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

2016 Conference Sessions

Session Date & Time Speaker(s) Type Track
Atlanta: A Tale of Two Cities Bus Tour Thursday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Pre and Post-Conference Activity
Opening Ceremony Thursday, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Rinku Sen, Joan Garner, Mary Hooks Plenary
Breakfast Friday, 8:00 am to 9:00 am
Multiracial Movements for Black Lives Friday, 9:00 am to 10:30 am Michelle Alexander, Alicia Garza, Zon Moua, Judith LeBlanc, Isa Noyola, Chris Crass Plenary
The ICK FACTOR: How 2 Isms and 2 Phobias Keep HIV Rates Rising Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm John Trimble, Bre Campbell, Michael Hickerson Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
The Business of Racial Justice Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Melinda Weekes-Laidlow, Hosan Lee Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
My Existence is Political: Black Feminist Freedom Dreams in the Incarceration Capital of the World Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Desiree Evans, Mwende Katwiwa Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Raising Funds for Racial Justice File icon. File icon. Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Maria Dautruche, Veronica Garcia, Aimee Walker, Brent Swinton Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Building Anti-Racist Schools: Strategies to Talk About Race and Racism Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Laura Shmishkiss, Bianca Anderson Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
In Pursuit of Educational Equity: Building Healthy Living and Learning Communities Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Cassie Schwerner, Zakiyah Ansari Breakout Session Research and Policy
Our Hidden Brain: Keys to Interrupting the Impact of Implicit Bias Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm hugh vasquez, Kathleen Osta Breakout Session Research and Policy
Find Your Light: Intergenerational QTPOC Arts Resistance Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Maria Christina Rangel (Cherry Galette), Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Devi K, Garciela Sánchez Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
#OurNeighborhoods: Sharing Policies for Anti-Displacement & Equitable Development Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Seema Agnani, Sacajawea Saki Hall Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
The Performing Justice Project: Facing Race with Youth and Communities File icon. File icon. Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Megan Alrutz, Lynn Hoare, Briana Barner, Courtney McEniry Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Ovarian Psycos Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Race Flicks Arts, Media, and Culture
One Room, Many Voices: Planning for Cross-Language Participation File icon. File icon. Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Alena Marie, Lena Moran Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Decolonizing Gender: Bringing Empire into the Conversation Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Malcolm Shanks, Mickyel Bradford Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
United for Human Dignity: Fighting the Mass Criminalization of our People Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Liliana Segura, Zachary Norris, paulina helm-hernandez, Breon Wells Breakout Session Research and Policy
Lead Large Scale Campaigns to Harness Collective Power and Not Be Tokenized: The Inside/Outside Game Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Jahmese Myres, Myani Gilbert Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
The role of art and culture in the class struggle Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Jose Jorge Diaz, Deymirie Hernandez, Greg Jobin-Leeds Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Racial Equity Plans: How to Develop Action Plans that Drive Systemic Change File icon. Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Simran Noor, Ryan Curren Breakout Session Research and Policy
Choice Points in Speculative Fiction: Creative Storytelling for Systems Change Friday, 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Nayantara Sen, Channing Kennedy Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Lunch Friday, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Breaking It Down: Using Systems Thinking to Address Structural Racism Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Curtis Ogden, Andrew Grant-Thomas Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Ink and Liberation: Superheroes, Comic Books and Racial Justice Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Jamila Brown, Regine Sawyer, Ivan Velez, Jr. Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Raza Que Raza: The state of Latinx Racial Justice Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Janvieve Williams Comrie, Maegan Ortiz, paulina helm-hernandez Breakout Session Research and Policy
Management with Anti-Oppression Values: Practical Tools for Project and People Management with a Racial Equity Lens Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Bex Ahuja, Tasia Smith Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Increased Activist Philanthropy: What’s Working for Racial Justice Movement Building and What’s Challenging Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Lori Villarosa, María Poblet, Ingrid Benedic Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Dismantling Mass Incarceration: Strategies to Fight Back Against Prison Profiteering File icon. Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Danny Cendejas, Amanda Aguilar-Shank Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Visions From The Inside Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Julio Salgado, Sonia Guiñansaca Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
An effective, inclusive democracy? Launching a Racial Equity Initiative in Your City Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Julie Nelson, Glenn Harris Breakout Session Research and Policy
Building Solidarity for Food and Land Sovereignty Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Amy Laura Cahn, Kirtrina Baxter Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
RJ SQUARED! Exploring the Connections Between Reproductive Justice and Racial Justice Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Mateo Medina, Monica Simpson, Loretta Ross Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Putting Race at the Center of the Next Economy Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Nwamaka Agbo, Zachary Norris Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Digital Jim Crow: Hi-Tech Policing, Racism and Resistance in the 21st Century Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Malkia Cyril, Hamid Khan, Joseph Torres Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
From Ears to Empathy to Activism: Audio for Activists Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Will Coley, Danielle Sykes Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Olympic Pride, American Prejudice Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Deborah Riley Draper Race Flicks Arts, Media, and Culture
Black Trans Everything!: Cultivating a Culture of Resilience Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Holiday Simmons, Toni-Michelle Williams Breakout Session Research and Policy
Achieving Racial Equity Initiative: Changing the Landscape in California Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Megan McClaire, Jamila Loud, Pamela Stephens, Dondy Marie Moreland Breakout Session Research and Policy
Breaking the Cycle of Racial Trauma Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Jerry Tello, Puni Kalra, Malcolm Shanks, Nicole Davis Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Waging a Struggle for Immigrants’ Rights in Georgia Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Raymond Partolan, Azadeh Shahshahani, Adelina Nicholls Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
OUR MPLS: A Community-Led City Report Card on Racial Equity Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Vina Kay, Neeraj Mehta, Ashley Fairbanks Breakout Session Research and Policy
Changing the Race Dance Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Soyinka Rahim, Marquetta Dupree Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Solidarity with Standing Rock Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Judith LeBlanc, Oliver Semans Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
The War on Terror, 15 Years Later Friday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Deepa Iyer, Kalia Abiade, Arjun Sethi, Asma Elhuni Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Roxane Gay Keynote Friday, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Roxane Gay Keynote
America Divided: The Class Divide Friday, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm Race Flicks Arts, Media, and Culture
After La Victoria Party Friday, 8:00 pm to Saturday, 12:00 am Social Event
Breakfast Saturday, 8:15 am to 9:15 am
Mass Story Lab: stories as a tool for building a world beyond prisons File icon. Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Sharda Sekaran, Marissa Johnson Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Circle Up! Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Nyoka Acevedo, Whitney Richards-Calathes Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Deconstructing Consent in the Intersectional Social Justice Classroom Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Bianca Laureano, Steph Wahome-Lassiter Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Van Jones Hosts Tech Leaders' Panel on Diversity and Tech Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Felix Flores Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
It Takes Roots To Weather the Storm: Race and Resilience on Forefront of the Climate Justice Movement Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Rosa Gonzalez, Sacajawea Saki Hall, Denise Abdul-Rahman Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
SHORTS BLOCK Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Michèle Stephenson Race Flicks Arts, Media, and Culture
Using Organizing and Legal Tactics to Resist the Privatization of Public Schools Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Jitu Brown, Judith Browne Dianis, Natasha Capers, Sharon Smith Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Queer Muslim at the Intersections of Islamophobia and Homophobia Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Mirna Haidar, Amanda Chahine Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Arts at the Intersection: Artistic Praxis for Racial, Social and Environmental Justice Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Jayeesha Dutta, Yudith Nieto, Ann-Meredith Wootton Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Systemic Solutions to a Segregated Economy in the 21st Century Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Dominique Apollon, Lola Smallwood Cuevas, Evelyn Rangel Medina Breakout Session Research and Policy
Policy, People, and Practice: Using data to move towards racial equity within organizations Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Angela Russell, Colleen Butler Breakout Session Research and Policy
Building Community and Civic Power for Equitable Development Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Dawn Phillips, Nathaniel Smith, Dwayne Marsh Breakout Session Research and Policy
Changing the Big Story on Race Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Rinku Sen, Malkia Cyril, Deepa Iyer Breakout Session Research and Policy
Second Class Water: The business of water and the politics of water infrastructure in our communities Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Brandi Collins-Dexter, Crystal Williams, Dorthea Thomas, Art Reyes, Carrie Sloan Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Formations at the intersections of Black, Immigrant, Queer and Trans Intersections Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am paulina helm-hernandez, Mary Hooks Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Mobilizing Black Women and Girls in the Movement for Black Lives Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Jamia Wilson, Joanne N. Smith, Eesha Pandit, Farah Tanis Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
The Revolution Will Be Televised: How Social Justice Advocates Can Leverage The Promise of Pop Culture to Create Real Change Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Julia Yang-Winkenbach, Brian Walker, Tony Weaver, Jr. Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Undocumented: The Art of Breaking Silence Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Bee Nguyen, Christopher Perlera Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Watching Back: Copwatching as a form of community protection and empowerment Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Jackie Zammuto, David Whitt Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Multiply and Mobilize: Narratives of Resisting Divide and Conquer Tactics in Multiracial Work Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, Manju Rajendran Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Activating White Solidarity and Accountability for Racial Justice: Models and Challenges Saturday, 9:15 am to 10:45 am Mary Ferguson, Amy Hunter, Coleen Murphy, Carla Wallace Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Jose Antonio Vargas Keynote Saturday, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Jose Antonio Vargas Keynote
Lunch Saturday, 12:40 pm to 1:30 pm
Building an Inside/Outside Strategy: How to Advance Racial Equity in Governance beyond the City and Community Divide Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Andrea Manzo, Benjamin Duncan Breakout Session Research and Policy
Discovering Your Personal Theology of Resistance/Racial Justice Activism Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Marisol Caballero, Mykal Slack Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Convictions: A Proxy for Race Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Norris Henderson, Bruce Reilly Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Reporting and Writing News Through a Racial Justice Lens Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Akiba Solomon, Kenrya Rankin, Yessenia Funes, Sameer Rao Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Books Can Change the World!: Publishing for Social Justice 101 Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm zakia henderson-brown, Benjamin Woodward Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Liberatory Media Making in the South Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Cortez Wright Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Police Brutality and the Social Contract: How official violence at the margins of society became a crisis at the heart of American democracy Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Collette Flanagan, Dr. William Dulaney, Nicole Lee, John Fullinwider Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
How to Use your TV: Using Small Screens to Move Racial Justice Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Van Jones, Malkia Cyril, Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Brandon Andrews, Tracy Van Slyke, Sharda Sekaran Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Listening for A Change: Praxis for Healing, Hope, and Justice Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Kanwarpal Dhaliwal, Joe Kim Breakout Session Research and Policy
Reflective Democracy: A winning tactic for social justice Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Jessica Byrd, Kevin Killer, Sayu Bhojwani Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Reporting on The State of the Black Woman Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Renee Bracey Sherman, Raquel Willis, Jamilah Lemieux, Chanta Parker, Kwajelyn Jackson, Shanelle Matthews Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Facing Race with Teens in Atlanta Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Susan Landrum, Josie Footmon-Smith Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Breathin': the Eddy Zheng Story Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Eddy Zheng Race Flicks Arts, Media, and Culture
Inheritance: Generations of Trauma and Resilience Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Diana Marie Lee, Maya Hunter Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Anti-racism and Activist Media: Storytelling and Liberation Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Sharmeen Khan Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Blueprint for Belonging: Developing a Strategic Narrative to Combat Structural Racism Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Stephen Menendian, Gerald Lenoir Breakout Session Research and Policy
Succeeding WITH Race: Grassroots Parent Organizing for Systemic Change Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Maisie Chin, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, Gina Womack Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Facing Race in Asian America File icon. Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Soya Jung, Greg Cendana, Zon Moua Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Catching the Spirit: A Cypher on Black Resilience Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Taja Lindley, Che Johnson-Long, Jessica Valoris Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Shifting the Focus for Racial Justice Saturday, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm Terrence Keleher, ramesh kathanadhi Breakout Session Research and Policy
Where Do We Go From Here? Saturday, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Marisa Franco, Glenn Harris, Pramila Jayapal, Van Jones, Rinku Sen, Kara Denise Brewer Boyd, Linda Sarsour Plenary