2021 Wilder symposium slated for Sept. 30
9/30/2021, 6 p.m.
A panel of experts in public health, justice and economics will speak Thursday, Sept. 30, at the virtual 2021 Wilder Symposium hosted by former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and the School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University that bears his name.
The symposium, which will be held via Zoom from 1 to 2:30 p.m., has the theme “The Triple Pandemic: Implications for Racial Equity and Public Policy.”
Panelists will address such topics as policing, housing, vaccine distribution, immigration, education, disaster response, workforce development, re-entry after incarceration and responses to public protests.
They are Dr. Nakeina Douglas-Glenn; Dr. Hans Louis-Charles; Dr. Jacqueline Smith-Mason; Dr. Elsie Harper-Anderson; Dr. Benjamin Teresa; Dr. Grant Rissler; Dr. Chernoh Wurie and Dr. Christina Mancini, all of the Virginia Commonwealth University faculty; and Dr. Steven Keener of Christopher Newport University.
Details and registration: https://bit.ly/vcuwilder2021
