Outreach Events

The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights works to actively engage our community by providing meaningful content and opportunities for learning and growth.

We invite you to learn more about our work which is updated frequently. Please join us at some of our upcoming events, listed below and under 2024 in the sidebar, check out what we've done previously, which you can navigate by year using the sidebar, and feel free to connect with us to talk about the work of the Office of Human Rights.

We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events soon!

Social Justice in Community, a new virtual series brought in partnership between the Prince George's County Memorial Library System, the University of Maryland, airs on Thursdays from 2-3 pm. Join us as we hear from scholars at the University of Maryland about their research and how it both reflects and impacts our communities today. 

• February 1 - Amber Colquhoun presents "Through Their Eyes: Examining Affluent Black Intra-Group Attitudes and Their Political Consequences." Ms. Colquhoun is a Ph.D. studying American Politics. Her research interests include race and ethnic politics, political behavior, and public opinion. She received her B.A. with honors in African American Studies and Psychology. Join us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic9SawAKBdQ
• February 8 -   Rod Martinez presents, "Civic and Political Participation Among People with Criminal Legal System Contact." Rod Martinez is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology. Viewing link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyBn7x_MMyk
• February 15 - Tori Justin presents, "Black Women, Yoga, and Wellness." Tori Justin is a PhD candidate in the department of Kinesiology. Her research interests articulate black feminist theory, health equity, and the philosophy of science. More specifically, her position is the disparate health outcomes of Black women as the embodied outcome of structural injustice. Tori's past and present projects focus on how scientific knowledge historically and contemporarily subjugate the Black body and alternative ways of knowing the body. You may find her research in "Feminist Media Studies and Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal and the Sociology of Sport Journal." Tori also serves as Vice President of the Physical Cultural Studies Graduate Student Association. Viewing link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwAQQnhCPQc
• February 22 - Nikita Viswasam presents, "When Immigration Became Illegal: Race, Labor, and Asian America." Nikita Viswasam is a PhD student in the Sociology Department focusing on social inequalities, with research interests in immigration, social determinants of health in the U.S., urban sociology, qualitative methodologies, mixed methods, and community-engaged/participatory research. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gBc9dLDX0I
• No episode on February 29; we resume March 7th, 2024.

 

 

February 5, 2024 - Join us and the other members of the Maryland Association of Human Rights Agencies (MAHRA) for Human Rights Day in Annapolis. 10 am to 4 pm at Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library at 1410 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401. Lunch will be provided. Register online at bit.ly/2024-MAHRA

 

February 5, 2024 - Does Your Zip Code Impact Your Whole Life?, our series with PGCMLS, continues with a Black History Month special event on Redlining and Environmental Justice with Howard University Professor Carlton Waterhouse. Set a reminder to join us at 7 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyZe5AE8IMA

 

 

February 6, 2024 at 7 pm - We celebrate Black History Month by welcoming history-in-the-making Khoi Young, a Prince George’s County native who has taken his gymnastic skills to Stanford University and has represented Team USA at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. Learn more about his journey, accomplishments, and barriers that he has overcome to get to where he is now! Khoi Young is a student-athlete currently pursuing his education at Stanford University. Much of his athletic success revolves around gymnastics, where he has proudly represented Team USA in various international competitions, earning multiple medals on the world stage. At school, he is studying product design. He aspires to blend his passion for achieving excellence in athletics with the creation of innovative physical products. His goal is to not only excel in the realm of gymnastics, but to also contribute to the design and development of products that can help the next generation reach their own version of success in sports and in life. Brought to you in partnership with PGCMLS. 

Set a reminder to join us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj-9J75Qvgw

 

February 13, 2024 - Join us with PGCMLS for a Black History Month event with Ethel Morgan Smith in conversation about her award-winning book, Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement.  Set a reminder to join us here at 7:00 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5cg9_j-cp0.

 

Our Rock Banned Book Club with PGCMLS continues on February 14th as we discuss Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Join us at 6:30 pm at the Spauldings Branch Library, 5811 Old Silver Hill Rd, District Heights, MD.

 

February 15, 2024 - 7 pm. Musical Connections - how did a woman in Massachusetts end up giving a more than 100-year-old violin to a police officer in Prince George's County? Join us to hear about their story and the incredible connective and healing power of music. Tune in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se-svXj4uZg