POV and The Southern Poverty Law Center in Conversation with Bree Newsome and CJ Hunt
Join us this on Thursday, June 17 at 7:30pm ET for a roundtable live event on POV's Facebook featuring activist Bree Newsome Bass, The Neutral Ground(July 5th on POV) director CJ Hunt, and SPLC Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks discussing the future of the Confederate symbols movement and the fight to remove symbols of white supremacy from public spaces. The conversation will be moderated by Erika Dilday, executive producer for POV.
The roundtable will also announce SPLC’s latest 'Whose Heritage?' data drop, which addresses the unfinished business of reckoning with the 32 empty Confederate pedestals that remain standing across the United States.
Bree Newsome Bass is an artist who drew national attention in 2015 when she climbed the flagpole in front of the South Carolina Capitol building and lowered the Confederate battle flag. Bree’s act of defiance against a symbol of hate has been memorialized in photographs and artwork and has become a symbol of courage, resistance and the empowerment of women.
CJ Hunt is the director of The Neutral Ground, a documentary about monuments, memory, and how to break up with the Confederacy. Documenting the monuments fight from 2015-2020, The Neutral Ground sets out to uncover why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America. The film debuts at Tribeca Film Fest June 19 and on PBS’s POV July 5.
As Chief of Staff, Lecia Brooks works alongside both leadership and staff in service of SPLC’s mission to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people.
Erika Dilday is a producer, journalist and media executive who focuses on telling authentic stories about marginalized communities that lead to dialogue and social action. She was recently named executive director, American Documentary | executive producer POV, which will feature The Neutral Ground as the broadcast premiere of its 34th season on public television.
About Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements, and advance the human rights of all people. For more information, visit: www.splcenter.org. “SPLCenter” on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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