Survivor of Police Violence to Share Story March 28
Journalist, Professor Roberto Rodríguez to Speak at Ohio Wesleyan University
DELAWARE, Ohio – While photographing a riot in East Los Angeles, journalist Roberto Rodríguez ended up first in the hospital and then in court – accused of using his camera to attack police. He was acquitted of the crime and later successfully sued the sheriff’s department over the incident that nearly cost him his life.
More than 35 years later, Rodríguez, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Mexican-American Studies at the University of Arizona, an award-winning journalist, and the author of multiple books including “Justice: A Question of Race,” which documents his seven-and-a-half-year quest for justice following the 1979 event.
Rodríguez will visit Ohio Wesleyan University on March 28 to present “The Violence of Not-Belonging: A Survivor of Police Violence Speaks on Institutionalized Violence against Indigenous, Black, and Brown Communities.” He will speak at 4 p.m. in Benes Room C of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware.
His presentation is sponsored by Ohio Wesleyan’s Poverty, Equity, and Social Justice Course Connection; Honors Program; Modern Foreign Languages Department; Philosophy Department; Sociology/Anthropology Department; Women’s and Gender Studies Program; and Latin American Studies Program. For more information, contact Shari Stone-Mediatore, Ph.D., professor of philosophy, at ssstonem@owu.edu.
Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts universities. Located in Delaware, Ohio, the private university offers 87 undergraduate majors and competes in 23 NCAA Division III varsity sports. Ohio Wesleyan combines a challenging, internationally focused curriculum with off-campus learning and leadership opportunities to connect classroom theory with real-world experience. OWU’s 1,675 students represent 43 U.S. states and territories and 33 countries. Ohio Wesleyan is featured in the book “Colleges That Change Lives,” listed on the latest President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, and included in the U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review “best colleges” lists. Learn more at www.owu.edu.