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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; King&#8217;s College will host a panel discussion on questions of race and social justice in the wake of events in Ferguson, Missouri.</p><p>The panel will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 in the Burke Auditorium, William G. McGowan School of Business, on North River Street. Parking will be available in on-campus lots.</p><p>The panel discussion, &#8220;After Ferguson: Law and Order, Race, Poverty, and Social Justice,&#8221; will be an opportunity for the King&#8217;s College and Wilkes-Barre communities to participate in a discussion about race and race relations that has unfolded since the shooting death of Michael Brown and similar violent incidents igniting outrage and protest in New York and Baltimore.</p><p>The panelists will include former chairman of the Missouri Republic Party Ed Martin, president of the Wilkes-Barre NAACP Larry Singleton, Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis and Gerard &#8220;Jerry&#8221; Dessoye, executive director of Campus Safety and Security at King&#8217;s and former chief of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.</p><p>Each participant will speak for approximately 10 minutes, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.</p><p>The panel discussion will also focus on the many issues that have come to the fore &#8220;after Ferguson&#8221; which include the cold realities of police work, the public craving for security, the roots of crime, deeply-rooted mistrust of police among non-white citizens and residents, the nation&#8217;s legacy of black poverty and doubts about the soundness of the criminal justice system.</p><p>For more information, contact Dr. Bernard Prusak, director of the McGowan Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility, at 570-208-5900, ext. 5689 or e-mail BernardPrusak@kings.edu.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Travis Kellar</p><p>tkellar@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Travis Kellar at 570-991-6389 or on Twitter @TLNews</p></shirttailMeta></div>

King’s College to host ‘Ferguson’ forum next week