What are reparations? How have they been applied in the past? What are the variety of approaches being considered today? Join us February 1st for a workshop led by Angelique Davis, JD, Associate Professor at Seattle University, who will guide participants through the multiple ways in which reparations have been applied in the U.S., their benefits and limitations, and best options for the future. Attendees will participate in activities that focus on understanding and visioning options for applying reparations in our local context.
Who: LT Alumni, current class members, and Honorary LT
Cost: Sliding scale $5 - $50
When: February 1st from 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: Zoom (you must register to receive the Zoom link)
Tentative Agenda:
4:30 – 5:30: Background on Reparations
5:30 – 6:30: Reparations activity and discussion
Facilitator Bio
Angelique M. Davis is Associate Professor of Political Science and former director of the African and African American Studies Program at Seattle University. Her research concentrates on Black motherhood, apologies and reparations, the socio-legal construction of race, political representation of nonwhite Americans, and the reinvention of white supremacy in the twenty-first century. Her published articles are in several journals, including the Journal of Black Studies, The Black Scholar, Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, and Studies in Law, Politics, and Society. She published a book chapter, Political Blackness: A Sociopolitical Construction of Blackness Post-Loving v. Virginia, in “Loving in a ‘Post–Racial’ World: New Legal Approaches to Interracial Marriages and Relationships” (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Most recently she published a co-authored article with Rose Ernst titled, “Racial Gaslighting,” in Politics, Groups and Identities that won the Western Political Science Association’s 2019 Best Paper Award. She is in the process of finalizing a manuscript titled, “No Human Involved: Three-Fifths Justice in the United States.” Professor Davis works with Maria Hamilton and Mothers for Justice United (MFJU) on the Mothers’ United Voices (MUV) project that seeks to elevate the voices of the matriarchs of the Black Lives Matter movement. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington in 1999. She served a federal law clerk and subsequently practiced law until she joined the faculty at Seattle University in 2005. In addition to her academic pursuits, Professor Davis serves as a Commissioner for the Seattle Civil Service Commission and owns Exhale Writing Retreats. www.angeliquemdavis.com