Clint Smith of The Atlantic kicks off UR series
Holly Rodriguez | 9/8/2022, 6 p.m.
The University of Richmond Jepson Leadership Forum series will begin with New York Times best-selling author, and The Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 14, on campus at the Queally Center for Admission and Career Services, 142 UR Drive.
This year’s series “Finding Our Way on the Heels of Failure,” will explore “past and present failures in leadership and followership by shining a spotlight on times where we could — and should — have done better,” according to a UR news release.
Topics will include U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, climate change, the U.S. COVID-19 response, historical memory and racism, and higher education crises.
Mr. Smith will discuss “Historical Memory and Racism.” He is the author of “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.” The work received several awards, including becoming a New York Times best-seller and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction. His poetry collection, “Counting Descent” won the 2017 Literary Award for Best Poetry Book from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The registration form can be found on the university’s website at: jepson.richmond.edu/
