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SUMMARY:The Public Square: Dr. Sherri Williams & Dr. Meredith Clark
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for The Public Square with Dr. Sherri Williams & Dr. M
 eredith Clark on how the digital labor of African Americans has shaped mov
 ements\, media\, and politics..\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/12803
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>How the Digital Labor of African Americans
  has shaped Movements\, Media\, and Politics will take place at the Martin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Attendees will have the opportunity to 
 dive into the conversation during the Q&amp\;A following the discussion.</
 p>\n<p><strong>The Public Square</strong>&nbsp\;is one of DC Public Librar
 y's signature speaker series\, presented in partnership with the DC Public
  Library Foundation.</p>\n<p>Public Squares\, like public libraries\, are 
 "third places" in our communities. They are&nbsp\;social spaces that help 
 us cultivate our sense of belonging outside of our first place\, our homes
  and our second place\, our workplace. They are spaces that foster good co
 nversation and connection\, where we can both learn from others and share 
 our own knowledge.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Through moderated discussions\,&nbsp\;Th
 e Public Square&nbsp\;series realizes this idea of libraries as a third pl
 ace by connecting leaders and innovators with the public to talk about the
  next phase of their work or scholarship.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>
 For reasonable accommodations\, please contact the Center for Accessibilit
 y at 202-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@dc.gov. For ASL or tactile interpretation\
 , please allow at least seven (7) days notice.</strong></p>\n<p><strong></
 strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\; </strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<
 p><strong>This program is being support by the DC Public Library Foundatio
 n.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><img src="http
 s://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/DCPLF_Logo_RGB__Fu
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  margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /><strong>The DC Public Library Foundation</
 strong> partners with the DC Public Library to enhance Washington\, DC&rsq
 uo\;s public libraries\, bringing private philanthropy together with gover
 nment support to ensure that our libraries deliver the highest quality of 
 service to the District&rsquo\;s residents. With the help of many generous
  people\, the Foundation provides educational programs for children and yo
 uth\, workforce development training\, cultural events\, and collection en
 hancements for DC&rsquo\;s libraries.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><
 /p>\n<p></p>\n<p>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<h4>Le
 arn more about the speakers below!</h4>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><img src="ht
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  margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px\;" /><strong>Dr.&nbsp\;Sherri&nbsp\;Williams</s
 trong> is a journalism and media studies professor who teaches classes on 
 race and representation at American University in Washington D.C. Her rese
 arch centers media portrayals of Black women. Williams believes that&nbsp\
 ;storytelling can be a tool for liberation. She teaches her students to pr
 oduce stories that center the marginalized. Williams is the author of&nbsp
 \;Black Social Television: How Black Twitter Changed Television&nbsp\;and 
 a forthcoming book on race and reporting.</p>\n<p>Williams was the 2021 Na
 tional Association of Black Journalists&rsquo\; Journalism Educator of the
  Year. In 2024 she was awarded the Association for Education in Journalism
  and Mass Communication&rsquo\;s Best Teaching Practices Award. She worked
  as a journalist for a decade\, including at the Associated Press\, before
  she transitioned into academia. Williams earned her master&rsquo\;s and d
 octoral degrees at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. She is a pr
 oud graduate of the historically Black university Jackson State University
 . Williams is a native of Kalamazoo and Benton Harbor\, Michigan.</p>\n<p>
 </p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></
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 ; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><img src="htt
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 x 0px 20px 20px\;" /></p>\n<p><strong>Meredith&nbsp\;D. Clark\, Ph.D.</str
 ong> (she/her/hers)\, is an associate professor of race and political comm
 unication in the School of Journalism &amp\; Media at the University of No
 rth Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on the intersections of 
 race\, media\, and power. She is the author of &ldquo\;We Tried to Tell Y&
 rsquo\;all: Black Twitter and Digital Counternarratives\,&rdquo\; publishe
 d by Oxford University Press. In 2015\, she was named to The Root 100 as o
 ne of the most influential African Americans in the country. Before becomi
 ng a professor\,&nbsp\;Meredith&nbsp\;was a newspaper journalist in Tallah
 assee\, Florida\, and Raleigh\, North Carolina. She was most recently feat
 ured in the Hulu docuseries\, "Black Twitter: A People's History."&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/128032
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