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

2020 Conference Sessions

Session Date & Time Speaker(s) Type Track
While I Breathe, I Hope Tuesday (All day) to Thursday (All day) Emily Harrold, Xuan Vu, Lauren Franklin, Diane Robertson Race Flicks
Through the Night Tuesday (All day) to Thursday (All day) Loira Limbal, Jameka Autry, Nicole Docta Race Flicks
The Passing On Tuesday (All day) to Thursday (All day) Nathan Clarke, Lana Garland, Tyler Trumbo Race Flicks
Stateless (Apátrida) Tuesday (All day) to Thursday (All day) Michèle Stephenson, Lea Marin, Jennifer Holness Race Flicks
Standing Above the Clouds Tuesday (All day) to Thursday (All day) Jalena Keane-Lee, Amber Espinosa-Jones, Pua Case Race Flicks
Belly of the Beast Tuesday (All day) to Thursday (All day) Erika Cohn, Angela Tucker, Christen Marquez, Nicole Docta Race Flicks
All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk Tuesday (All day) to Thursday (All day) Angela Tucker, Jolene Pinder Race Flicks
Opening Ceremony Tuesday, 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Pierce Freelon, Omisade Burney-Scott, Dawn Balgrove, Jaki Shelton Green, Leslie Grant-Spann, Glenn Harris General
Momentum Podcast: Live At Facing Race with Hiba and Chevon! Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Hiba Elyass, Chevon Drew Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Beyond checking a box - a toolkit to strengthen your organization’s racial equity practices File icon. File icon. Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Ellany Kayce, Clara Cantor, Aselefech Evans Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Decolonizing Gender: A Workshop File icon. Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Malcolm Shanks Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Activating Movement Journalism to Build Collective Power Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Lewis Raven Wallace, Manolia Charlotin Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Returning to Ourselves: Using Restorative Justice to Address Harm, Decentralize Power, and Transform Our Communities Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sia Henry, Ashlee George Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
The Other "CEO": Lessons from Chief Equity Officers Across the Country Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Ariana Flores, Michelle Melendez, Zan Gibbs, Majestic Lane Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Place, Personal, Political: Blackness on the Map and the Mind Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Nadia Owusu, Marlon Peterson Racial Justice Reads
Potlikker Praxis: Food Demo and Conversation Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Shorlette Ammons, Gabrielle Eitienne Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Land Sovereignty & Healing as a Birthright for BIPOC Lives Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Mary Crowe, Juniper, Tavia Benjamin Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Climate Justice Now! Winning a Just and Equitable Green New Deal Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Adrien Salazar, Rhiana Gunn-Wright Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Beyond the Binary: How People of Color Can (and Should) Break the Two-Party System File icon. File icon. Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Heather Villanueva, George Cheung Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Hindu Fascism: An All-American Threat File icon. Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sameena Mustafa, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Sana Qutubuddin Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Racial Justice Approaches to Community Organizing Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm LeeAnn Hall, Libero Della Piana, Jodi Risper, Fernando Mejia, Brandon Sturdivant Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Why Am I Always Being Researched? Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Shruti Jayaraman, Efrain Gutierrez Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Making Police Abolition Inevitable Tuesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Ricardo Levins Morales, UyenThi Tran Myhre Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Welcome Wednesday, 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm Shawna Davie, Nikko Viquiera, DJ KayKay47, Edson Sean
Culture in the Time of The Uprisings Wednesday, 12:45 pm to 2:00 pm Crystal Echo Hawk, Layshia Clarendon, Cristina Jiménez Moreta Plenary
Keynote Address: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Wednesday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Dr. Rev. William J. Barber II Keynote General
Abolitionist Change Strategy Lab with Durham Beyond Policing Coalition File icon. Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Manju Rajendran, Danielle Purifoy Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Building a Regional Narrative Infrastructure for Transformative Change: A Case Study Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Joshua Clark, Sky Allen, Gerald Lenoir, Olivia Araiza Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
What Did Soul Train Teach Us: Synergetic & Somatic Movement Building for BIPOC Liberation Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Raven Dickerson, Sanu Dieng Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Spells, Songs and Prayers: Magic Words for a Just Tomorrow Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, adrienne maree brown, Michaela Harrison Racial Justice Reads
Political Education that Advances Racial Justice Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Libero Della Piana, LeeAnn Hall, Ebony Guy, Meghan McNamara Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Collaborate and Mobilize: Creating More Equitable Organizations Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Zhaleh Afshar, Anisha Desai, Marc Mascarenhas-Swan Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Unleashing the Power of Story! File icon. Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Felicia Perez, Bernice Julie Shaw Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Practical Magic for Organizing Asian America Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm sumi dutta Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Energy Justice is Racial Justice Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Leah Obias, Chandra Farley, Yolanda Matthews Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
If You're Not Talking About Race, You're Not Talking About Anything: Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Dash Harris Machado, Evelyn Alvarez, Janvieve Williams Comrie Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Disrupting Native American Invisibility and Dismantling Racism Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Crystal Echo Hawk, Leah Salgado Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Transforming The Workplace: Human Resource Innovations for Private Reparative Justice Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Mala Nagarajan, Richael Faithful Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Every Country Is Special: Taking off the Racist Goggles of American Exceptionalism Wednesday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Malcolm Shanks, Shweta Moorthy Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
A Perfect Storm for Change: A Case Study of Climate Equity in Raleigh Wednesday, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Megan Anderson, Angela Coleman, Emily Barrett, Tatiana Height Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
The Legacy of North Carolina's Black Liberation Movements from the Civil Rights Era to Now Wednesday, 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Courtney Napier, Erin Byrd, Joe Holt, Tamika Blu Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Welcome Thursday, 12:00 pm to 12:15 pm Michele Kumi Baer, Angela Bronner Helm, DJ Sizzle Fantastic
Forging A Just, Multiracial Democracy Through Cross Racial Movement Building 1 Thursday, 12:30 pm to 1:15 pm Juliet Choi, Kevin Allis, Alvin Herring, Charles Kamasaki Plenary
Forging A Just, Multiracial Democracy Through Cross Racial Movement Building Part 2 Thursday, 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm Sabeel Rahman, Marc Morial, Derrick Johnson, Judith Browne Dianis Plenary
Facing Reparations Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Kamm Howard, Kelli Dillon, Chris Rabb, Aislinn Pulley Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Imagining the economic liberation of people of color: Not speculative fiction! Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Solana Rice, Jeremie Greer, Lauren Williams Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Sazón, Bad Bunny, & Drive-Thru’s : Lessons Drawn from Organizing Experiments Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Kelly Morales Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Race Flicks Panel (Q&A) Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Jalena Keane-Lee, Xuan Vu, Nathan Clarke, Lana Garland, Erika Cohn, Michèle Stephenson, Angela Tucker, Loira Limbal Breakout Session
#KeepAleFree: A Reproductive Justice Story File icon. Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Stephanie Castro, Alejandra Pablos, Gloria Negrete-Lopez Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Black Histories, Black Fiction, Black Futures: Writing Paths to Freedom Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Tananarive Due, Rivers Solomon Racial Justice Reads
Equitable & Culturally-Relevant Dance Education Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Calia Marshall, Kay Gayner, Yakir Ben-Hur Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Cannabis Legalization and Economic Justice for Black and Brown Communities Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Juell Stewart, Lanese Martin, Kiana Hughes Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Building Organizational Innovation through Shared Leadership Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Fayise Abrahim, Monica Bryand, Gabriella Anaïs Deal-Márquez Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Strategic campaigns — advancing racial Justice Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Libero Della Piana, LeeAnn Hall, Judith Le Blanc, Rinku Sen, Francis Calpotura Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Better together: How to practice transformative solidarity Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Deepa Iyer, Anna Castro Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
So you have a vision for equity, now what? Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Amber Trout, Kien Lee, Yolanda Coentro Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Running *Towards* Race and Immigration on the Doorstep: using Deep Canvassing and Race Class Narrative to win in rural communities and red states File icon. Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Mehrdad Azemun, Anat Shenker-Osorio, Mahsima Hallaji, Dominic Holmes, Steve Deline Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
When We Fight (((Antisemitism,))) We Win Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Dove Kent, Tarso Luís Ramos, Sharon Rose Goldtzvik Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Is Being Climate Woke Enough? Artist Power for Climate Justice Thursday, 2:15 pm to 3:45 pm Favianna Rodriguez, Layel Camargo Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Where Do We Go From Here? Building a Just Multiracial Democracy Thursday, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Glenn Harris, Eric Ward, Michael McAfee, Judith Browne Dianis, Andrea Jenkins Plenary