About Community Learning Series

The Alluvial Collective Community Learning Series is an ongoing webinar series from our Community & Capacity Building team. Each webinar features a different speaker presenting on an issue concerning our community. Webinars are free and open to the public. Check out our past discussions below!

Past Webinars

2022

• Rob Hill, “Making a More Inclusive State,” 10/20/22
• Sam Heath, “Faith and Advocacy,” 8/25/22
• Jodi Skipper, “Life, Community, and History,” 6/9/22
• Portia Espy, “Women’s Issues and Ways Communities Can Offer Support,” 5/19/22
• Kevin Fong, “AAPI Heritage Month and the Lived Experiences of Asian Americans,” 5/10/22

2021

• Dr. John F. Marszalek III, “The Lives of Same Sex Couples in Mississippi,” 11/18/21
• Rashida H. Govan, “Invisible Woman – Black Women and Girls and Their Fight Against Social Inequities,” 11/4/21
• Shelia Sundar, “On the Experiences of Immigrants Through the Lenses of History and Sociology,” 9/30/21
• Rev. Dr. Scott Stearman, “Infectious Inadequacy: How Our Current Healthcare System Makes Us All Sick,” 5/20/21
• Dr. Temika Simmons, “The Aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election and You,” 4/1/21
• Dr. Jeannine Bell, “Mining the Trust Gap: Protest and American’s Views of Police Behavior,” 3/18/21

2020

• Jake McGraw, “The History of Public Education in Mississippi,” Summer 2020
• Jemar Tisby, “The American Church’s Complicity in Racism,” 8/13/2020