The Violence Divide: Race and Class Disparities in the Media’s Response to Gun Violence conversation at ArtsEmerson

The Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, and Research and ArtsEmerson:The World On Stage present a panel discussion on the presence of race and class disparities in media responses to urban and suburban acts of violence, livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Thursday 19 September 2013 at 4 p.m. (PDT) / 6 p.m. (CDT) / 7 p.m. (EDT).

To participate in conversation online, use Twitter hashtag #howlround and follow @artsemerson and @howlroundtv.

This conversation is being presented in conjunction with ArtsEmerson’s presentation of columbinus, a powerful and poignant drama based on the 1999 school shootings at Columbine High School.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Kelly Bates, Esq., Founding Executive Director of the Elma Lewis Center with an introduction by Lee Pelton, President of Emerson College, who has been a national leader on the issue of gun safety.

Panelists include Phillip Martin (Senior Investigative Reporter, WGBH-FM), Courtney Mark Grey (Director of Trauma Services, Boston Public Health Commission), Michael Patrick MacDonald (Author of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie and Easter Rising, co-founder of Boston’s city-wide gun buyback program), Betty Shoels (aunt of Columbine shooting victim Isaiah Shoels), and Taisha Akins (Activist).

About the Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, and Research:
The Elma Lewis Center inspires and sustains civic engagement at Emerson College, using our distinct expertise in the arts and communication to serve the common good.