Dr. Ingrid Waldron Invites You to the Launch of Her New Book: From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Impacts of Racial Trauma in Black Communities from the Colonial Era to the Present.

Join Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Professor and HOPE Chair in Peace and Health, Global Peace and Social Justice Program, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University) for the launch of her new book From the Enlightenment to Black Lives Matter: Tracing the Impacts of Racial Trauma in Black Communities from the Colonial Era to the Present.

She will deliver a presentation on the main themes and findings in her book and will then sit down with Dr. Alpha Abebe (Associate Professor, Communications Studies and Media Arts, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University) for a more in-depth conversation about the book’s main arguments.

Come join us for an evening of conversation, music and food as we celebrate the launch of Dr. Waldron’s new book.

Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Time: 5:30pm – 8:30pm

Location: McMaster’s Continuing Education Building, Room 204 (1 James Street North, Hamilton, Ontario (Corner of King and James Street), take the lobby elevators up to the 2^nd) 

Free entry and a free catered meal.

Co-Sponsored By:

• Africa and Black Diaspora Studies
• Advanced Research in Mental Health and Society
• McMaster Office of Community Engagement
• Centre for Global Peace, Justice and Health
• McMaster Institute for Health Equity
• Centre for Human Rights and Restorative Justice
• African-Caribbean Faculty Association of McMaster
• Global Peace and Social Justice Program
• Global Health Program
• Afro Canadian Caribbean Association of Hamilton
• Canadian Black Nurses Alliance at McMaster
• Black Aspiring Physicians Student Group at McMaster
• McMaster Library