MLK Jr Commemoration: Derailed by Diversity: Racial Justice after Affirmative Action

This year's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration will feature Richard T. Ford, the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford University, engaging the future of racial justice and admissions in higher education. A leading expert on civil rights and antidiscrimination law, Ford will articulate the crucial importance for society and for colleges and universities to advance racial justice and to improve access for historically marginalized communities to higher education. With the prospect that the Supreme Court of the United States may soon end current race-conscious admissions practices, Ford will discuss how current legal notions of diversity have limited affirmative action and new ways universities can advance racial justice and cultivate diverse and inclusive communities after affirmative action.

Sponsors: Office of Spirituality and Meaning-Making (OSMM) and Cornell United Religious Work (CURW), Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI), Cornell Law School.

Cosponsors: College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; Bowers College of Computing and Information Science – Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; eCornell; and Greater Ithaca Activity Center (GIAC), and SC Johnson College of Business – Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

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