A Community in Turmoil: How did we get here and how do we break the cycle? Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:00 p.m. Dr. Henry Givens Jr. Administration Building Main Auditorium 3026 Laclede Ave., St. Louis, MO, 63103 .... As tempers continue to flare and questions linger around events in Ferguson, Mo., Harris-Stowe State University will host a panel of national experts in a variety of fields to discuss the racial divide and cultural implications stemming from the Michael Brown murder. “A Community in Turmoil: How did we get here and how do we break the cycle?” will be held on Wednesday, August 20 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Dr. Henry Givens Jr. Administration Building Main Auditorium. According to a release from the university, the symposium will examine the events in Ferguson, and their link to ongoing civil rights issues in Missouri and throughout the United States. Panelists include Dan Isom, former chief of police; Goldie Taylor, MSNBC contributor; Dr. Sudarsent Kant, HSSU assistant professor of political science; Mike Jones, vice president of the Missouri State Board of Education; Tim Wise, American anti-racism activist and writer; Jazminique Holley, NAACP Missouri Youth and College President; Tony Thompson, president/CEO of KWAME Building Group, Inc.; Tishaura Jones, St. Louis city treasurer; and Daryl Jones, owner of D&D Concessions. https://youtube/watch?v=J3Xe1kX7Wsc hbcudigest/harris-stowe-state-to-host-forum-on-ferguson-crisis/ Directions to Harris-Stowe State University: hssu.edu/sp_content.cfm?wID=32&pID=214
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