On Tuesday, April 4, at 11 a.m. in the Auburn University Chapel, a panel of guest speakers will hold a conversation about “Becoming the Beloved Community amid Prison Reform, Abolition and Voting Rights.” Panelists include Harriette Huggins, League of Women Voters; Phyllis West, director of Governors State University Social Justice Initiative; Jerry Davis-EL, co-founder of Governors State University Generating Hope and executive director of the Illinois GRO Community; Evan Mealins, justice reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser; and Robert Sember, Tutwiler college program coordinator of Alabama Prison Arts & Education. My Ly, the news editor of The Auburn Plainsman, will moderate the discussion.
At 5:30 p.m. in the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, a premiere of the documentary, “Beloved Community Civil Rights Tour,” will be followed by a performance from the Auburn University Indian Music Ensemble and a panel discussing “Becoming the Beloved Community: The Clotilda, Truth, Media, and Landscapes.”
