Join us for a live conversation on Substack with Anurima Bhargava and Thom Powers on Friday March 14 at 11am PST/2 pm EST.
They'll be discussing the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a spokesperson for Columbia student protestors who was arrested by ICE last week, raising deep concerns over First Amendment rights.
Anurima Bhargava is a documentary producer and an attorney. She was an eyewitness to the Columbia protests in spring 2024. She is the Founder and CEO of Anthem of Us, a strategic advisory and consulting firm that centers dignity, justice, and belonging in schools, workplaces and communities. From 2010-2016, Bhargava led federal civil rights enforcement and policy in schools and higher education institutions nationwide at the U.S. Department of Justice. She directed the education practice at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where from 2004-2010, she advised and litigated seminal cases related to schools and higher education institutions, including in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Anurima has also advised and executive produced numerous documentary films and projects; including the Oscar-nominated and Peabody winner Writing With Fire, Peabody Winner While We Watched, Our Body Politic, A Shot At History and The Vow.
Hear Thom’s interview with Paul Cronin, who spent years creating a massive oral history about the Columbia University student uprising in 1968. The episode was recorded in last May, a few days after Columbia University called in police again to quell student protests. Suddenly, Paul's research has a new currency as people seek comparisons between campus protests in 1968 and 2024. Watch the 90-minute version of A Time to Stir on Vimeo for free.
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