Spring 2021 Events

RIPI Spring Speaker Series

  • Student Assignment, DE/Segregation, & Justice in Public School Systems
  • Racial Inequities in Student Loans
    Join us for a presentation on race inequality and student loans with a presentation by Dr. Fenaba Addo (UNC Chapel Hill). Dr. Addo is an expert on racial disparities in student loan debt as well as the Millennial racial wealth gap. Her work speaks to the importance of considering race when discussing higher education loan […]
  • Uncovering Inequity and College Access
    On February 24, 2021, WFU’s Race, Inequality, and Politics Initiative sponsored an event titled, “Uncovering Inequity and College Access.” This was the first event of the spring 2021 speaker series on topics surrounding education and inequality. The event, organized by Dr. Lisa Kiang (WFU, Psychology), included a discussion with four expert panelists: Dr. Shannon Brady […]

RIPI Co-Sponsored Events

The land on which Wake Forest University now resides and the land on which the original campus resided served for centuries as a place for exchange and interaction for Indigenous peoples, specifically Saura, Catawba, Cherokee, and Lumbee in the current location and Shakori, Eno, Sissipahaw, and Occaneechi in the original campus location.

 americanindiancenter.unc.edu/resources/about-nc-native-communities/