Cancelled: Redeeming Public Virtue in a Cancel Culture Age
May 4, 2021

The Veritas Forum
A Conversation about Forgiveness and the Ethics of Cancel Culture hosted by the Veritas Forum at Harvard University. This Forum was generously funded by The Donahue Foundation. • Speakers: Christine Emba, Columnist at The Washington Post Willie Jennings, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University Suzanne Nossel, Chief Executive Officer at PEN America • Moderated by Sung Kwang Oh and Lizzie Bond • Made possible through sponsorship by The Donahue Foundation • Please like, share, subscribe to, and review this podcast.
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