On April 18, 2024, Cook Center Founding Director William Darity & Affiliate A. Kirsten Mullen spoke at the Inaugural Lecture for the Center for Truth, Racial Healing, and Restorative Justice at the Berkeley School of Theology. The Center at Berkley works locally and globally to offer opportunities for theological reflection, education, critique, and practice related to justice matters in public policy.
Darity and Mullen also participated in a book signing for their award-winning publication From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century.