Forward with Hope: Never Shall We Forget

The Legacy of Lt. Richard W. Collins III

The Forward with Hope program aims to engage the community in meaningful conversation about the impact of the 2017 murder of Lt. Richard W. Collins III by a University of Maryland student just days before Lt. Collins’ graduation from Bowie State University. The annual Social Justice Alliance Spring Symposium brings together the Bowie State University and the University of Maryland communities to forge solutions out of tragedy, specifically focused on hate crime legislation and the climate of race relations on college campuses.

Spring 2021 Symposium

• Friday, April 23, 2021, 1:30-3 p.m.

Inspired by race scholar Ibram X. Kendi’s New York Times op-ed, “Racial Progress Is Real. But So Is Racist Progress,” the panel discussion by social justice scholars and leaders will address the challenges of confronting racism throughout society, while advocating for racial equity. American history has shown us that even as society makes significant gains in racial progress in an anti-racism movement, white supremacy, anti-Blackness and racism also increases. How do we as scholars, students, advocates and leaders address these racist forces that threaten to undo the racial progress we have made?