‘Rice on the Road’ Lecture Series Continues with a Look at Racial Consciousness

The innovative Rice on the Road lecture series continues on Thursday, March 27, with Looking in the Mirror of Racial Consciousness: The Culture of White Racism and Black Self-Determination.

Long-term white privilege and an invisible Eurocentric perspective in most Americans have nurtured a blind eye to the root causes and effects of an unequal and unjust society. In the face of violent, overt and covert white supremacy racism, blacks continue to create systems in order to survive, thrive, protect and plan for future generations.

This excursion will challenge participants to question the dominant perspective of white racism and understand our responsibility to the past so that current issues of poverty, education and even neighborhood development can be addressed with a more truthful and balanced approach.

This event is being held in partnership with the Hill District-based Ujamaa Collective, a non-profit organization formed to support the creative cooperative entrepreneurship of women of African descent.

The bus for the Racial Consciousness event will depart from the Duquesne Union at noon. Participants who choose not to ride the bus should plan to arrive at the Ujamaa Collective by 12:30 p.m. The collective is located at 1901 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15219.

The remaining off-campus lectures in the Rice on the Road series include:

• Fracking: Understanding its Local Impact Friday, April 4, from noon to 2 p.m.
• Exploring Community Trauma Monday, April 7, from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

The series will conclude with a closing dialogue on Tuesday, April 15, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Power Center. Join select panelists from the four excursions for a “flipped” conversation where, rather than ask panelists to field questions, panelists will instead pose thoughtful questions to the audience in an effort to foster fresh perspectives on justice education, collaboration and University-community relations.

All Rice on the Road events are free and open to the public. For more information, or to register, contact the Center for the Catholic Intellectual Tradition by calling 412.396.1595.