Difficult Dialogues: Unpacking Whiteness (what it means to say that 麻豆免费版下载Boulder is "so white")
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The event was Wednesday September 9th, 2020 from 12:00pm - 1:15pm MT and will feature Max Boykoff from Environmental Studies, Sam Flaxman from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,Bethy Leonardi from Education, and Phaedra Pezzullo from Communication.
*Please note that we actively choose not to record Difficult Dialogues events, given the sensitive nature of topics and questions that may be asked in response to the selected topics.