Dr. Shana Russell, literary scholar, historian, storyteller, organizer, and assistant professor of English at Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) Newark, will deliver the 24th W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Lecture at Bard College at Simon s Rock. As reported in a press release, Russell will deliver the Lecture and participate in a Q&A this Monday, Feb. 22, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. EST. The event is free and open to the public and will be broadcast live via Zoom.
Russell s talk, Storytelling in Times of Crisis: Using the Past to Fight for Justice in the Present,” will draw from the work of W.E.B. Du Bois and the NAACP publication, The Crisis, to explore how storytelling, history, and academic discourse can inform the organization of movements and activism.