Georgia Roberts, Nafasi Ferrell, and Brandon Washington participate in “Power, Justice & Freedom Through Education Summit”

IAS faculty member Georgia Roberts, MA in Cultural Studies student Nafasi Ferrell, and Media and Communication Studies major Brandon Washington participated in Franklin High School’s annual “Power, Justice & Freedom Through Education Summit” on January 14th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Each year Franklin invites community members to present workshops and engage students in discussions around social justice. Ferrell facilitated a workshop based on her thesis work called “Cultural Inception: A Journey Through Hip-Hop, Poetry & Spoken Word” and Washington attended a special forum facilitated by Dr. Michael Eric Dyson.