Political activist Dr. Angela Davis spoke to Penn State students, faculty, and staff Monday night about a variety of topics, including mass incarceration and how to be a better ally.
The Q&A session was the first of many events sponsored by the Restorative Justice Initiative in its
Davis has spent her whole life fighting the injustice of racism and the systems that have created and fostered it. In the early 70s, she was a member of the Black Panther Party and an all-Black branch of the Communist Party. Her connection to communism led to her being fired by UCLA, but she was able to fight to retain her job until her contract expired.