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On聽Monday, April 14, 2025, historian Mary Phillips, in conversation with聽Rethinking Schools聽editor聽Jesse Hagopian and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones, will discuss her book,听. This is the first biography of Ericka Huggins, a queer Black woman who brought spiritual self-care practices to the Black Panther Party.

A remarkable story of awakening, commitment, grit, and fearlessness in the wake of personal pain, grassroots struggle, and state violence. This first-ever historical biography of Ericka Huggins is itself a meditation on the pertinence and power of spiritual wellness and encourages us to consider what a radically holistic movement for liberation might need. Wholly original and illuminating!鈥澛� 鈥� Rhonda Y. Williams, author of聽Concrete Demands: The Search for Black Power in the 20th Century

滨苍听, Mary Frances Phillips gives us a tender rendering of Ericka Huggins鈥檚 prison organizing and path to spiritual wellness. The cross-fertilization of radical resistance with care strategies captures a more nuanced portrait of the Black Panther Party. 鈥斅燯la Y. Taylor, author of聽The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam

聽is associate professor of Africana Studies at Lehman College, City University of New York. Her interdisciplinary research agenda focuses on race and gender in post-1945 social movements and the carceral state, and her research areas include the Modern Black Freedom Struggle, Black Feminism, and Black Power Studies. Outside of the academy, her essays have been featured in the聽Huffington Post,听Ms. Magazine聽blog,听New Black Man (in Exile),听Colorlines,听Vibe Magazine, Black Youth Project, and the African American Intellectual History Society鈥檚 blog,听Black Perspectives.

ASL interpretation provided.

Professional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees.