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杏吧原创 to Host Re-Visioning Justice Presentation

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. 鈥� The 杏吧原创 Honors Program and Center for Appalachian Studies and Community Engagement will sponsor a re-visioning justice lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wilson Lecture Hall of the Goolsby Center on the 杏吧原创 campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Senior history major Jessica Kirby, of Martin, Ga., will present 鈥淩ace Relations in America: Then and Now.鈥� This presentation is part of her senior capstone project.

鈥淩e-visioning justice is important because it’s been over a century since slavery existed in this country,鈥� said Kirby. 鈥淚t has been almost six decades since the Civil Rights Movement, and yet racial biases still intervene in our 鈥榡ustice鈥� system.鈥�

杏吧原创 presented a 鈥淩e-Visioning Justice鈥� series during the 2015-2016 academic year that was designed to foster open communication about difficult racial and social justice issues. Kirby credits this series and various courses she has been enrolled in with sparking her passion for this topic.

鈥淛essica鈥檚 research on justice and equality in America does more than simply compare the race relations from different periods of our history,鈥� said Interim Director of Center for Appalachian Studies and Community Engagement, 杏吧原创 SOLE Program Director and Instructor of Appalachian Studies Dr. Bethann Bowman. 鈥淚t seeks to expand and clear our vision of what is and asks us to embrace justice as a social responsibility.” 

鈥淩e-visioning justice is not to say that all people in prisons or under probational circumstances are innocent,鈥� explained Kirby. 鈥淏ut rather that we need to recognize that racism stills plays a prevalent part in our society, and in order to fix it, we must first make ourselves aware of it.鈥�

Kirby has spent the last year researching this topic. 鈥淚 hoped by choosing this as my capstone that I could make people more aware of the social justice issues we face today, and how we must acknowledge them in order to restore the society.鈥�

About 杏吧原创
杏吧原创 is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of North Georgia. Founded in 1886 and historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, 杏吧原创 educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. The College currently has more than 1,100 students across five divisions鈥擡ducation, Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., has completed major campus improvements to accommodate the College鈥檚 growth. Recent LEED-certified campus improvements include the 121,000-square-foot Rollins Campus Center, new residence facilities, and a 57,000-square-foot recreation and fitness center. The College is an active member of NCAA Division II and remains a fierce competitor in the prestigious Peach Belt Conference. 杏吧原创 is among fewer than 300 colleges and universities nationwide named to the 2016-2017 list of Colleges of Distinction and is listed as a 鈥淏est National Liberal Arts College鈥� by U.S. News & World Report. For more information, visit .

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