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400 Years of Inequality
April 9, 2018 - April 10, 2018
Presenter: Dr. Mindy Fullilove
Title: Reflections on 400 years of inequality
Abstract: 2019 will mark the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of Africans in Jamestown, to be sold into bondage. The creation of chattel slavery had many evil consequences, among them the enshrinement of inequality in law, custom and the Constitution. This talk will reflect on the costs of inequality, and the call for the US to prepare for and observe 2019 as the anniversary of Jamestown. For more information visit: 400yearsofinequality.org
Author Bio: Mindy Thompson Fullilove is a professor of urban policy and health at The New School. She is a board-certified psychiatrist, having received her training at New York Hospital-Westchester Division (1978-1981) and Montefiore Hospital (1981-1982). She has studied epidemics of poor communities, as well as ways to repair them. From her research she has published over 100 articles and as well as six books. The most recent is Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Sorted-Out Cities. She has received many awards for her work including two honorary doctorates and election to honorary membership in the American Institute of Architects.
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