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TIFA’s most provocative conversation series returns, bringing together authors and industry experts to examine the culture and politics that shape the world around us and the books we read. The challenges of modern life can feel overwhelming, how can we act in our everyday lives to make our collective future better? This deeply personal memoir offers a manifesto for making a difference through better understanding the past and believing in a different future. In Viral Justice, writer and professor of African American Studies, Ruha Benjamin recounts deeply personal and familial experiences, offering a transformative vision of how we can build a more just world.

Moderator: Sarita Srivastava

This event has undergone a participant change. Please be advised that Mathew Morris, originally scheduled to appear at this event is no longer available. The event will proceed as a solo conversation between Ruha Benjamin and Sarita Srivastava. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change.

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

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Ruha Benjamin

Ruha Benjamin is an internationally recognized writer, speaker and professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where she is the founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab.

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Photo credit: Cyndi Shattuck.