Events & Calendars "The Cost of Inheritance" screening & discussion

NEPM presents: "The Cost of Inheritance" screening & discussionRescheduled! Now Thursday, Feb. 15, 5:30 - 8 p.m.

Join us for a night of impactful storytelling and dialogue on historical and social justice, and learn more about the reparative justice work happening in western Massachusetts.

NEPM invites you to a screening of “The Cost of Inheritance,” a film by Yoruba Richen about the U.S. reparations debate. Following the screening, engage in a panel discussion with two of the film’s subjects, Briayna Cuffie and Lotte Lieb Dula; and local experts Dr. Jallicia Jolly and Dr. Stefan M. Bradley, Black studies professors at Amherst College; and Michele Miller, chair of Amherst’s African Heritage Reparation Assembly. The panel will be moderated by Yemisi Oloruntola-Coates, chief inclusion and equity officer at GBH Boston.

Arrive at 5:30 p.m. for a reception with light refreshments before the screening and discussion at 6 p.m.

Cosponsored by Springfield College, the Western Massachusetts Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, and the Greater Springfield (MA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.