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In the summer of 2022, the U.S. Department of State announced the creation of a new Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, the first mandate of its kind in the U.S. diplomatic corps. On February 21, Desirée Cormier Smith will join us to share reflections from her experience as the inaugural Special Representative and her work carrying out a mission to “protect and advance the human rights of people belonging to marginalized racial and ethnic communities and combat systemic racism, discrimination, and xenophobia around the world.”

Special Representative Cormier Smith will be joined in conversation by Catherine Powell, Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security.

This discussion is cosponsored by the  and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at ������ School of Law.

Lunch will be served. Space is limited. Attendees must comply with University COVID-19 vaccination policies.