{"id":23320,"date":"2022-02-01T14:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T19:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=23320"},"modified":"2022-02-02T14:17:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T19:17:59","slug":"appalachian-studies-association-to-host-webinar-on-race-in-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/appalachian-studies-association-to-host-webinar-on-race-in-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Appalachian Studies Association to host webinar on race in the region"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Appalachian Studies Association (ASA), which is headquartered at Marshall University, is co-sponsoring a Zoom webinar from 4 to 5 p.m. EST Monday, Feb. 7, along with the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Programs at Western Carolina University, titled \u201cRace in Appalachia: A Conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis webinar recalibrates race as a continuous and central topic of life in Appalachia,\u201d said Ricardo Nazario y Col\u00f3n, vice president of ASA. \u201cThe representation of various lenses seeks a holistic conversation. We hope you will join us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenters will introduce their work at the intersection of race and region followed by a conversation facilitated by Nazario y Col\u00f3n, and Meredith McCarroll, president of ASA. The presenters will include the following:<\/p>\n