Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 focuses on making cities safe, inclusive, and resilient. How well have US cities created the conditions for clean water and air, renewable energy, public transport, quality education, decent work and economic growth, and inclusion of people of African descent? 

Justin Hansford, Professor of Law at Howard University and Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, as well as a member of the U.N. Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, along with Howard University law students will be sharing their research about US cities commitments to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in communities of people of African descent. Their research measures the well-being of the Afro-descendant population, including their quality of life in select US cities using the SDG targets and indicators as units of measure. Their analysis extends beyond a singular focus or goal, but sheds light on structural patterns of inequality that threaten to derail achievement of the SDGs by 2030. 

Join us virtually on Wednesday, April 26 from 10:30am-11:30am for a live presentation and discussion.