Building Power to Fight for the Common Good:

Black Lives Matter, Racial Justice and Labor

Using examples from their own research, organizing, and media work, Todd Wolfson and Chenjerai Kumanyika will discuss how Black Lives Matter is a response to long-held racial disparities. They will also explore how the movement has critiqued systemic racism in criminal justice and consider how this fight intersects with historic and contemporary labor struggles. 

Presenters: 

• Chenjerai Kumanyika, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Rutgers 

• Todd Wolfson, Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and Co-Director of the Media, Inequality, and Change Center, Rutgers