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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has been named keynote speaker for Emory University’s Class Day, a student-organized event for students receiving bachelor’s degrees at this year’s Commencement. The program will be held virtually Thursday, May 14, at 6:30 p.m. on the Emory Commencement website. “The Class Day committee is thrilled to welcome Sen. Jon Ossoff to campus for Class Day 2021,” says Liz Greene, a senior political science and media studies major from Charlotte, North Carolina. “During the landmark 2021 Georgia Senate run-offs, Emory students practiced a high level of civic engagement through campaigning, activism and voter drives. Ossoff’s belief in young people as change makers is especially relevant as members of the Class of 2021 leave Emory and go on to impact new communities. We’re incredibly excited to hear his wisdom and advice to the parting class.” ....
Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Talk With Jordan Casteel to Rashid Johnson at Storm King Plus, check out a sexual justice symposium at the New School and an NFT art fair with an enormously long and complicated name. Ayana Evans from Crowning Series (2019). Photo courtesy of the New School. Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health crisis, we are currently highlighting events in person and digitally, as well as in-person exhibitions open in the New York area. See our picks from around the world below. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.) ....
Arts & Social Justice By Kimber Williams | Jan. 25, 2021 In the wake of nationwide protests over the killing of unarmed Black people, Emory senior Liz Greene found herself researching a historic tragedy with a strong contemporary resonance. Before last year, Greene had never heard of the 1906 Atlanta race massacre a bloody uprising sparked by inflammatory claims that sent nearly 5,000 white men rioting through downtown Atlanta, vandalizing Black-owned businesses and hanging, stabbing, bludgeoning and shooting Black residents. At the end of the three-day melee, 25 Black Atlantans were dead and hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed. None of the killers were convicted. “It was very powerful and felt very relevant a reminder that people have been fighting against these injustices for a long time and still have a long way to go,” she acknowledges. ....