University of Illinois Press Publishing Symposium
February 15, 2019
Levis Faculty Center, 909 West Illinois St., Urbana, IL
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Keynote Address: #PublishingWhileBlack: Reflections on “Diversity,” Antiracism, and Equity
Speaker: Jill Petty, Former Editor for South End Press, Beacon Press, and Northwestern University Press
In this wide-ranging yet personal talk, editor, activist, and educator Jill Petty reflects on her 15 + year career in social justice publishing, and share assessments of efforts to “diversify” publishing and other knowledge production industries. Petty will touch on her recent move away from traditional/corporate book publishing, and explore her engagements with explicitly radical houses; the former South End Press editor/publisher now consults for Haymarket Books. She will also discuss her new communications post with the Kellogg Foundation, a philanthropic organization that centers racial equity and community health.
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