Community Justice & The Ivory Tower

A Humanities at Large program of the Wolf Humanities Center
April 23, 2021
Davarian L. Baldwin
Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and founding director of the Smart Cities Lab, Trinity College
Abdul-Aliy A. Muhammad
Philadelphia-born organizer, writer, and co-founder of the Black and Brown Workers Co-op
Krystal Strong
Assistant Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania and an organizer with BLM Philly
Jolyon Baraka Thomas
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania and an organizer with Penn for PILOTS
Presented by AAUP-Penn
The panel discusses the university’s role in gentrifying and policing neighborhoods in cities across the country, with a focus on Penn and West Philly. This event features the new book of scholar Davarian Baldwin, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities are Plundering our Cities (Bold Type Books, 2021). Prof. Baldwin is in conversation with Penn faculty and community activists.
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