Conversations for the Common Good
Bloomsburg University presents its latest “Conversations for the Common Good” event, featuring a screening of a segment from Retro Report followed by a community discussion with a panel that includes a former NBA player and a recent Pan American Games gold medalist.
The event, which is open free to the public, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. in Carver Hall’s Gross Auditorium.
Retro Report is a new Public Broadcasting System (PBS) news-magazine production premiering this fall that delves into the background behind contemporary controversies. The segment to be screened explores the longer history behind National Anthem protests of athletes like Colin Kaepernick and Megan Rapinoe, including precedents to their actions in events like the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
VIA Public Media’s Larry Vojtko will moderate the discussion to follow, with panelists including:
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, former NBA player and activist
Gwendolyn Berry, 2019 Pan American Games gold medalist and activist
Amira Rose Davis, assistant professor of history at Penn State
Mat Spolar, producer of the Retro Report on PBS
The discussion will be recorded for later broadcast by VIA Public Media.
