Facing Race: A National Conference in St. Louis, MO — November 20-22, 2024

2012 Conference Sessions

Session Date & Time Speaker(s) Type Track
ARC's 30th Anniversary Party - Social Event
Making Connections/Open Space Luncheon - Social Event
Keynote Event: Junot Diaz - Junot Díaz, Rinku Sen, MS Keynote
Junot Diaz Book Signing - Social Event
Race in Yo Face Masquerade Party - Social Event
Welcoming Remarks - Rinku Sen, MS Plenary Session
Race and Gender in the 21st Century - Janet Mock, Michael Omi, Jessica González-Rojas Plenary Session
Making Connections/Open Space Luncheon - Social Event
Culture Trumps Politics: Or Does It? - Jeff Chang, Lolis Eric Elie, Negin Farsad, Rinku Sen, MS, Jose Antonio Vargas Plenary Session
Welcoming Remarks - Rinku Sen, MS Plenary Session
Closing Performance - Social Event
Now What? Debriefing the Election and Talking Governance - Judith Browne Dianis, Jacqueline Johnson Pata, Kai Wright Plenary Session Research and Policy
Race and Masculinity: Perils, Pride and Pushing the Boundaries of Perception - Jack DeJesus, Jamila Brown, Bayet Ross Smith Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Innovations in Organizing in Communities of Color - Francis Calpotura, Kohl Gill, Ana Perez Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Shattered Families: Racial Justice and Prospects for Systemic Change - Jovonna Frieson, Yvonne Gilchrist, Seth Wessler Breakout Session Research and Policy
Structural Racism 101: Critical Concepts for Getting to Racial Justice - Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Facing Race on Xenophobic Hate Crimes - Deepa Iyer, Linda Sarsour, Rajdeep Singh Breakout Session Research and Policy
Changing the Conversation on Race - Rinku Sen, MS, Maya Wiley, Tim Wise, Milly Hawk Daniel Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Defending Democracy: How to Fight Off Voter ID, Purges and Other Attacks - Katherine Culliton-Gonzalez, Arisha Hatch, Richard Kim Breakout Session Research and Policy
The Roots of Racism: Say What? - Sheila K Collins, Soyinka Rahim Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
From Brooklyn to Baltimore: the Fight for Fair Development - Rachel Falcone, Luis Larin, Michael Premo, Lucas Shapiro Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Can You Hear Me Now? How Activists and Artists are Rebuilding the Media - Josh Begley, Amalia Deloney, Adriel Luis Plenary Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice - Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Hon. Chris Rabb, Andy Shallal Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
No Justice, No Peas: Good Food, Good Jobs - Saru Jayaraman, Navina Khanna, Suguet Lopez, Diana Robinson Breakout Session Research and Policy
Race & Class: Why an Intersectional Approach is Critical in Undoing Structural Racism - Mijo Lee, Nitika Raj Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
The Colorline and Campus Admissions: the Past, Present and Uncertain Future of Affirmative Action - Wade Henderson, Victor Goode Breakout Session Research and Policy
Race Flicks - Middle of Nowhere - Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
From the Trenches: Stories on Race, Dating and Love - Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Deanna Zandt, Jamia Wilson Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Raising Funds for Racial Justice - Saru Jayaraman, Marjorie Fine Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Talking About Race: Racial Justice Through Media, Collaboration and Community Conversation - Robert Gray, Lisa Abbott Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Organizing Racial Justice Philanthropy - Dennis Quirin, Lisa Ranghelli, Lori Villarosa Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Advancing Health Equity Using Health Impact Assessment, Community Organizing and Advocacy - Lili Farhang, Alexi Freeman, Ruth Lindberg Breakout Session Research and Policy
Consumer Based Strategies for Advancing Racial Justice - Lisa Castellanos, Tracy Van Slyke, Jamal Watkins Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
National Student Bill of Rights - Niqua Douglas, Magda Phillips, Lester Spence Breakout Session Research and Policy
We Wear the MassQ: One Artist's Dis-covery of Face, Race and Ritual in a Digital Age - Daniel Callahan Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Internalizing Racial Equity Institutionally - Gita Gulati-Partee, Maggie Potapchuk Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Addressing Racism Using Theater of the Oppressed - S. Leigh Thompson Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Racial Profiling: Every Which Way But Loose - Linda Sarsour, Kung Li Kung, Jose Lopez, Sian O'Faolain Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Energy Democracy for All - Shannon Bade, Anthony Giancatarino, Emily Kirsch Breakout Session Research and Policy
DREAMers and Freedom Riders: Racial Justice Across Generations - Sam Fulwood III, Loan Tran, Moses Newson, Lenora Taitt-Magubane Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Systems Change: Inside and Outside Strategies - Nashira Baril, Glenn Harris, Nicole Porter Breakout Session Research and Policy
Race Flicks 2- Harvest of Empire - Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Cross Racial Alliance Building for Social Justice and Immigrant Rights - Abraham Paulos, Opal Tometi, Erika Almiron, Gustavo Andrade Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline - Tekoah Flory, Laura Lemus, Scott Roberts Breakout Session Research and Policy
Tell Your Story, Move Your Campaign - Doyle Canning, Babatunde Salaam, Neomara Serges Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Toward a Multiracial Anti-Death Penalty Movement - Sandra Jones, Lawrence G. Hayes, Barbara Lewis Breakout Session Research and Policy
Race Flicks 3- New Lens, Youth Produced Films - Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing: Sexual Health as Wedge Issues in Communities of Color and Among Young People - Pamela Merritt, Aimee Thorne-Thomsen, Miriam Yeung Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
New Rules: Organizing to End the Push-out Crisis with Solutions Not Suspensions - Maisie Chin, Tina Dove Breakout Session Research and Policy
Building a 21st Century Labor Movement - Dorian Warren, Kim Fellner, Ai-jen Poo, Saket Soni, James Thindwa Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Launching Proactive Policy Agendas for Racial Equity - Vina Kay, Jermaine Toney, Alheli M. Herrera Breakout Session Research and Policy
Better Together: Bridging LGBTQ Rights & Racial Justice - paulina helm-hernandez, Aisha Moodie-Mills, Robert Espinoza, CJ Frosch Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Where is the Color in Occupy? Race, Class and Gender in the Occupy Movement - Kate Khatib, Christine Schweidler, María Poblet, Janée Woods Weber Breakout Session Research and Policy
Using Social Media to Connect Communities and Make an Impact--and Measure It! - Deanna Zandt Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Like Racism, But Funnier: Social Change Through Internet Jokes - W. Kamau Bell, Negin Farsad, Samhita Mukhopadhyay Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
SURJ: Strategies for Engaging White People in Racial Justice - Dara Silverman, Carla Wallace, Dottye Burt-Markowitz Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Caring Across Generations: Organizing Across Lines of Race, Class, Generation, Ability, Language and Communities - Jessica Brill Ortiz, Sarita Gupta, Trishala Deb Breakout Session Research and Policy
Girl/Future: Youth Activism and Ending Gendered Violence - Teana Gamill, Sangeetha Ravichandran, Larrinita Starks Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Reproductive Rights at the Intersection of Class, Race and Immigration Status - Jessica González-Rojas, Marielena Hincapie, Miriam Yeung Breakout Session Research and Policy
Race Flicks 4- Wildness - Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
Campaign Weaving and Movement Building: Challenging the Incarceration Nation through Creative Action - Cherrell Brown, Steven Renderos, Silky Shah, Zachary Norris Breakout Session Research and Policy
Storytelling for Racial Justice - Rinku Sen, MS, john powell Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
What's the Future of College for Students of Color - Tiffany Loftin, Tressie McMillan Cottom Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Art & Agitation: On the Power of Cultural Strategy - Favianna Rodriguez, Julio Salgado, Jose Antonio Vargas, Kalima Young Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
How to Talk About Race in the Classroom - J'nelle Bobb-Semple, Jaime-Jin Lewis Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
The Faces of Development: Moving from Racial and Class Inequity - Lea Keal, Marisela Gomez, Lester Spence Breakout Session Research and Policy
Words Matter: Organizing Against Bully Language - Lamont Carey, Tiffani Sykhammountry, Jennifer Pozner Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Make Them Pay: Ways to Hold Insurance Companies Accountable to Addressing Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - Danisha Christian, Jill Reese, Ron Williams Breakout Session Research and Policy
What's Faith Got To Do With It? - Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
No Budget? No Problem! 2013's New Tools For Creating Content and Telling Your Story - Will Coley, Franchesca Ramsey Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media
From Colorblindness to Equity-Mindedness: Breaking Through Bias to Build Racial Justice - Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Criminalizing Youth in Baltimore: Race, Class and Gender in Public Space - Bakari Jones, Diamond Sampson Breakout Session Research and Policy