Events
Kevin Washington: James Weldon Johnson Lecture Series
Tuesday, February 14, 2012; 10:15am - 12:00pm
Campus Location: Student Union, Garden Key(221A)
Cost: Free
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Washington
On the Heels of Black Folks: Exploring the Key Elements of Social Justice and Global Human Rights Movements.
This presentation will explore how the current thrust of Social Justice as well as many aspects of Global activism for peace and justice are influence Afrikan Worldview. The psychological aspects of human functioning have been implicated in the current social movements from the social unrest in Egypt in 2011 to the Occupy Movement of that same year.
Additionally, there are elements of Black ideological constructs of humanity found in South African Anti-Apartheid Movements, China's Tienanmen Square Unrest, Okinawa Human Movement against Japan globally, the U.S Civil Rights Movements, American Disabilities Act, LGBT Activism, and Woman's Rights Struggle domestically. Global Change with respect to human rights has been influenced by the African Worldview that is associated with what the Zulu call Ubuntu, Universal Human "Beingness."
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