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Bayard Rustin Online Symposium

February 24, 2024, 10 AM US/Pacific

Sponsor(s):
BlackQuaker Project

The Bayard Rustin Legacy Forum

Saturday, February 24, 2024
Two hours starting
9:00 AM Hawaii = 10:00 AM Pacific = 11:00 AM Mountain

A limited edition of the 2024 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum

The BlackQuaker Project and Swarthmore College’s Department of Peace and Conflict Studies present this webinar and limited edition of the 2024 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum, “The Bayard Rustin Legacy Forum,” a virtual symposium sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, hosted by Dr. Harold D. Weaver, Jr., and moderated by Palestinian-American Quaker scholar-activist Dr. Sa’ed Atshan. They will be joined by Lauren Brownlee, Deputy General Secretary at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, and Dr. terrance wiley, Assistant Professor of Religion and Acting Coordinator of African and Africana Studies at Haverford College, for a series of presentations on the remarkable legacy of Bayard Rustin, followed by an audience Q & A. We recommend viewing the 2023 biopic, Rustin, prior to attending this Zoom webinar event. To register, please click on the link below and provide your name and email address.

Click here to register.

Please write to us at theblackquakerproject[at]gmail[dot]com with your comments and questions. We hope to see you later in February!

from Dr. Harold D. Weaver, Jr., BlackQuaker Project