On April 1st, Black Law Student Association — with the support of an Affinity Coalition of New England Law | Boston student orgs and committees, including National Lawyers Guild – New England Law | Boston— presents Among Us: an event featuring Dr. Cornel West discussing Imposter Syndrome and the enduring echoes of colonialism. Imposter Syndrome is an issue with which all marginalized communities contend, and which impacts all students, whether they are experiencing it directly or through the effects on their fellow students. Please RSVP through the QR code in the attached flyer.
“The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak.” – Dr. Cornel West
Truth, though sometimes traumatic, painful, and raw, can evolve to hope. As students, our community has come to a point where we recognize the truth surrounding our circumstances. Some of us have been moved to acknowledge this truth. To call it by its name. To remove the hold it has on us, so that truth can evolve to the hope we seek. Hope evolves into action. Action is needed to engineer a different truth for those who succeed us. Separately, it is the responsibility of those with privilege to recognize how their actions and inaction affect the marginalized.
This hybrid event features Dr. Cornel West as the speaker on Imposter Syndrome. Sometimes those seeking to destroy our confidence despite our resilience may be within us or look like us and come from our own circles. In any case, that person or feeling can be identified as being Among Us.
