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Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights has been elevated to an institute following a large donation from Rick and Molly Klau, according to a University press release Wednesday. The Klau Institute falls within the Keough School of Global Affairs and offers a curriculum in which students explore critical issues through the lens of
Ryan Peters | Monday, April 26, 2021
Notre Dame political science professor Christina Wolbrecht spoke about the history of voting rights and current developments surrounding suffrage in the U.S. as part of the Klau Center’s “Building an Anti-racist Vocabulary” lecture series Friday. Wolbrecht, who serves as director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, began her lecture by explaining
Ryan Peters | Monday, April 12, 2021
Friday afternoon, the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights hosted a panel exploring the origins and impact of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. as part of the “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary” weekly lecture series. The panel consisted of Amy Spitalnick, executive director of Integrity First for America (IFA), a nonprofit
Emma Hamilton | Monday, March 15, 2021
Dr. Dolly Chugh discussed the dangers of implicit bias in a lecture Friday as a guest speaker for “Building an Anti-Racist Vocabulary,” hosted by the Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights. Chugh is an associate professor of management and organizations at New York University’s Stern School of Business, and her research focuses on implicit
Gabrielle Penna | Monday, October 19, 2020
Media producer, author and speaker Austin Channing Brown spoke Friday afternoon on the importance of allyship between racial groups at the Klau Center’s weekly lecture series, “Building Anti-Racist Vocabulary.” Channing Brown is the author of bestselling book, “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness,” and she is also the executive producer
Grace Doerfler | Monday, September 28, 2020
When Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha learned that children in Flint, Mich. were drinking water so contaminated that it was corroding car engines, she knew she had to act. In a virtual lecture Friday, Hanna-Attisha, who serves as the director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, described the water crisis
Mary Clare Donnelly | Thursday, January 31, 2019
The Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy are collaborating to launch a project recording members of the Notre Dame community on the topic of race called “With Voices True.” Richard Jones, director of the Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics and Democracy, said the project gives