ReBUILDetroit presents “Can We Talk? 2” Oct. 8

Please join us for a screening of Professor Kendall Moore‘s latest documentary film on Friday, Oct. 8, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. This is a virtual event.

Moore’s film is called Can We Talk? 2: Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color about Diversifying STEM Fields, Sense of Belonging and White Allies in STEM. This is the second entry in Moore’s Can We Talk? series that offers candid personal stories about belonging and allyship.

Can We Talk? 2 addresses the important role that allies – those who can influence, adjust, and change the power structure and culture in predominantly white scientific spaces (PWSS) – play by creating a sense of belonging for underrepresented people of color (UR-POC) in the STEM fields. The film provides insights on why and how to respond to the needs of UR-POC in predominantly white spaces.

About Kendall Moore

Moore is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and professor at the University of Rhode Island (URI). Before joining the faculty at URI in 2003, Moore worked as a television journalist, covering medical, health, race, and environmental issues. She has produced numerous independent documentaries that have aired on PBS and debuted at various film festivals, including 1996’s Charm City, 2004’s Song in the Crisis, 2006’s Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor, 2009’s The Good Radical, 2014’s Sick Building, and 2017’s Jalen and Joanna: A Lead Paint Story.

Moore has received several grants and awards for her work, including two Fulbright Scholarships, She earned her bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies from Syracuse University in New York and her master’s degree in media studies and documentary film from The New School for Social Research in New York City. She has completed doctoral research on race, philosophy, and aesthetics at the European Graduate School, Media and Communications in Switzerland. She lives with her husband and daughter in Rhode Island.

Please register by Oct. 1

This screening is sponsored by ReBUILDetroit, part of a consortium comprising the University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne State University with HFC serving as its pipeline partner.

The screening is free. Please register for this screening by Friday, Oct. 1. A Zoom link will be sent to registered participants prior to the screening.

For questions or more information, please contact Dr. Jahzara D.E. Mayes at otoojm@udmercy.edu.