Note from the editor

Dispatch Opinion Editor Amelia Robinson will host Dispatch presents Columbus Conversations: “An honest discussion of Critical Race Theory,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The free, town hall event will stream live on Dispatch.com and the newspaper’s Facebook page. It will remain available for viewing on those platforms after the event, as well.

Panelist are: Jennifer Adair, president, Columbus Board of Education; Aaron Baer, president, Center for Christian Virtue; Melissa Crum, diversity and equity practitioner, Mosaic Education Network; Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of history, Ohio State University; Don Jones, state representative, R-freeport; Charles Lehman, fellow, Manhattan Institute and Heather Pool, associate professor

of political science, Denison University.