‘Real Talk’ program to focus on the judicial system and black males

The panel discussion “Gone ’Til November: Why the Judicial System Fails the Black American Male” will be at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 23, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

This event is the fifth program in the year-long series of public discussions “Real Talk: A Community Conversation – The Black American Male and Why He Still Matters in the 21st Century,” being presented by UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The final installment “I am a Man! Black, Male and Gay” will be presented Thursday, May 21.

Panelists for the April 23 discussion are LaDonté Lee, Communities in Schools re-entry site coordinator, Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office; Garry McFadden, a detective with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department; Toussaint Romain, assistant public defender, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Defender’s Office; Rev. Don Thomas Jr., director of community outreach, Exodus Foundation; and Erik Turner, assistant principal, Bruns Academy, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

Register online for this free event or call 704-687-6188 before April 17. Parking will be offered for $5 in the lots directly across Ninth Street and directly across Brevard Street from UNC Charlotte Center City.