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Can You Choose Your Child and Still Choose Justice?


Date/Time(s)
Wednesday, November 04
  • 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM

Location
Faculty Conference Room/Barristers Dining Room

Description
Who pays the price? A lunchtime conversation about parenting, racial justice, and public education. Inspired by Nikole Hannah-Jones’s viral essay that appeared in The New York Times Magazine on September 20, 2026, “In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?” panelists will explore the difficult choices facing Black parents and other parents of color when securing an excellent education for their own children conflicts with their commitment to educational opportunity for all.
 
Free link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlE.0nY4.eRsQ2hrLtIa0&smid=url-share
 
Sponsored by the Office of Community Engagement, co-sponsored by the Education Justice Clinic, BLSA, and LALSA.

Add to Calendar 11/4/2026 12:30:00 PM 11/4/2026 1:30:00 PM America/New_York Can You Choose Your Child and Still Choose Justice? Who pays the price? A lunchtime conversation about parenting, racial justice, and public education. Inspired by Nikole Hannah-Jones’s viral essay that appeared in The New York Times Magazine on September 20, 2026, “In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?” panelists will explore the difficult choices facing Black parents and other parents of color when securing an excellent education for their own children conflicts with their commitment to educational opportunity for all. Free link to article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlE.0nY4.eRsQ2hrLtIa0&smid=url-share Sponsored by the Office of Community Engagement, co-sponsored by the Education Justice Clinic, BLSA, and LALSA. Faculty Conference Room/Barristers Dining Room
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