September 30, 2019: “How Dr. Hakim Williams Began Studying Peace and Justice”

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Dr. Hakim Williams, Associate Professor of Africana Studies (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College)

Dr. Hakim Williams, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Africana Studies & Director of Peace and Justice Studies (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College)

In season three, episode four of “On Target,” Pontz and Frasier discuss the presidential installation festivities, Salsa on the Square, and The Gettysburgian‘s new magazine. Then, they sit down with Dr. Hakim Williams, Interim Chair and Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Director of Peace and Justice Studies, about the CONAPP Peace & Justice Conference and the Peace and Justice program at Gettysburg.

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Author: Benjamin Pontz

Benjamin Pontz '20 served as Editor-in-Chief of The Gettysburgian from 2018 until 2020, Managing News Editor from 2017 until 2018, News Editor in the spring of 2017, and Staff Writer during the fall of 2016. During his tenure, he wrote 232 articles. He led teams that won two first place Keystone Press Awards for ongoing news coverage (once of Bob Garthwait's resignation, and the other of Robert Spencer's visit to campus) and was part of the team that wrote a first-place trio of editorials in 2018. He also received recognition for a music review he wrote in 2019. A political science and public policy major with a music minor, he graduated in May of 2020 and will pursue a master's degree in public policy on a Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Manchester before enrolling in law school.

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