The Frederick Douglass Institute and the Department of Black Studies will be hosting our annual Fall Symposium and would like to invite you to our upcoming event. The Symposium: Policing: Blackness & Surveillance, will be held on Thursday, September 19th-Friday, September 20th.

On September 19, at 6 p.m., there will be a book talk by Professor Philip V. McHarris (Assistant Professor, Department of Black Studies), surrounding his book—Beyond Policing, along with a community discussion. This event will be at Writers and Books (740 University Ave, Rochester, NY).

On September 20, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., there will be a full-day conference featuring speakers from across the country, in the Feldman Ballroom at the University of Rochester.

All are invited to join, and attendance is free and open to the public. We hope that you will join us, in person or virtually via Livestream (available on 9/20). Program details are available via our program schedule here, and website.