October 28, 2023
1:00 -6:00 PM
Online via Zoom (Register Here)
Reparations, Resistance and Repair:
10th Philosophy of Religion and Africana Traditions Conference
Saturday, Oct 28, 2023 Virtual Conference 1pm – 6pm EST
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PROGRAM
1pm – 1:30pm
Greetings and opening statement J. Everet Green, Mercy College
Greetings: Dr. Mary Taylor CUNY Graduate Center
1:35 pm – 3:00 pm.
Reflections on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need for reparations in Africa because of colonialism and the theft of wealth, human and material.
Mr. Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo and colleagues.
3:05-3:45 pm
‘Reparations Is More Than a Check’
Dr. Brittany O’Neal, Lehman College
‘Legal Reparations via the Cannabis Industry’
Bree O’Neal
3:50 -5:40pm
Keynote Presentation: ‘The Ethics of Reparations and Resistance: Repairing and Remaking the world and Ourselves’
Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies, California State University, Long Beach; Author, Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics
5:50-6: 10pm
Closing Remarks
J. Everet Green
For more information contact: J. Everet Green everet@verizon.net or Brittany O’Neal brittany, oneal@me.com
This event is organized and sponsored by the Center for Place, Culture and Politics at the CUNY Graduate Center and HUMANITAS: The Africana Ethical Society. It is free and open to the public.