W J Niederkorn Library Badger Talk: The Role of Media in the Fight for Intersectional Social Justice

Date: February 8th
Time: 6:00pm
End Time:7:00pm
Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Virtual Badger Talk: The Role of Media in the Fight for Intersectional Social Justice

In association with the Ozaukee County Talks About Race series, join us for this opportunity to learn from an expert speaker about social justice!

All ages are welcome to join us for this virtual Badger Talk addressing the fight for social justice. Join guest speaker Dr. Lori Kido Lopez, Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the Communication Arts department at the UW-Madison, as she explores the relationship between media and social justice movements such as activism surrounding Black Lives Matter and its connection to social media.

No registration is necessary for this event. We hope to see you there!

Thank you to UW-Madison Badger Talks for sponsoring this event.

More about Dr. Lopez: Lori Kido Lopez is an Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the Communication Arts department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also Director of the Asian American Studies Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Lopez is the author of Asian American Media Activism: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship and Micro Media Industries: Hmong American Media Innovation in the Diaspora, editor of Race and Media: Critical Approaches, and co-editor of the Routledge Companion to Asian American Media. Her work examines race and ethnicity in the media through a cultural studies lens, deploying ethnography and interviews to examine the way that Asian Americans and other minority groups use media in the fight for social justice.

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To learn more about the Ozaukee County Talks about Race series, visit: https://www.wjnlib.org/announcement/ozaukee_county_talks_about_race/

Questions or comments? Contact Adult Services Librarian, Alyssa Strzyzewski at astrzyzewski@monarchlibraries.org or call 262-284-5031.