Overcoming racism: A conversation on finding togetherness and embracing our shared humanity
You are invited...March 27th
You are cordially invited to
Overcoming racism: A conversation on finding togetherness and embracing our shared humanity
A conversation with Dr. Gail C. Christopher and Dr. Sheena Michele Mason,
moderated by Nwandi Lawson
March 27, 2025
10:00am to 12:00pm
The Hill Center DC - 921 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Join us for a rich conversation. Dr. Christopher and Dr. Mason emphasize the underlying interconnectedness that can supplant racism. Both have developed tools for expanding the conversation, helping us see beyond racialized hierarchy, and learning new ways forward together. The U.S. Baha’i Office of Public Affairs is delighted to bring them together with moderator Nwandi Lawson.
You must register in advance for admission.
Biography: Sheena Michele Mason is an assistant professor of English at SUNY Oneonta. She holds a PhD with distinction in English from Howard University in Washington, DC, USA, and specializes in Africana and American literary studies and philosophy of race. She is published with Oxford University Press, Palgrave MacMillan, Cambridge University Press, and the University of Warsaw among other presses. She is the innovator of the togetherness wayfinder (formerly and alternatively called the theory of racelessness) and founder of Togetherness Wayfinder, an educational firm. Her book The Raceless Antiracist: Why Ending Race Is the Future of Antiracism shows how ending our belief in “race” and practice of racialization is required toward the goal of ending the causes and effects of racialized dehumanization.