Seattle University School of Law’s Critical Justice Initiative welcomes scholars and students from across the country for a special Valentines Week discussion in the Organizing & Advocacy for Justice Virtual Speaker Series, which features authors and activists whose work contributes to the pursuit of materially felt racial and economic justice.

This webinar will feature Dean Spade, professor of law at Seattle University School of Law. Professor Spade will discuss his new book Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together, in conversation with Critical Justice Initiative Co-Director and Seattle U Law Distinguished Professor Angela Harris and commentator Adrienne Davis, William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law at Washington University School of Law and a founder & co-director of the Law & Culture Initiative.

Webinar link: https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/95848940195

Date: February 12
Time: 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET
Location: Virtual

A link to the webinar will be shared the day before the event with everyone who RSVPs. If you have any questions, please contact the Critical Justice Initiative Co-Director, Steven Bender, benders@seattleu.edu. 

About Professor Spade's New Book

Lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of liberation and resistance. Many activist projects and resistance groups fall apart because people treat each other poorly, trying desperately to live out the cultural myths about dating and relationships that we are fed from an early age. 

How do we divest from the idea that one romantic partner will be the solution to all our problems? How do we bring our best thinking about freedom and justice into step with our desires for healing and connection?  

Love in a F*cked-Up World is a resounding call to action and a practical manifesto for how to combat cultural scripts and take our relationships into our own hands, preparing us for the work of changing the world.