Harvard alumni organizations to host Thursday Ferguson panel
The Harvard Club of Georgia and the Atlanta Chapter of the Harvard Black Alumni Society will co-host a panel discussion, “Ferguson: Self Defense or Civil Offense,” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Stark Art Pop Up Gallery, 3079 Peachtree Road.
The event will focus on historic and contemporary relationships between police departments and minority communities using the recent uprising in Ferguson, Mo. as a backdrop.
Morehouse College professor Illya Davis; political commentator Goldie Taylor; and WXIA/11 Alive reporter and anchor Blayne Alexander will serve on the panel. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ernie Suggs will moderate.
Admission for the event is free, but donations will be appreciated.
About the Author
Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
