In collaboration with Georgia State University’s Department of African-American Studies and the National Council of Black Studies, the Auburn Avenue Research Library (AARL) will present The Future of Schooling in the Black Community: African Americans, Education, and COVID-19.

This prescient panel discussion will examine the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on schools and how the experience may inspire an overhaul of the American education system.This event features panelists: Dr. Jenny Jones, Dean, School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University; Aminata Umoja, Founder of Kilombo Academic and Cultural Institute; Krysten Long, Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University Masters’ graduate; and Jana J. Davis, Decatur City Schools Board Member. The panel host is Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University.

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