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LANCASTER – Antelope Valley College’s Division of Social and Behavioral Science will host\u00a0Breaking Barriers: A Night with Tim Wise<\/em>\u00a0on Monday, Feb. 26.<\/p>\n There will be two sessions — 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m — in the AVC Performing Arts Theatre, located at 3041 West Avenue K in Lancaster.<\/p>\n This event is free and open to the public, but limited seating is available.\u00a0 The first 200 people attending the event will have an opportunity to receive Tim Wise’s book “Under the\u00a0Affluence”<\/em> free of charge. Tickets are available at\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/TimWise_AVC<\/a>. View a flyer for this event here<\/a>.<\/p>\n There is no minimum age to attend this event, however, guests are encouraged to be mindful of the topics\u00a0discussed and use their judgment for this educational opportunity with children under 12. Parking lots 3 & 5 are closest to the venue, and parking will be free in those lots only.<\/p>\n Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. He has spent the\u00a0past 25 years speaking to audiences in all 50 states, on more than 1,000 college and high school campuses, at\u00a0hundreds of professional and academic conferences, and to community groups across the country.\u00a0\u00a0He has also lectured internationally, in Canada and Bermuda, and has trained corporate, government,\u00a0entertainment, media, law enforcement, military, and medical industry professionals on methods for dismantling\u00a0racism in their institutions. Wise has provided anti-racism training to educators and administrators nationwide.<\/p>\n In this speech, drawn from his newest book,\u00a0Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and\u00a0Jeopardizing the Future of America<\/em>, Tim Wise examines the ways in which American politics and culture serve to\u00a0rationalize inequalities on the basis of class and race.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LANCASTER – Antelope Valley College’s Division of Social and Behavioral Science will host\u00a0Breaking Barriers: A Night with Tim Wise\u00a0on Monday, Feb. 26. There will be two sessions — 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m — in the AVC Performing Arts Theatre, located at 3041 West Avenue K in Lancaster. This event is free and open to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About Tim Wise<\/strong><\/h3>\n