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The Center for Political Communication proudly co-sponsored an alumni networking event on November 12, 2015, at NPR Headquarters in Washington, DC. CPC

The panel started with a request not typically heard from most moderators: “I want to see cell phones in your hands. I want to see the blue light on your face.”

Cartoonist Keith Knight believes that black lives do matter and that the time has come for a change in the way law enforcement and the criminal justice system treat black youths.

Comedian and author Maz Jobrani said he hopes that the perception of Middle Easterners by Americans will become more positive as cultural stereotypes are replaced.

Scholar and public commentator James Braxton Peterson spoke to a UD audience about what he called the “powerful and emerging” Black Lives Matter movement.

Author, journalist and University of Delaware alumnus Peter Bailey advocates an honest discussion on race that would replace the misconceptions and divisions that seem to define racial relations.

When Facebook users see favorable comments on the social media site about a political candidate, those opinions positively influence their own views of the politician.

Journalist Bill Plante opened the 2015 National Agenda series by describing his experiences in the early days of the civil rights movement.

Veteran broadcast journalist Bill Plante believes the responsibility for change in the political and public policy arenas depends on careful decisions by an informed and concerned electorate.

The Center for Political Communication’s 2015 National Agenda speaker series, “Race in America: Conversations About Identity and Equality,” opens Sept. 9.