Associate Justice of the Mass. Superior Court Angel Kelley will join the Chelsea Black Community (CBC) in a virtual conversation tonight (Thursday) at 6 p.m.
The topic of the event will be “Injustice Everywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere.”
CBC President Joan Cromwell invites Chelsea residents to participate in the special conversation with Kelley, an eminent legal scholar, about the Massachusetts criminal justice system.
Last week’s CBC event was a virtual discussion following the short film, “Assumptions and Stereotypes.”
Chelsea resident Khalil Saddiq, a racial equity consultant for non-profit organizations, did a superb job generating opinions about the film and engaging residents in a conversation about incidents they had experienced in their lives.
Khalil Saddiq will lead a discussion of short film at Feb. 10 CBC event
When CBC President Joan Cromwell needed a community leader to facilitate the Feb. 10 discussion on the short film “Assumptions and Stereotypes,” she reached out to Khalil Saddiq.
A resident of Grove Street across from Chelsea City Hall, Saddiq responded to Cromwell that he “loved” the idea and was grateful to have the opportunity to contribute to the CBC’s Black History Month schedule of events.
Saddiq, 47, is certainly well qualified in his professional career to moderate the discussion and offer his own viewpoints. He is a racial equity consultant for non-profits and is moving into the for-profit space.
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