Dwight A. McBride

Nov 20, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Mike Harrington |Justin A. Joyce |Dwight A. McBride |Heather Richardson

Jackson, Mississippi (2017) | Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress / Public DomainJackson is the capital city of the state of Mississippi and was named after the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson (who was responsible for the Trail of Tears—one of many forced relocation marches for people who were Indigenous to the land—and a slave owner).

Sep 26, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed |Kateryna Botanova |Maria Bucur |Dwight A. McBride

Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Skovoroda-300 forum in Pereiaslav, Ukraine (2022) | President of Ukraine / Public DomainIn the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the international community rallied behind Ukrainians’ determination to defend their country. Vital financial aid was accompanied by efforts to better understand a nation that did not surrender in the face of the Russian military forces that overwhelmingly surpassed the Ukrainian capacities.