Join Professor Bernadette Atuahene for an engaging conversation centered on her acclaimed book, Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America. Professor Atuahene will share stories from her research, offer insights, and engage the audience in an interactive discussion about racial justice, housing, and policy. This event is designed to foster reflection, dialogue, and a deeper understanding of the systemic forces shaping Black homeownership.

Bernadette Atuahene is a Harvard and Yale-trained property law scholar whose work focuses on land and homes stolen from Black people. She currently holds the Duggan Chair at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. Atuahene has served as a judicial clerk at the South African Constitutional Court, worked as a consultant for the South African Land Claims Commission, and practiced at a global law firm called Cleary Gottlieb. She is the author of We Want What’s Ours: Learning from South Africa’s Land Restitution Program, and she directed and produced an award-winning short documentary film about one South African family’s struggle to regain their land. Atuahene has won several accolades and has published extensively in both academic journals and news outlets such as the New York Times and LA Times.