Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing ground-breaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, structural changes. But the twin plagues of COVID-19 and anti-Black police violence inspired her to rethink the importance of small, individual actions. Part memoir, part manifesto, her new book Viral Justice, which she will talk about at this event, is a sweeping and deeply personal exploration of how we can transform society through the choices we make every day.
Ruha will discuss a practical vision of how small changes can add up to large ones, transforming our relationships and communities and helping us build a more just and joyful world.
Meet our speaker and chair
Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9) is an internationally recognized writer, speaker, and Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where she is the founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. She is the award-winning author of Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code and editor of Captivating Technology, among many other publications. Her work has been featured widely in the media, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, The Root, and The Guardian.
Peter Trubowitz (@ptrubowitz) is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Phelan US Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Associate Fellow at Chatham House.
More about this event
The Phelan United States Centre (@LSE_US) at LSE is a hub for global expertise, analysis and commentary on America.
You can order the book Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want (UK delivery only) from our official LSE Events independent book shop, Pages of Hackney.
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