Care Conversations
Authors and Activists
Interactive discussions on recent books to push the boundaries of academia and activism.
Grandmothering While Black: A Twenty-First Century Story of Love, Coercion, and Survival
LaShawnDa Pittman, Ph.D
Grandmothering While Black illuminates the strategies used by African American grandmothers raising grandchildren to manage their legal marginalization from parents and the state. Author Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman of the University of Washington Seattle engaged in a lively discussion with Lynn Ng Yu Ling of the University of Victoria, Fayana Richards of the Michigan Public Health Institute, and Barb Taylor of the King County Kinship Collaboration.
Family Life in the Time of COVID: International Perspectives
Ayesha Khan
Senior Research Fellow, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Program, OID
Gabriela Marzonetto
Visiting Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame University
Sadiyya Haffejee
Associate Professor and Practicing Psychologist, Centre for Social Development, Africa
