Freedom 2027 Presents: “In Defiance” with Dr. Amilcar Shabazz and Tom Weiner

On Tuesday, January 27 at 7:00 PM, the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State (URCNYS) will host a free Zoom webinar where Dr. Amilcar Shabazz and Tom Weiner present an explanation for the title of their new book, In Defiance, discuss the motivations behind the book, and the origins of their partnership. To register online, click here.

Tom Weiner is a Northampton-based writer, educator, and anti-racism activist who taught for 40 years at Smith College Campus School and co-facilitated workshops on developing healthy boys. He also initiated efforts for a Reparations Commission in Northampton, MA.

Dr. Amilcar Shabazz is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and former president of the National Council for Black Studies. A renowned scholar and commentator, he has worked internationally and guided Amherst’s African Heritage Reparations Assembly in establishing one of the U.S.’s first funded reparative justice processes.