TOLERANCE
IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
Join us on Thursday, January 19th at 6pm for a
discussion on racism and diversity in America.
The discussion will be led by Christian Picciolini, author
of Romantic Violence: Memoirs of An
American Skinhead (and reformed hate group leader) and John K Wilson,
author of Trump Unveiled: Exposing the
Bigoted Billionaire.
It will be moderated by Brandon Smith, the independent
Chicago based journalist whose FOIA request brought the video of the Laquan
McDonald shooting to the public.
The night before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th
president of the United States seems an opportune moment for reflection on race
in America. So join us for a bit to eat, a bit to drink, and perhaps a little
catharsis.
ABOUT CHRISTIAN PICCIOLINI
Christian
Picciolini is an award-winning television producer, an author, and a reformed
extremist. His work and life purpose are born of an ongoing and profound need
to atone for a grisly past, and to make something of his time on this planet by
contributing to the greater good.
In 2016,
Christian received an Emmy Award for his role as director and producer of an
anti-hate campaign for ExitUSA that helped disengage several youths from white
supremacist groups. He has worked as an adjunct professor and as the community
partnerships manager for Threadless.
Most
notably, in 2010 he co-founded Life After Hate, a nonprofit dedicated to
helping others gain the knowledge necessary to implement long-term solutions
that counter all types of racism and violent extremism.
ABOUT JOHN K WILSON
John K. Wilson is the author of
eight books, including Barack Obama: This
Improbable Quest, Newt Gingrich:
Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors, Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and
Its Enemies, and The Most Dangerous
Man in America: Rush Limbaugh's Assault on Reason. He is the co-editor of
AcademeBlog.org and the editor of Illinois Academe. He has a Ph.D. in education
from Illinois State University, and is the co-organizer of the Chicago Book
Expo and the Evanston Literary Festival.
ABOUT BRANDON SMITH
Brandon
Smith is a Chicago based journalist. He’s best known for writing about the case
of Laquan McDonald, whose murder by a Chicago police officer in 2014 went
un-prosecuted for 13 months, until his lawsuit forced the city to release the
video.
He has
written for, and maintains relationships with, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The
Chicago Reader, In These Times magazine, and the Better Government Association.
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