Facing Race is back! This time in Raleigh, NC — November 12-14, 2026.

2022 Conference Sessions

Session Date & Time Speaker(s) Type Track
Disarm and Dismantle the Police State - Jamaar Williams, Percy Christian Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Exploring and Understanding Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy As Illnesses: Finding A Cure for the Future - Dante King Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Visionary Practices for Community of Color Power & Ownership - Fernando Mejia Ledesma, Kim Williams, DeAngelo Mack, Andrea Manzo, Alma Cervantes, Yordanos Teferi Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Unsettling Multiracial Identity - Michele Kumi Baer Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Add Just, Embodied Liberatory Practices - Leah Okamoto Mann, Soyinka Rahim Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Breaking Borders - Student leadership events addressing systems of power and factors that sustain cultural and socio-economic segregation on Long Island and communities beyond. - Gabrielle Schavran MS, MA, Sophia Chaudri, Maggie Liu Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Demand to Learn: Ending School Pushout & Youth Criminalization - Cynthia Diaz Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
A Better Future of Work: Closing Racial Wealth Gap and Building an Equitable Economy for ALL through Worker Ownership - La-Tasha Best Gaddy, Zen Trenholm, Anh-Thu Nguyen Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Government and Community Collaboration to Work Towards Climate Justice - Joanna Gangi, Dinah Wilson, Saba Rahman Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Indigenous Futurism Through Unapologetic Poetics - Taté Walker Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Caregiver Organizing for Equity and Justice through the Practice of Anti-Racist Integration - Anna Lodder, Dr Val Brown, Andrew Lefkowits Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Co-Creating Safety in Community - Meghan Guevara, Tenille Patterson Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Mass Liberation AZ presents: The Importance of Black Political Solidarity; Not just a hashtag but a political framework for the Future - Andres A Portela Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Clean and Green Campaign - Sawsan Abdurrahman, David (DJ) Portugal Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Creative Reaction Lab presents: Redesigners For Justice - Robert Beckles, Stephen Rayfield, Cat Smith Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Confronting Dominant Narratives in Medicine - Fernando De Maio, Malika Fair Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Self-Managed Abortion with a Reproductive Justice Lens - Kimberly Inez McGuire, LaKia Williams Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
The Role of Joy and Imagination in the Fight for Racial Equity (Discussion and Film Screening) - Dr. Kimberly Osagie, Dr. Sirrita Darby, Reyna Montoya, Tiffany Thompson Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Neither China nor the US: Forging Our Paths in Transnational Struggles and Movements - Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Mobilizing Institutional Power Against White Nationalism - Lindsay Schubiner, Lecia Brooks, Daniela Fernández Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Homelessness: Amalgamation of Social Issues - Sophia elicia Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Youth Leadership: Shifting Power in Philanthropy - Brittany Schulman, Karen McGirt, Candice Joe Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Community costs of drug criminalization and alternative framings of drug policy solutions - Lawrence Grandpre, Natalie Flath, Judith Park Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
How to Organize a Hunger Strike in Detention Center - Juan Miguel Cornejo Millan, Sandra Ojeda Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Building an Equitable Tech Ecosystem - Sylvester Mobley, Alex King, Name Pending - Comcast Impact & Inclusion Representative Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Black Mesa Resistance Camp: Dzili' Jin Lifeway - Salina Begay, John Benally Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Reimagine Safety - Crystal Reyes, Niyo Gumbs Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
From the Plantation to the Psych Ward: How Disability Justice Shapes Abolition and Black Liberation - Devon Johnson Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Grounded in Community: Implementing Racial Equity within California Climate and Infrastructure Programs - Bo Chung, Jerry Rivero, Lisa Hu Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Freedom Building - Nicole Laport, Jimina Afuola Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Lessons from Informal Equity Officers at the Federal Level - Carlton Eley, Cynthia Peurifoy, Terrence Keleher Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
What’s Next (Race Forward Direction) - Glenn Harris, Charlene Sinclair, Eric Ward, Julie Nelson, Faron McLurkin, Kerry Mitchell Brown Plenary Session General