{"id":39265,"date":"2025-01-29T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=39265"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:10","slug":"black-on-the-ballot-centring-black-narratives-in-public-life","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/event\/black-on-the-ballot-centring-black-narratives-in-public-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Black on the Ballot: Centring Black Narratives in Public Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/BOTB-Twitter-1536x864-1.png\" alt=\"Black on the Ballot event graphic\" class=\"wp-image-39267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/BOTB-Twitter-1536x864-1.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/BOTB-Twitter-1536x864-1-160x90.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/BOTB-Twitter-1536x864-1-240x135.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/BOTB-Twitter-1536x864-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/BOTB-Twitter-1536x864-1-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/BOTB-Twitter-1536x864-1-360x203.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Black and African-descended people have been present in Canada for hundreds of years, and yet their voices and stories are often excluded from public life. What new perspectives are gained when Black narratives are included in politics, journalism, and research, and what work is needed to get there?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Inspired by&nbsp;<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Black on the Ballot<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a new podcast and research report documenting the experiences of Black Canadians in politics, this panel will provide a critical look at the experiences of Black Canadians in politics, and the role of the journalists and researchers who chronicle their stories. Panelists will discuss how to increase the number of Black Canadians in public life and offer practical strategies for integrating Black perspectives into politics, journalism, and research.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button \" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/cu_event\/black-on-the-ballot\/\">More Info and Registration<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[111],"cu_event_audience":[34],"class_list":["post-39265","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-homepage-events","cu_event_audience-anyone"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2025-02-11T18:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2025-02-11T20:30:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"RB","cu_event_meeting_room":"2nd Floor Atrium","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/39265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/39265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39270,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/39265\/revisions\/39270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=39265"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=39265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}