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Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year!
We look forward to having you with us for memorable and inspiring programs, engaging workshops and substantive dialogues.
The Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at Arizona State University facilitates powerful and informed dialogues and transformative scholarship about issues related to race and democracy. Our innovative programming and deliberate outreach in and beyond the ASU community contributes to the university’s commitment to academic excellence and accessibility. Join us for programs and events featuring accomplished changemakers, community leaders, scholars, and accomplished professionals who engage with and inspire our audiences. Distinctive lectures, effective workshops and productive, inspiring collaborations are signatures of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy.
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The CSRD is seeking volunteers to support our programs, events and special projects.
Programs
Race and Democracy Film Series
Film screenings, talkbacks with directors, film industry professionals, actors and scholars are at the core of this series. Join us as we explore the power of film and the arts in relation to race and democracy.
Delivering Democracy
Each spring, Delivering Democracy welcomes influential changemakers who have changed our world for the better. Join us for unforgettable public conversations with speakers whose calls to action enable us to advance justice, clarify our purpose and recognize the far-reaching power of justice, community engagement and innovative approaches to local, national and global issues.
Impact Arizona
Impact Arizona programs feature scholars, practitioners, community leaders and students in dynamic forums, purposeful workshops and inclusive discussions that advance our collective and individual understanding of local, national and global issues.
Race, Arts and Democracy
This innovative CSRD program series explores the power of creativity and how the arts enable us to see and learn more together about justice, access and equity, civil rights, economic inequality and the multifaceted work to achieve social justice in our world today.
Social Cohesion Dialogue
This annual CSRD program, which is one of the two pillars of the annual ASU Humanities Week, enables audiences of all ages and from around the globe to engage with gifted authors and compelling books that deepen our understanding of vital topics such as history, education, law, wealth, place, culture, justice and identity.
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