February 07, 2023
Penn State panelists to join ‘Frederick Douglass Project’ discussion Feb. 8
![A man of color with a full head of hair and beard looks solemnly off the frame into the distance.](https://arts.psu.edu/assets/uploads/news/_860xAUTO_fit_center-center_80_none/Frederick_Douglass_circa_1879.jpg)
A panel of seven featuring members of the Penn State and Black education communities will join audience discussions after “The Frederick Douglass Project.” Emmy Award-winning actor Keith David will deliver the dramatic reading of a speech by the legendary 19th-century American abolitionist in the free program. The virtual event will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, via Zoom. It is co-presented by the Center for the Performing Arts and Theater of War Productions. The program is free, but registration is required. Visit “The Frederick Douglass Project” for more information and to register. After the reading, the Penn State-affiliated panelists will prompt discussion about the speech. Event Director Bryan Doerries and company community liaison Dominic Dupont will moderate a public, townhall-style audience discussion. The panelists are:
- Natnael Abate, fourth-year Penn State student majoring in biobehavioral health with a minor in human development and family studies;
- Alessandra Ayoub, first-year criminology student at Penn State Wilkes-Barre;
- Avery Chahl, doctoral candidate in Penn State College of Health and Human Development;
- Janel Moore-Almond, 2018 recipient of the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and curriculum writer and reviewer for the Colored Conventions Project;
- Ava Starks, third-year Penn State student and president of the Student Black Caucus;
- Julio Toussaint, a student at Penn State Abington and member of the Black Student Union; and
- Terry Watson, assistant director of Penn State Student Disability Services and founder of Strategies for Justice at Battle with Moses People LLC.
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