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Social Science Research Council. The SSRC is an independent, non-profit organization that supports and mobilizes research to address critical social issues.

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    READ | Conflict Research Fellow Zahra Ali () explains are about more than basic public services and economic opportunity - they are a public rejection of sectarian violence and identity-based politics.

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  2. 15 hours ago

    The SSRC's , which has historically sourced contributions by invitation, has two open calls for content up now: a call for Exchanges and a call for essays on religion and social movements. Please share these opportunities with your networks:

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    Oct 3

    I said it.

    .: “if you can understand how the Jesuits baptized people one day, and sold them the next, then you can understand American slavery.”
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    "an outsize influence over the increasingly toxic space of life online. But in order to fulfill their mandate, these stakeholders—journalists, developers, and academics—must reimagine, reorient, or simply rediscover their roles and responsibilities in a changing media ecosystem."

    SSRC senior program officer Mike Miller () highlights key insights from our “Race, Gender, and Toxicity Online” workshop, including remarks from Zizi Papacharissi (), Lisa Nakamura (), and Catherine Knight Steele ().
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  5. Oct 3

    SSRC senior program officer Mike Miller () highlights key insights from our “Race, Gender, and Toxicity Online” workshop, including remarks from Zizi Papacharissi (), Lisa Nakamura (), and Catherine Knight Steele ().

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  6. Oct 2

    Melisande Short-Colomb (): The students who come to Georgetown need to know that children younger than them worked for hundreds of years without freedom to create the institution they attend. It’s not the only thing, but it is an important and foundational thing.

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  7. Oct 2

    .: “if you can understand how the Jesuits baptized people one day, and sold them the next, then you can understand American slavery.”

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    .: One of the effects of social death is natal alienation—a separation from one’s family and lineage. But through the Jesuit bills of sale and other records, we have access to information that can help trace the geneaolgies of those enslaved peoples.

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    Oct 2

    [ X ] Honored to host an urgent, powerful conversation about the history of racial slavery and the need for repair with and . descendant Melisande Short Colomb: I am an 11th generation American

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  10. Oct 2

    Melisande Short-Colomb, discusses her ancestry as an eleventh-generation American whose family were part of 272 people sold by Jesuit priests in Maryland to Southern plantations in order to raise money for the construction of Georgetown University.

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  11. Oct 2

    . discusses racial disparities in intergenerational wealth transfers, tracing evidence back to the land violently stolen from formerly enslaved peoples, who had gained ownership upon emancipation.

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    Heading over to to discuss this evening with . Join us!

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  13. Oct 2

    SSRC president Nelson, and ’s president, Deborah Schwartz, and executive vice-president, Marcia Ely, introduce the evening’s program.

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  14. Oct 2

    Starting now: , , , and Mélisande Short-Colomb, a student and descendant, discuss racial reconciliation and reparations at .

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    Oct 2

    Join us! Hope to see you there!

    TONIGHT | We are hosting a discussion about racial reconciliation and reparations with , , , and Mélisande Short-Colomb, a student and descendant, 7pm at . Register now:
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    Oct 2

    The ’s Media & Democracy program convened a workshop in April 2019 on “Race, Gender, and Toxicity Online.” Here, summarizes, notably, the issues raised in the plenary roundtable discussion

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    Register for tonight's event here:

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  18. Oct 2

    Attending tonight's event on reparations and at ? Check out Nelson and 's conversation with economists and about the timely debate on racial and economic inequality.

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    TONIGHT | We are hosting a discussion about racial reconciliation and reparations with , , , and Mélisande Short-Colomb, a student and descendant, 7pm at . Register now:

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  20. Oct 2

    READ | “Representing and Performing Gender-Based Violence: From Affidavit to the Stage” by Shonna Trinch

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