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12:00 pm EST
September 21, 2026

Brooklyn Law School Moot Courtroom, 250 Joralemon St

250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn NY 11201 United States

Non-Fiction

Free

Breaking and Rebuilding

As our social and political systems continue to falter—or fall apart completely before our eyes—many of us have started to interrogate what progress looks like, both now and in the more distant future. What do we need to change about our society, and about ourselves? Three writers—Saeed Jones (The People’s Project), Scaachi Koul (Sucker Punch), and Maris Kreizman (I Want to Burn This Place Down)—discuss the myths we must leave behind, what we can hold onto in the present, and how to imagine a better tomorrow for ourselves and each other. Moderated by Christopher Shay, The Nation.

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