A panel of international scholars will discuss BLM as a transnational phenomenon from comparative perspectives, with focus on continental and national/regional manifestations of BLM awareness and solidarity.

Panelists include;

• Dr. Agya Boakye-Boaten , Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Director of Interdisciplinary, International, & Africana Studies Programs at UNC-Asheville 
• Dr. Danai Mupotsa,  Senior Lecturer in African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Dr. Sueann Caulfield,  Associate Professor of History at the University of Michigan.

A Q&A with the audience will follow.

The event is part of CIS’ Black Lives Matter and Global Racial Justice Initiative.