Race and the Pandemic: The Impact on Diversity and Equity in Education

Sunday, August 09 | 4pm ET / 1pm PT

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Among the most intractable racial disparities exacerbated by the pandemic are those in education, as experienced by students in Kindergarten through college. How are the schooling disruptions affecting different communities? Who will recover quickly, and who won't? How are public and private colleges, including Harvard, meeting their students' needs? How will current social conditions and movements affect affirmative action, desegregation and other education-related litigation and policies?

Speakers:

JOHN B. KING JR. '96 ('95), Harvard Overseer, Secretary of Education in the Obama cabinet, and president of The Education Trust

VIVIAN LOUIE '88, professor of Urban Policy and Planning and director of the Asian American Studies Center at Hunter College

MICHAELE TURNAGE YOUNG HLS '06, NAACP LDF lawyer representing the Harvard student and alumni amici in the admissions lawsuit

Moderated by DANIEL LOBO ‘14, President of First Generation Harvard Alumni, Assistant Director with Harvard’s Office of Career Services