Please join us on November 9 at 7 p.m. for an opportunity to hear from the host of MSNBC's "Melissa Harris-Perry" and discuss “How Black Lives Matter to American Politics.” As part of the ongoing New Narratives Series, she will address current events happening in black America and our role in addressing these issues.

Presented in partnership with Women’s Empowerment Initiative.

Melissa Harris-Perry, host of her own weekly interactive program focusing on the intersections of culture, art and community on MSNBC, is widely praised for thoughtful, insightful analysis and discussion.

She is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South, and a Presidential Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University.

Harris-Perry is author of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America and the award-winning Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought.