Moral Poverty and Institutional Racism: What’s “Toxic” Empathy Got to Do With It?

In celebration of Human Rights Day, hear Alan Curtis, President & CEO of the Milton Eisenhower Foundation, engage in conversation with Professor Loretta Ross and Professor Greg White. The panel will discuss the history and present-day implications of the 1968 Kerner Commission on the causes of race-related protests and civil unrest, and its connection with today’s political narrative disparaging empathy as “toxic”. The event will include audience engagement exercises and time for Q&A. Sponsored by the Smith College Roundtable. Open to the public.