<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/class/news/archive/2020/august/ruha-benjamin-mcgovern-lecture/index.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>09/01/2022 05:59:58 PM</pubDate><title>Ruha Benjamin Headlines the McGovern Lecture and Kicks Off the first CLASS 2020-21 Lecture Series on Race and Social Justice</title><subtitle/><description>The University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) is pleased to announce that noted scholar, author, and Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, Ruha Benjamin, Ph.D., will deliver the 2020 John P. McGovern Award Lecture in Family, Health, and Human Values.  Benjamin’s address will serve as the kickoff to the CLASS 2020-21 Lecture Series on Race and Social Justice, a series of seven lectures on race and social justice topics, beginning September 17, 2020.</description><author>Toni Mooney Smith 713-743-9303</author><author-email>tymooney@central.uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories/></item>