journalist and audio documentarian Singer | Songwriter Race & Racism Educator DATE September 17, 2020 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC “Seeing White” Who first made up the story of multiple human races, and why? And what does that history tell us about what it will take to dismantle racism today? Participants [...]

Recorded October 15, 2020 Professor of Psychology, NC State University ChamberSoul Cellist | Singer | Teaching Artist DATE October 15, 2020 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC Why Do I Write Books About Neo-Diversity? “The problem today is not race relations, per se, or unconscious bias. Today’s problem is getting people to admit, acknowledge, and examine [...]

REGISTER NOW Michael Betts Brittany Barbee Elisa Benitez Noah Showalter Bree Newsome DATE November 19, 2020 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC To Be Determined BIOGRAPHIES Michael A. Betts II is director of CDS Courses at Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, a native North Carolinian, and sound designer who is passionately fascinated by the story of [...]

REGISTER NOW DATE December 17, 2020 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC Examination of our Current Criminal Justice System through the Lens of the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising BIOGRAPHY Dr. Heather Ann Thompson is a historian at the University of Michigan, and is the Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The [...]

REGISTER NOW Historian, Public speaker and Author Singer | Actress | Speaker | Attorney DATE January 28, 2021 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC From the earliest days of America to today, African American women have been at the forefront of movements against racial and sexual violence. From Celia to Recy Taylor to Anita Hill to [...]

REGISTER NOW Dr. David Cecelski Historian | Author Lana Garland Film Director | Writer | Producer DATE February 18, 2021 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC Mike Wiley and historian David Cecelski will have a broad-ranging discussion on David's lifetime of scholarship and writing on race and history in eastern North Carolina. They'll focus especially on David's [...]

REGISTER NOW Loki Mulholland Filmmaker | Author | Activist  Aya Shabu Motheer | Dancer | Writer  DATE March 18, 2021 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC From slave owners to Freedom Riders, Loki will share the story of his slave owning ancestors in Georgia to his activist mother, Civil Rights Movement icon, Joan Trumpauer Mulholland." BIOGRAPHIES Loki Mulholland Loki [...]

DATE April 7, 2021 | 6:00pm - 7:30pm TOPIC Join us for a unique opportunity to hear a lively and dynamic conversation between economist William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr., folklorist A. Kirsten Mullen, and actor/playwright Mike Wiley as they discuss misperceptions about the racial wealth gap, resistance to reparations, and the path forward. Prior to [...]

REGISTER NOW Freedom Rider | Activist Freedom Rider | Activist | Author Artist | Restauranteur DATE August 26, 2021 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm TOPIC Joan and Hezekiah will share stories of their early work in the Civil Rights movement and provide their thoughts on current movements. Artist Charlotta Janssen will discuss her series of portraits [...]