The Forum: Conversations at YBCA is a series of moderated conversations with artists, activists, and thought-leaders of national prominence. The series exemplifies YBCA's ongoing commitment to serving as a communal meeting place for the discussion and dissemination of contemporary ideas. YBCA is pleased to welcome Benjamin Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP, and Belva Davis, the first African-American female journalist in the west, in conversation.
Ben Jealous has been a leader of successful state and local movements to ban the death penalty, outlaw racial profiling, defend voting rights, secure marriage equality, and free multiple wrongfully incarcerated people. Under his leadership, the NAACP grew to be the largest community-based nonpartisan voter registration operation in the country. Prior to leading the NAACP, he spent 15 years serving as a journalist and community organizer.
Belva Davis helped change the face and focus of TV news. In a career spanning half a century, she reported many of the most explosive Bay Area stories of the era, including the Berkeley student protests, the birth of the Black Panthers, the Peoples Temple cult that ended in the mass suicides at Jonestown, the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, and the onset of the AIDS. In addition, she soldiered in the trenches in the battle for racial equality and brought stories of black Americans out of the shadows and into the light of day.
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Ben Jealous has been a leader of successful state and local movements to ban the death penalty, outlaw racial profiling, defend voting rights, secure marriage equality, and free multiple wrongfully incarcerated people. Under his leadership, the NAACP grew to be the largest community-based nonpartisan voter registration operation in the country. Prior to leading the NAACP, he spent 15 years serving as a journalist and community organizer.
Belva Davis helped change the face and focus of TV news. In a career spanning half a century, she reported many of the most explosive Bay Area stories of the era, including the Berkeley student protests, the birth of the Black Panthers, the Peoples Temple cult that ended in the mass suicides at Jonestown, the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, and the onset of the AIDS. In addition, she soldiered in the trenches in the battle for racial equality and brought stories of black Americans out of the shadows and into the light of day.
The Forum: Conversations at YBCA is a series of moderated conversations with artists, activists, and thought-leaders of national prominence. The series exemplifies YBCA's ongoing commitment to serving as a communal meeting place for the discussion and dissemination of contemporary ideas. YBCA is pleased to welcome Benjamin Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP, and Belva Davis, the first African-American female journalist in the west, in conversation.
Ben Jealous has been a leader of successful state and local movements to ban the death penalty, outlaw racial profiling, defend voting rights, secure marriage equality, and free multiple wrongfully incarcerated people. Under his leadership, the NAACP grew to be the largest community-based nonpartisan voter registration operation in the country. Prior to leading the NAACP, he spent 15 years serving as a journalist and community organizer.
Belva Davis helped change the face and focus of TV news. In a career spanning half a century, she reported many of the most explosive Bay Area stories of the era, including the Berkeley student protests, the birth of the Black Panthers, the Peoples Temple cult that ended in the mass suicides at Jonestown, the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, and the onset of the AIDS. In addition, she soldiered in the trenches in the battle for racial equality and brought stories of black Americans out of the shadows and into the light of day.
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Ben Jealous has been a leader of successful state and local movements to ban the death penalty, outlaw racial profiling, defend voting rights, secure marriage equality, and free multiple wrongfully incarcerated people. Under his leadership, the NAACP grew to be the largest community-based nonpartisan voter registration operation in the country. Prior to leading the NAACP, he spent 15 years serving as a journalist and community organizer.
Belva Davis helped change the face and focus of TV news. In a career spanning half a century, she reported many of the most explosive Bay Area stories of the era, including the Berkeley student protests, the birth of the Black Panthers, the Peoples Temple cult that ended in the mass suicides at Jonestown, the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, and the onset of the AIDS. In addition, she soldiered in the trenches in the battle for racial equality and brought stories of black Americans out of the shadows and into the light of day.
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