Race in Iowa: A traveling roundtable on issues, visions, and initiatives

A roundtable discussion on race will be held Thursday, March 24, from 1–3:30 p.m. at the Hearst Center for the Arts located at 304 W Seerley Blvd, Cedar Falls, Iowa. The discussion is part of the traveling exhibition Our Town: Reclaiming the Narrative that goes to different places throughout Iowa and invites discussion of local and national issues and visions on race. The roundtable will be hosted by Joy Briscoe, executive director of Black Leadership; Cheryl Dong, assistant professor of history, UNI; Matthew Gilbert, Esq., chair economic development, NAACP; and Rocki (Joshalyn) Johnson, administrator and host of North Side Updated. The event will be moderated by Lenore Metrick-Chen, associate professor, Drake University.

— Lenore Metrick-Chen, Associate Professor of Art History