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WILKES-BARRE — King’s College will host a panel discussion on questions of race and social justice in the wake of events in Ferguson, Missouri.
The panel will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 in the Burke Auditorium, William G. McGowan School of Business, on North River Street. Parking will be available in on-campus lots.
The panel discussion, “After Ferguson: Law and Order, Race, Poverty, and Social Justice,” will be an opportunity for the King’s College and Wilkes-Barre communities to participate in a discussion about race and race relations that has unfolded since the shooting death of Michael Brown and similar violent incidents igniting outrage and protest in New York and Baltimore.
The panelists will include former chairman of the Missouri Republic Party Ed Martin, president of the Wilkes-Barre NAACP Larry Singleton, Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis and Gerard “Jerry” Dessoye, executive director of Campus Safety and Security at King’s and former chief of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.
Each participant will speak for approximately 10 minutes, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
The panel discussion will also focus on the many issues that have come to the fore “after Ferguson” which include the cold realities of police work, the public craving for security, the roots of crime, deeply-rooted mistrust of police among non-white citizens and residents, the nation’s legacy of black poverty and doubts about the soundness of the criminal justice system.
For more information, contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director of the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at 570-208-5900, ext. 5689 or e-mail [email protected].