Explore the forces that shaped our approach to race with thought leader and New York Times contributing opinion writer Michael Eric Dyson.

About this event

Join us for a special evening with Michael Eric Dyson, a leader on race, religion and contemporary culture to explore our nation’s challenges as our communities and society reckon with social justice.

Examine the cultural and social forces that have shaped our nation’s approach to issues of race, and hear hope for a better future as we reckon with our past.

A distinguished professor of African American studies, ethics and society at Vanderbilt University, Dyson is the author or editor of more than 20 books on subjects from Malcolm X to Tupac Shakur.

He is a New York Times contributing opinion writer, and a contributing editor of The New Republic and of ESPN's The Undefeated website.

Ebony magazine cited Dyson as one of the 100 most influential African Americans, and as one of the 150 most powerful Blacks in the nation. Dyson has received an American Book Award and two NAACP Image Awards.

The event is hosted by Erika McCalpine, executive director for strategic diversity at OSU-Cascades and founder and director of the OSU-Cascades Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Laboratory.

This event is supported by the OSU President’s Commission on the Status of Black Faculty and Staff Affairs, which advocates for and implements strategies to address the collective needs of Black professionals at Oregon State University.