The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody sent shockwaves across the globe. In the months that followed, millions of people marched for racial justice. Calls and promises for change came in almost every sector of American life
Nearly a year later, what has changed? Have we answered the calls for systemic change? Have we helped to bend the arc of the moral universe any closer toward justice?
Today, the Westminster Town Hall Forum is announcing a special series of talks by racial justice leaders we hope will address those questions and more.
The Forum is calling the series “The Arc Toward Justice: Taking Stock One Year After George Floyd’s Death.”
With generous support from the Minneapolis Foundation, the Forum will host four talks in a single month, all by nationally recognized voices in the pursuit of racial justice. There will be a new program each Tuesday in May culminating on May 25, the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death:
- May 4: Jelani Cobb of The New Yorker
- May 11: Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago
- May 18: Deborah Archer, the newly elected and first BIPOC president of the American Civil Liberties Union
- May 25: Angela Harrelson and Paris Stevens, George Floyd’s aunt and cousin, alongside Ben Crump, the lawyer for the family.
Each talk will go online on the Forum website (www.WestminsterForum.org) at noon CST on the Tuesday date listed. They will also be broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio at noon CST and again at 9 p.m. CST on those dates. The talks will remain available on the Westminster Forum website for anyone to watch or listen to after their initial broadcast. Please also visit the Forum website for information about these speakers.
The Forum would like to thank the Minneapolis Foundation for being the presenting sponsor of these talks. The Forum would also like to thank the Pohlad Family Foundation for supporting production of these talks. And The Forum thanks Minnesota Public Radio for recording and broadcasting these important programs.
