A conversation with Dr. Lawrence Brown, founder of The Black Butterfly Academy and author of "The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America," discussing why Baltimore City is ground zero for racist housing policies; the long-term impact of structural racist policies, practices, and procedures in Baltimore; the politics of the Black Butterfly and the White L; why it will take a multi-billion investment in Baltimore to transform the neighborhoods, schools, and jobs; and, what it will take to move from community policing to community peacekeeping.

Immediately following the moderated conversation, the Karson Institute hosted a Coffee and Convo that included seventh graders from a local middle school, teachers, professors, staff, and community members from around the country brainstorming solutions on how they can move Baltimore City forward.

A special Election 2020 conversation discussing why your vote is your voice; the future of white supremacy and the impact of voter intimidation and suppression; and, why the last 60 years of progress are in danger of being overturned with Leonard Pitts, Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist and the author of The Last Thing You Surrender.

In partnership with the National Women’s Studies Association and Ms. Magazine, the Karson Insitute presents “COMloquium: The Perils of Teaching about Critical Race Theory: A Conversation with K-12 Teachers.” This conversation dives into the difficulties teachers across the country when it comes to teaching American history.

Dr. Alicia Moore, Dr. Walter Greason, and Founder of the Karson

Institute, Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead, took on the differences

and interconnectedness between critical race theory and culturally

responsive teaching within education.

In light of the verdict in the case against Derek Chauvin, the Karson

Institute for Race, Peace, & Social Justice hosted a special

communitywide COMloquium to rethink America's policing system and the

ways in which race, police, and social justice intersect at this moment.

Dr. Karsonya "Kaye" Wise Whitehead speaks with civil rights attorney

Kobie Flowers, Esq.; Adam J. Jackson,  CEO, Leaders of a Beautiful

Struggle; Rev Scott Adams, Assistant Director of Loyola University

Maryland's Campus Ministry; and Dr. Nishaun Battle, associate professor

of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Virginia State University.

A conversation with Jamelle Bouie, New York Times columnist and CBS News political analyst, on American politics; the January 6 failed insurrection; voter suppression; the future of Trump and the Republican Party; and the work that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should focus on doing during their first 100 days.

In conversation with Dr. Barbara Ransby, a professor of African American Studies and the John D. MacArthur Chair at the University of Illinois at Chicago, along with students, professors, and community members discussing Dr. Ibram Kendi’s research on antiracism; the presidential inauguration and the future of democracy; and, what does it mean to work for equality, justice, and racial equity.

A conversation with Dr. Clayborne Carson, Ph.D., professor of history at Stanford University, and director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, on Dr. King's legacy; what we get wrong about Dr. King; what Dr. King's message would be to America today; and, what is Dr. Carson's unfinished business.

A conversation on the history of Medical Bondage and the impact of racism and white supremacy within the medical field with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, the award-winning author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology.

A conversation with Dr. William Ruto, the Deputy President of Kenya.