Social Justice Café examines U.S. Capitol insurrection Feb. 23

Social Justice Café will host a virtual conversation on Feb. 16 to discuss motivators and facilitators of the attack of the U.S. Capitol. The University of Alabama at Birmingham will host a Social Justice Café conversation examining the motivators and facilitators of violent extremism that led to the attack on the United States Capitol. 

The free virtual event will be from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 23. Lead speakers, Claire Greenstein, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Political Science, as well as Jordan Kiper, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, will examine the motivators and facilitators of violent extremism that led the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  

“The point is to give anyone who wants to join a space to talk about this event – its impact, what we do going forward,” said Courtney Andrews, program director at UAB’s Institute for Human Rights.     

Social Justice Café is a bimonthly community lecture and conversation series sponsored by UAB’s Student Multicultural and Diversity Programs.