Author-Professor to Lead MCC-Hosted Community Dialogue on Voter Suppression, Inequity and Racism
February 18, 2021
WHAT: Carol Anderson, Ph.D., author and chair of African American Studies at Emory University in Atlanta, will lead a community conversation, scheduled for Feb. 25, on “Voter Suppression, Inequity and Racism,” tracing the evolution of voter suppression tactics used to disenfranchise generations of African Americans and disable true democracy. Hosted by Monroe Community College’s Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Project (HGHRP), the virtual conversation will be moderated by MCC Sociology Professor Nayda Pares-Kane, Ph.D., and MCC student Ruot Juong, vice president of HGHRP.
WHERE: The general public may register in advance for the event:
https://monroecommunity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XcR7eikmRoyDCKXDp3QhXw
Registrants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event and will have an opportunity to submit questions.
WHEN: 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25
DETAILS: Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by MCC in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester, Levine Center to End Hate, Genesee Community College, Mohawk Valley Community College, Westchester Community College, United Way of Greater Rochester, and WXXI.
Dr. Carol Anderson
Professor Anderson is recipient of multiple awards for her teaching and research focusing on public policy, particularly on the ways that domestic and international policies intersect through the issues of race, justice and equality in the United States.
As an author, she has been on The New York Times Best Sellers list and awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award, among other accolades. In her latest books One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy and White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, she delivers a well researched argument that White rage and White supremacy have consistently fueled anti-democratic tactics in the past and propelled strategies like present-day gerrymandering.
Previously a member of the U.S. State Department’s Historical Advisory Committee, Professor Anderson serves on the advisory board of Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly National Economic and Social Rights Initiative).
She holds a Ph.D. in history from The Ohio State University and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in political science, international relations, and history from Miami University.