Are you passionate about overcoming sexual misconduct and racial violence? Excited about advocating for LGBT equality? Check out these three talks related to social justice on Thursday, September 26.
Sexual misconduct
Objects in the Mirror are Closer than They Appear
Dr. Tomi-Ann Roberts, Colorado College
- 2:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center Room: Ubuntu Room
In October 2017, Roberts came out in the New York Times as a victim of sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein when she was a college student. In 1997 she and a co-author proposed a theoretical perspective to guide research and advocacy in the psychology of sexual objectification. This talk will explore some of the academic and public policy work that has come from objectification theory over the past 20+ years, providing a feminist scholarly frame for the #MeToo movement.
LGBT equality
Paul A. Olson Great Plains Lecture
C.J. Janovy, author and editor for KCUR public radio
- 3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
- Center for Great Plains Studies
Janovy will speak about her experiences writing “No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas,” which she won the center's 2019 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize. Her book tells the story of LGBT Kansans as they realized they would have to fight to create equality in their state. Using extensive interviews and research, she shares the diverse voices and experiences of LGBT community members living on the Plains and working for social change.
Racial violence
The Seventh City: Omaha During 1919, the Year of Racial Violence
Dr. David Krugler, University of Wisconsin–Platteville
- 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
- Andrews Hall, Bailey Library
This talk is a remembrance of the 100th anniversary of the September 28, 1919 lynching of Will Brown in Omaha. Brown was an African American laborer whose murder by a white mob was part of a wave of anti-black violence sweeping the United States after World War I. Krugler will describe how Will Brown was framed for a crime he didn't commit, how authorities to bring his murderers to justice, and how African Americans in Omaha took measures to defend themselves against further mob violence.
