Wolfson College In Conversation with Chief Sydney Roberts
A recording of the event will be available shortly after here : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkW4f98b10Sg-mFVq7rxNag
Wolfson alumna Chief Sydney Roberts will return to our stage as the Wolfson Role Model Series TT2021 speaker. Sydney Roberts is the Chief Administrator for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) in Chicago, Illinois with full administrative investigative authority of officer involved shootings, deaths in custody or as a result of police action as well as complaints of excessive force, illegal search and seizure, domestic violence, denial of counsel, coercion and sex and race based verbal abuse. Roberts holds a BSc from the University of Delaware, a MSc in criminology from Wolfson College, University of Oxford and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers School of Law, Newark, NJ.
Wolfson’s President Sir Tim Hitchens will open the conversation and our very own Justine Bent, who holds a BSc in Criminal Justice and is currently reading for a MSc in African Studies at Wolfson College, will guide through the evening.
Date: 18 May 2021, 19:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2021)
Venue: YouTube link : https://youtu.be/b-aLY6_1WjY
Speakers: Chief Sydney Roberts (COPA), Justine Bent (Wolfson College)
Organising department: Wolfson College
Organiser: Maribel Schonewolff (Wolfson College)
Organiser contact email address: bame.rep@wolfson.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Maribel Schonewolff (Wolfson College), Sir Tim Hitchens (University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/event/wolfson-college-conversation-sydney-roberts
Audience: Public
Editor: Maribel Schonewolff