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JMintheUS Webinar: Reconstructing and Rethinking Social and Racial Justice Post-COVID-19
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The Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence would like to share this upcoming webinar organized by SIS, the Transatlantic Policy Center, the Antiracist Research and Policy Center, and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington, DC. This event is part of the #JMintheUS event series.
US Congressman Raskin and EU Parliament Members Herzberger-Fofana and Walsh will discuss social and racial justice across the Atlantic.
About this Event
The year 2020, with all its major challenges, also dramatically underlined the deeper - if lesser understood - connections between American and European societies. The global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement have shone a powerful and sobering spotlight on the enduring structural social and racial inequities that confront both sides of the Atlantic. Join us for an important transatlantic conversation with legislators, including US Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and European Parliament Members Maria Walsh (European People’s Party, Ireland) and Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana (European Green Party, Germany) as they discuss how to reconstruct, rethink, and develop transatlantic approaches to social and racial justice in a post-COVID-19 world. Tim Rivera, an affiliate of AU's Transatlantic Policy Center, will moderate the discussion.
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Registrants will receive an email containing the Zoom webinar link.
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Biographies
Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana is a co-president of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity, vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Development and a substitute member to the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Her main areas of focus are international partnerships, gender based violence and anti-racism. In 1998 She helped to found "FORWARD-Germany", an organisation dedicated to eradicating FGM. From 2005 - 2019 she was a city councillor in her home town of Erlangen. In 2009, she was awarded the Helene Weber Prize for her political commitment. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Francophone literature and is and former high school teacher.
Congressman Jamie Raskin is the US Representative for Maryland’s 8th District. He was a professor of constitutional law for more than a quarter-century at American University Washington College of Law before entering Congress and was a three-term State Senator in Maryland, where he served as Senate Majority Whip. Congressman Raskin is currently serving his second term on the Judiciary, House Oversight, and House Administration Committees. He also serves on the Rules Committee and the new Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and is an elected Member of the House Democratic Leadership Team.
Maria Walsh is a Fine Gael Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Ireland since 2019. MEP Walsh was born in Boston, MA, lived in New York City and Philadelphia and is a Member of the European Parliament Delegation for relations with the United States. Maria has advocated for the inclusion of younger people in politics, which spurred her to run for office herself. She is a firm believer that it is crucial for politicians to be representative of their electorate, with greater representation of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTI people, and equal gender parity.
Tim Rivera (moderator) is an external affiliate of the Transatlantic Policy Center at American University. He was previously Program Manager at the European Union's Delegation to the US, overseeing a portfolio of public diplomacy and policy outreach initiatives spanning the transatlantic agenda, including trade, security, climate change, the digital economy, gender equality, and educational exchange. He has also worked for the British Council, contributing to programs on religion and international affairs, intercultural dialogue, and joint European cultural outreach.
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This event is co-organized by SIS, the Transatlantic Policy Center, the Antiracist Research and Policy Center, and the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington, DC.
