Join the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs for 10 monthly book conversations with leading scholars on how higher education can affect the public good. Each session features an author of a recently published book exploring the role of colleges and universities in addressing societal problems. An expert in the author’s field will conduct the interview, followed by questions from the audience.

This session will feature guest speaker Marybeth Gasman, professor in the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University and author of Doing the Right Thing: How Colleges and Universities Can Undo Systemic Racism in Faculty Hiring.

Join the Africana Studies Program for a screening of the Haitian film FREDA, which follows the life of a young woman challenged with the difficult choice to either leave her home, or seek change within it. After the film, Africana Studies Director Régine Jean-Charles will be in conversation with the film director Gessica Généus.

A gathering in memory of Northeastern School of Law alumna and queer rights pioneer Urvashi Vaid.

Laura Arnold Leibman, Professor of English and Humanities at Reed College, reveals the early history of multiracial Jews in the United States and Caribbean and explains how their stories got lost in common tellings of Jewish American history.

This lecture is part of the Morton E. Ruderman Memorial Lecture Series on Colors, Cultures, and Flavors of the Jews.