ISW 2021 Closing Roundtable

Shared Resources from Panelists on Closing Roundtable

Malik Simba, PhD, Professor Emeritus of History and Africana Studies, Fresno State University

Find his writings on Blackpast.org 

Glimpsing the Rise of Hate Through the Lens of Our Valley

Eedition: Glimpsing the Rise of Hate Through the Lens of Our Valley

Nathan K. Hensley, PhD, Associate Professor of English, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

“Remapping White Childhood: On Fresno Redlining”  Read the Los Angeles Review of Books

“Our Ghosts: On Japanese Internment in Fresno” Read the Los Angeles Review of Books

Uziel Jimenez, Antiracist Educator and Co-founder of Fresno Ethnic Studies Coalition

Fresno’s Long Hot Summer of 1967: An Examination of Housing and Employment Discrimination

Rev. Dr. Paul Binion, Pastor of Westside Church of God

Hajj Reza Nekumanesh, Executive Director, Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno 

Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Find her writings on Moment Magazine’s “Ask the Rabbis” column 

Veena Howard, PhD, Professor of Asian Religions and Coordinator of Peace and Conflict Studies at Fresno State University

How is the nonviolence of Gandhi and MLK still relevant today? Reverend James M. Lawson, Jr. and Dr. Veena R. Howard have some answers

“Heart Unity”: Gandhi’s Dynamic Approach to Religion, Education, and Personal Transformation for Interfaith Relations  

Legacy of Love: Why Gandhian Non-Violence Still Matters Today