Dr. Glenn Wharton
Chair, UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of
Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials
invites you to attend
UCLA/Getty Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series
featuring
Founder and Director, Racial Agency Initiative
Speaking on
“A Sankofa Moment: Heritage Conservation and Racial Justice at the George Floyd Global Memorial”
with opening remarks by
Dr. Darnell Hunt
Dean, UCLA Division of Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology and African American Studies
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Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. PDT
Live Streaming via Zoom
RSVP Here: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cs50-jQtRtC2_J1qHWCojw
Please submit your questions in advance of the webinar via email to:
hnadwomy@support.ucla.edu by Thursday, June 2 at 12:00 p.m.
Instructions to join the webinar will be provided once your registration has been confirmed.
About the speaker: Jeanelle Austin is co-founder and lead caretaker of the George Floyd Global Memorial, where she guides a team of volunteers to stand in the unique space of preservation and protest. She is also the creator of Racial Agency Initiative , a racial justice leadership coaching company. She began tending to George Floyd’s memorial during the first week of the Minneapolis Uprising as a form of social resistance and self-care. Every day, the memorial looked different, and every day, she and others would tend to both the new and old offerings so that the story could be preserved.
Jeanelle earned a B.A. in Christian Ministries from Messiah College and an M.Div. in Ethics and an M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. She consults and speaks nation-wide on various topics as they intersect with race in America. A native resident of Minneapolis, Jeanelle continues to serve and be supported by the people in her community.
