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IU McKinney School of Law student chapters of the American Constitution Society (ACS) and Black Law Students Association will partner with the Indianapolis NAACP to present a forum on “Critical Race Theory: What It Is, What It Is Not, and Its Impact on American History Education.”

The event, on Wednesday, February 16 from 5:30-7:30 pm., will be presented as a webinar and in person for the first 50 registrants to reserve a seat in the Wynne Courtroom. All attendees should register in advance at https://bit.ly/CRTpanel. If registrants would like to attend in person, they should also fill out the form linked at the bottom of the webinar registration.

Panelists include:

• Indiana NAACP President Barbara Bolling
• Indiana State Senator Scott Baldwin (R-Noblesville)
• Indiana State Representative Bob Behning (R-Indianapolis)
• Indiana State Senator Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis)
• Mike Gonzalez, senior fellow, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy and Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Fellow at the Heritage Foundation
• Kevin D. Brown, Richard S. Melvin Professor, IU Maurer School of Law
• Russ Skiba, professor in the IU School Psychology program and director of the Equity Project at Indiana University

Cassidy Segura Clouse, a 3L law student and founding member of the McKinney chapter of ACS, worked closely with Garry Holland, the Indianapolis NAACP education chair, on lead poisoning prevention initiatives in the past and was happy to partner with the organization again to present this forum at the law school.

“When he [Holland] reached out to me with this power panel, I knew it was an impactful event in the making,” Clouse said. “Both the reality of our country’s history and the central tenets of CRT have been subject to much mischaracterization. It is my hope that this forum will be just that—an opportunity for community members and legislators to engage in meaningful conversation about education policy in Indiana.”