Schedule at a Glance

All times Eastern Standard Time
Schedule subject to change

Thursday, Nov 12
7am Pre-Conference Registration Opens
8am-4pm Pre-Conferences
9am-4pm Bull & Oak Bus Tour
12–4pm Vendor Market
12–6pm General Registration Opens
4:30-5:30pm Receptions
5:30-7pm Opening Ceremony
Friday, Nov 13
7:30am Registration Opens
8am-5pm Vendor Market
8-8:50am Breakfast
9am Opening Plenary
11:15am-12:15pm Breakout Session Block 1
11:15am-12:15pm Race Flicks
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:45-2:45pm Breakout Session Block 2
1:45-2:45pm Race Flicks
3pm Keynote: Tressie McMillan Cottom
6-8pm Receptions
8pm-12:00am Rooted & Rising: The Facing Race Party
Saturday, Nov 14
8am Registration Opens
8-8:50am Breakfast
8am–4pm Vendor Market
9am Keynote: W. Kamau Bell
11:15am-12:15pm Breakout Session Block 3
11:115am-12:15pm Race Flicks
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:45-2:45pm Breakout Session Block 4
1:45-2:45pm Race Flicks
3pm Keynote: Vu Le
3:30pm Closing Plenary
Schedule subject to change
Organize to Build Power
Sessions with organizers and grassroots leaders that elevate the lessons, strategies, tools, campaigns, and community-labor coalitions that are building the organizing infrastructure to and capacity to advance racial justice and a common good agenda through cross-racial solidarity.
Transforming Institutions to Shift Power
Sessions that highlight the work of social justice organizations, philanthropy, and government agencies that advance racial equity by systematically changing institutions, policies, and practices to center racial justice.
Building Narrative Power for Change
Sessions that elevate cultural and narrative strategies that not only disrupt oppressive and racist myths and ideologies but also offer an irresistible vision for a racially just world. In particular, this track is for sessions that show how building narrative power can concretely shift policy and behavior, change institutions and culture, and build solidarity across communities and institutions.
Building Co-Governance Power
Sessions that elevate strategies and practices that center shared power and collective decision-making between communities and institutions for racial justice and systemic equity. In particular, this track is most interested in sessions that can focus on critical tools and processes that support cross-sector collaboration, place-based examples that demonstrate how collective power can create impactful results, research and insights connecting how building shared-governance can reinforce democratic infrastructure to support a multi-racial society.
Racial Justice Reads
Enjoy readings of excepts by authors of their most popular racial justice titles, followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Race Flicks
Preview a diverse array of new racial justice films throughout the conference.
Bus Tour
Raleigh Bus Tour.