Christopher Petrella

Dr. Christopher Petrella, the Associate Director of Advocacy at Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research, is a prominent figure in developing political education curricula for Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp.

With his extensive writing and scholarship, Christopher delves into the intellectual histories of race and resistance in the United States, earning recognition in The New York Times, NPR, and CNN, while contributing regularly to The Washington Post. He is currently penning his first book, 'Real White: Histories of White Supremacy in New England,' challenging the region's self-image of racial piety.

A first-generation-to-college scholar, Christopher boasts a diverse academic background with a B.A. in Religious Studies from Bates College, an M.T.S. in Religion, Ethics, and Politics from Harvard Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in African Diaspora Studies from U.C. Berkeley. He was honored with the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity Fellowship in 2018-2019.

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