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

2018 Conference Sessions

Session Date & Time Speaker(s) Type Track
Meet Author: Edgar Villanueva - Edgar Villanueva Racial Justice Reads General
Media Teach-In: Media Literacy and Communications Strategies for Racial and Gender Justice - Jennifer L. Pozner, Nuala Cabral Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
WOC Mamas: Decolonizing Motherhood in Community - Nadia Williams, Sarita Covington Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Making Waves: Cultural Strategies for Racial Justice - Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Nayantara Sen, Rufaro Gwarada, Betsy Richards Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Don't Call It a Comeback- Restoring Community Control of "Revitalization" in Majority Black Cities - Amina Kirk, Ayana Rubio Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Creative CityMaking: Housing Inspectors on Hearing Tenant Voices - Gülgün Kayim, Mankwe Ndosi, Amelia Brown, Keliie Jones Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
Decolonizing Mental Health - Shonettia Monique, Agustina Vidal Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Uncovering our roots, exploding our binaries and embodying resistance in beloved community as we fight racism and anti-Semitism together - Yavilah McCoy, Lisa Anderson Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
If You Ran a Solidarity Workshop... - Deepa Iyer, Anna Castro Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Advancing Workforce Equity by Centering Those Most Impacted - Benjamin Duncan, Raymond De Silva, Natasha Smith, Andrea Archuleta, Aimeera Flint Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
Decolonizing Anti-Racism in Anishinaabe Aki - Cecelia Rose LaPointe, Carmen Lane Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Step Up, Lift Up: Women of Color Closing the Pay and Wealth Gap through Entrepreneurship - Hope Lehman, Taij Moteelall Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Building Authentic Community Government Partnerships - Dwayne Marsh, Julie Nelson, Renee Kenyon, Kris Miller, Kellee Coleman Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
Indigenizing Education/ Resisting Appropriation - Schantell Puamaeole Taylor, Antonio Cosme Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Emergent Strategy Q and A - adrienne maree brown Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Organizing Families of Color for Racial Justice - Amy Pak, Christine Tang Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Quest - Jonathan Olshefski, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Race Flicks Arts, Media, and Culture
Flipping the Script: Developing and Deploying a Strategic Narrative for Transformative Change - Gerald Lenoir, Olivia Araiza Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Listen Up! Podcasting for Social Change - Will Coley, KalaLea Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Just Transition to a Feminist Economy - Priya Johnson, Jihan Gearon Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
How to Take Care of Each Other: Community Care in Times of Crisis - Abeni Jones Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Who's Going to Take the Weight?: Women of Color in Non-Profit Arts Leadership and the Struggle Towards Racial Equity - Kaisha S. Johnson, Courtney A. Harge Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Bronxeñas: Afrolatina is not just a US Experience - Janvieve Williams Comrie, Alicia Grullon, Wanda Salaman, Sade Swift Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Designing Out of Dystopia - AIsha Shillingford, Tammy Johnson Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
The Community Power Matrix: Harnessing Power to Achieve Racial Equity - Toni Anderson, Stacey Gibson Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
When The Tap Runs Dry: An Inside Look into Detroit's Water Crisis - Demeeko Williams, At Peace Makita Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
How to Not Call the PoLice EVER- Poverty Skolaz Impacted by Racist/Classist Abliest White Supremacist Structures Teach on How to Deconstruct the Notion of "Safety" and Disengage from its Murderous Systems - Leroy F Moore Jr., Lisa Gray Garcia Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Is America Possible? Building a Multiracial Democracy in an Era of Division - john powell, Tarso Luís Ramos, Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Anat Shenker-Osorio, Julie Nelson Plenary Session General