The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody sent shockwaves across the globe. In the months that followed, millions of people marched for racial justice. Calls and promises for change came in almost every sector of American life.

Nearly a year later, what has changed? Have we answered the calls for systemic change? Have we helped to bend the arc of the moral universe any closer toward justice?

This May, the Westminster Town Hall Forum is featuring a special series of talks by racial justice leaders we hope will address those questions and more.

We are calling the series “The Arc Toward Justice: Taking Stock One Year After George Floyd’s Death.”

Deborah Archer

Race, Civil Rights, and the Law

Deborah Archer was elected in 2021 as the eighth President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and is the first person of color to lead that organization in its over 100-year history. She is a Professor of Clinical Law at the New York University School of Law as well as faculty director of the Law School’s Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law.