Current Programs and Partnerships

---

Critical Race Theory: A Conversation in Five Parts  

• Part I: What is Race?  Is America permanently racist to its core? \
• Part II: The Intersection of Race and Media: A discussion of Fruitvale Station and 12 Years a Slave
• Part III: Learning While Black: Excelling in a hostile environment
• Part IV: Race: Evolving images of beauty 
• Part V: The Black Church: Making noise or making a difference

Pittsburgher Derrick Bell is credited with conceptualizing Critical Race Theory, a school of thought and scholarship that critically engages questions of race and racism in the law, investigating how even those (legal) institutions purporting to remedy racism can more profoundly entrench it. 

Each “Conversation” was a 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion by various individuals from the Pittsburgh community.  As a guide for the conversation, each participant was asked to filter comments through same lens used by Bell.