Confronting Systemic Racism: Policing, Mass Incarceration, and Black Lives Matter

On June 23, 2020 the Initiative on Cities (IOC) hosted Confronting Systemic Racism: Policing, Mass Incarceration, and Black Lives Matter. Kimberly Atkins, Senior News Correspondent for WBUR and MSNBC contributor, facilitated an in-depth discussion with BU experts:

Paula Austin, Assistant Professor of History & African American Studies, BU College of Arts & Sciences; Author of Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life 

Raul Fernandez, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development; Elected Select Board Member in Brookline, MA

Jessica Simes, Assistant Professor of Sociology, BU College of Arts & Sciences; Author of the forthcoming book, Punishing Places: The Geography of Mass Incarceration