Prof. Maureen O’Connell on ‘Undoing the Knots’ of Racism
Reading and Q&A with Prof. Maureen O’Connell
Monday, February 27, 7:30 p.m. E.T.
Registration with a $5 donation is required. Once registered, you will receive an email with the Zoom link.
You must also be registered to receive the full recording following the event.
On February 27, Call To Action will host Dr. Maureen O’Connell, author of Undoing the Knot: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness. O’Connell will discuss her book and then participate in a facilitated Q&A session.
A mix of the personal, historical, and theological, O’Connell places her Irish Catholic family’s history in the context of racism and white supremacy. As she traces five generations of her family, from the time they immigrated to the United States to the present, O’Connell weaves in how the larger American Catholic population became white and the implication this has had on American Catholicism, including American Catholic identity, social structure and parish boundaries, and social activism. O’Connell’s well-researched work is also deeply personal, as she works to detangle the many knots of racism and whiteness embedded in both her family and daily life.
This event requires registration with a $5 donation. Register here.
This reading and Q&A session will also be recorded; you must register to receive the recording following the event.
About Maureen O’Connell
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Dr. Maureen O’Connell is an associate professor of Christian ethics at La Salle University. She received her Ph.D. in theological ethics from Boston College and previously taught in the theology department at Fordham University.
A native of Philadelphia, O’Connell is active in faith and justice initiatives in her community. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, she is a member of POWER Philadelphia (Philadelphians Organizing to Witness, Empower, and Rebuild), an interfaith coalition of more than thirty congregations committed to making Philadelphia the city of “just love” through faith-based community organizing.
