City of Waterloo issued the following announcement on Dec. 3.
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, MacArthur Genius Award winner will be the featured speaker at an International Human Rights Day virtual event, Thursday, December 10, 2020 – 6:30 PM. Hanna-Jones, a Waterloo native, will participate in a one hour conversation with local leaders. Local participants include: Director Abraham L. Funchess, Jr. Waterloo Commission on Human Rights; Reverend Dr. Dave Kivett, Cedar Heights Community Presbyterian Church; and NAACP President LaTanya Graves.
Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart will give opening comments and Waterloo Commission on Human Rights member Eric Donat will make an additional presentation to Hannah-Jones.
International Human Rights Day is celebrated every year world-wide on December 10. “This year as we ‘Stand Up for Human Rights’ we are proud, privileged and ecstatic to engage nationally-renown journalist and native of Waterloo Nikole Hannah-Jones, who has influenced state and national discourse on issues of race and racial equity,” says Funchess. “Show your support for human rights by tuning in to this historic online discussion.”
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Waterloo
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