OSI-Baltimore, in collaboration with Baltimore Ceasefire and the University of Baltimore College of Public Affairs, will host the next “Talking About Race” event, “Mothers of the Movement Speak,” a town hall discussion led by mothers who have lost children to police and gun violence, at the University of Baltimore H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons.

Diana Morris, Director of OSI, and Erricka Bridgeford of Baltimore Ceasefire will open the event that features a panel discussion and Q&A with Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice; Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; and Marion Gray-Hopkins, mother of Gary Albert Hopkins, Jr., and moderated by Bakari Kitwana, author and founder of Rap Sessions. Participants will then break into smaller groups for more in-depth discussions, moderated by members of Baltimore Ceasefire.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is requested.