Vaccination gap continues for communities of color
“There’s a lot of stereotypes that place responsibilities on individuals rather than looking at the systems we are living in,” OMA Academic Retention Specialist Corrin Bond said.

According to a study on vaccines and race published by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Black and Hispanic people are disproportionately underrepresented nationwide in vaccination numbers, a continuing trend among minorities. Death rates […]

Professor at Georgetown University, Rahsaan Mahadeo | Haadiya Tariq
Research on reclaiming time: a racial perspective
Georgetown University professor shares historical, modern information on how time impacts racial divides

Rahsaan Mahadeo, a professor at Georgetown University who researched the radicalization of time, spoke at the most recent installment of the Black Lives Matter Speaker Series.

A justice system fueled by inequality
Samuel Newton discussed racial discrimination while reflecting on his time as a public defender

Samuel Newton shared his own anecdotes on cases of racial discrimination he has witnessed in the American criminal justice system in a webinar Wednesday. As the third event in the Office of Multicultural Affairs’ […]

A tale of two arrests, as told by UI law professor
Shaakirra Sanders explained fourth amendment and how it relates to arrests of George Floyd, Anthony Brennan III

The case of George Floyd’s arrest and murder is strange compared with other arrest cases and the process of arrest laid out by the law, a University of Idaho law professor shared today.  Shaakirrah Sanders presented […]

“Where do we go from here?”
Attorney, CNN commentator, politician Bakari Sellers spoke in Office of Multicultural Affairs' first Black Lives Matter Speaker Series event

How far have Black people and their have allies come? And where do they go from here?   These two questions summed up attorney, CNN commentator and politician Bakari Sellers’ webinar on Thursday.  These questions were sparked after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed May […]