Location:📍 Open Works
1400 Greenmount Avenue Baltimore, MD 21202

Cost: Free or pay what you can

Dr. Tina Lasisi joins Circles of Voices to examine what it means to be human, and the ongoing impacts of racism in America. This workshop, organized by J.C. Faulk and Dr. Briana Pobiner, is designed to give you space to address your concerns about discrimination in the United States while learning what evolutionary science has to say about human diversity.

More than six thousand participants have attended Circles of Voices community workshops to discuss the impact of racism and other isms. This is an opportunity to examine where we are and where we are going in this age of increased discrimination and marginalization of people of color in the United States. 

To encourage open discussion, this event won’t be recorded. A recap will be available on The Leakey Foundation blog.

Join us for what will be an enlightening experience.

This program is presented in partnership by Circles of Voices, the American Association of Biological Anthropologists, and The Leakey Foundation.

Dr. Tina Lasisi is a biological anthropologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan with an interest in studying the evolution and genetics of human hair and skin. In addition to her academic work, she is very active as a science communicator. She hosts a show on PBS Terra called Why Am I Like This? and you can find her on Instagram and Tiktok. She aims to provide people with the knowledge and tools to understand how we can study human variation and how it matters in everything from cosmetics, to technology and medicine.