Global Summit XVIII
Join us, for our 18th year of serving the Erie community with a new Global Summit lineup of groundbreaking researchers, writers, and presenters. The JES invites speakers from around the world to speak on a broad range of globally important issues each year as part of our Global Summit Speaker Series.
View the entire lineup here: Global Summit XVIII
VIRTUAL - The 1619 Project: Examining the Origins of American Slavery 400 Years Later
November 4th,2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
ZOOM
Speaker: Nikole Hannah-Jones
Location: ZOOM – A link to access the event will be sent to you in a seperate email.
Date/Time: Wednesday, November 4th 7:00-8:30pm
Admission: $25.00
In Partnership with:
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize, Peabody and Emmy-winning journalist at The New York Times. She is the creator of the 1619 Project, one of the nation's most banned texts, which was targeted by federal legislation and a presidential commission under Donald Trump. Hannah-Jones is an institution builder, and this summer, she will open The North Star Books + Bar, a literary salon in her neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
