Racial Healing Discussion Panel
Let's Talk About It. Be Part of the Conversation
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn
Date & Time
February 11, 2026, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Description
As part of our upcoming Critical Social Justice (CSJ) Week, you are invited to the Racial Healing Discussion Panel on February 11th from 3-5pm at the AOK Gallery Library. Critical Social Justice Week is a UMBC campus-wide initiative dedicated to deepening our collective understanding of equity, inclusion, and community care. CSJ Week invites students, staff, and faculty to engage in meaningful conversations about justice and belonging within and beyond the university. Come listen in or discuss how campus communities can strive for racial equity and open dialogue.
Keynote Speaker: Eric Ford - Executive Director, Public Service Programs, The Shriver Center
Panelists will include:
- Dr. Brandon Beck - Assistant Professor, Department of Education & Affiliate Assistant Professor, Africana Studies
- Dr. Fan Yang - Director of Asian Studies Program, Professor, Department of Media & Communications Studies, & Affiliate Professor, Language, Literacy, and Culture Doctoral Program
- Kiaron Bailey, M.A. - Operations Manager, Morgan State University Center for Urban Health Equity
Critical Social Justice (CSJ) Week is a campus-wide initiative dedicated to deepening our collective understanding of equity, inclusion, and community care. Through panels, workshops, and creative programming, CSJ Week invites students, staff, and faculty to engage in meaningful conversations about justice and belonging within and beyond the university.
Critical social justice has a history in the Women’s, Gender, & Equity Center, and we are excited to bring back this work now within the Community & Culture unit in the Division of Institutional Equity.
This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.
