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

all 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
Racial Justice Leadership Institute- A Pre-Conference Training - Nayantara Sen, Terrence Keleher Pre and Post-Conference Activity
Dallas in Context: Stories of Struggle and Hope Bus Tour - Pre and Post-Conference Activity
Open AA Meeting - Meeting
Opening Night Performance - Plenary Session
This is How We Do It: Youth Led Racial Justice - FM Supreme, Ramiro Luna, Sharon Davies, Jaime-Jin Lewis, Key Jackson Plenary Session
Food Chains - Race Flicks
Come Hell or High Water - Race Flicks
Keynote Address - Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi Reagon, Tashawn Nicole Reagon Keynote
Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World - Breakout Session
Cambodian Son - Race Flicks
Open AA Meeting - Meeting
Open AA Meeting - Meeting
Roots and Wings: Southern Histories, Legacies and Innovations for the Future - Bishop Tonyia Rawls, Cristina Tzintzún, Chokwe Antar Lumumba Plenary Session
Tomlinson Hill - Race Flicks
Young Lakota - Race Flicks
The Next Fifty - Ian Haney Lopez, Van Jones, Rinku Sen, MS Plenary Session
Atlanta: A Tale of Two Cities Bus Tour - Pre and Post-Conference Activity
Opening Ceremony - Rinku Sen, MS, Joan Garner, Mary Hooks Plenary Session
Breakfast -
Multiracial Movements for Black Lives - Michelle Alexander, Alicia Garza, Zon Moua, Judith LeBlanc, Isa Noyola, Chris Crass Plenary Session
Lunch -
Roxane Gay Keynote - Roxane Gay Keynote
After La Victoria Party - Social Event
Breakfast -
Jose Antonio Vargas Keynote - Jose Antonio Vargas Keynote
Lunch -
Where Do We Go From Here? - Marisa Franco, Glenn Harris, Pramila Jayapal, Van Jones, Rinku Sen, MS, Kara Denise Brewer Boyd, Linda Sarsour Plenary Session
Stateless (Apátrida) - Michèle Stephenson, Lea Marin, Jennifer Holness Race Flicks
Belly of the Beast - Erika Cohn, Angela Tucker, Christen Marquez, Nicole Docta Race Flicks
While I Breathe, I Hope - Emily Harrold, Xuan Vu, Lauren Franklin, Diane Robertson Race Flicks
The Passing On - Nathan Clarke, Lana Garland, Tyler Trumbo Race Flicks
Standing Above the Clouds - Jalena Keane-Lee, Amber Espinosa-Jones, Pua Case Race Flicks
All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk - Angela Tucker, Jolene Pinder Race Flicks
Through the Night - Loira Limbal, Jameka Autry, Nicole Docta Race Flicks
Place, Personal, Political: Blackness on the Map and the Mind - Nadia Owusu, Marlon Peterson Racial Justice Reads
Welcome - Shawna Davie, Nikko Viquiera, DJ KayKay47, Edson Sean
Culture in the Time of The Uprisings - Crystal Echo Hawk, Layshia Clarendon, Cristina Jiménez Moreta Plenary Session
Spells, Songs and Prayers: Magic Words for a Just Tomorrow - Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi, adrienne maree brown, Michaela Harrison Racial Justice Reads
Welcome - Michele Kumi Baer, Angela Bronner Helm, DJ Sizzle Fantastic
Forging A Just, Multiracial Democracy Through Cross Racial Movement Building 1 - Juliet Choi, Kevin Allis, Alvin Herring, Charles Kamasaki Plenary Session
Forging A Just, Multiracial Democracy Through Cross Racial Movement Building Part 2 - Sabeel Rahman, Marc Morial, Derrick Johnson, Judith Browne Dianis Plenary Session
Race Flicks Panel (Q&A) - Jalena Keane-Lee, Xuan Vu, Nathan Clarke, Lana Garland, Erika Cohn, Michèle Stephenson, Angela Tucker, Loira Limbal Breakout Session
Black Histories, Black Fiction, Black Futures: Writing Paths to Freedom - Tananarive Due, Rivers Solomon Racial Justice Reads
Where Do We Go From Here? Building a Just Multiracial Democracy - Glenn Harris, Eric Ward, Michael McAfee, Judith Browne Dianis, Andrea Jenkins Plenary Session
Working Together: Advancing Racial Equity Across the Whole of Government - Pre and Post-Conference Activity
Phoenix Cultural Experience Bus Tour - Pre and Post-Conference Activity
In the Wake of Mourning - Adetoro Makinde, Tyrese Alleyne-Davis Race Flicks
You Racist, Sexist, Bigot - Pita Juarez, Matty Steinkamp Race Flicks
Unwavering: The Power of Black Innovation - Fearless Video, Echoing Green, Comcast NBCUniversal Race Flicks
Jubilee: A Black Feminist Homecoming - Paris Hatcher, Black Feminist Future, Chisom Chieke, Crystal Des-Ogugua Race Flicks
Call & Response - Princeton James, Sequoia Gray, Angel Clark, Memphis Music Initiative, Amber Hamilton Race Flicks
We Still Here - Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi, Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Michael Shawn Cordero, Frances Medina, Mensajeros De Palomas Race Flicks
Ale Libre - Maya Cueva, Mayra Amaya, Melissa Bueno-Woerner, Alejandra Pablos Race Flicks
Whose “American” Words to Transform(N)ations - Kung Li Sun, Deepa Iyer, Sofia Ali Khan, R. Cielo Cruz Racial Justice Reads
Protecting The Sacred — An Intimate Discussion on Spirituality and Land Sovereignty - Dr. Wendsler Nosie Sr. Plenary Session
Powerlands - Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso, Jordan Flaherty, Emily Faye Ratner, Ewa Jasiewicz Race Flicks
Reimagining Destinies with Nnedi Okorafor - Nnedi Okorafor Racial Justice Reads
Public Education: The Foundation for Multiracial Democracy - James Ford, Alex Ames, Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Becky Pringle
Remapping the Center with Rebecca Roanhorse - Rebecca Roanhorse, R. Cielo Cruz Racial Justice Reads
Apache Leap - Christian Rozier, Douglas Miles Jr., Glen Lineberry, Selina Curley, Carrie Curley, Douglas Miles Sr. Race Flicks
Community Violence as a Public Health Crisis by Everytown for Gun Safety - Mini Stage Presentation
Building the American Dream - Chelsea Hernandez, Marcy Garriott, Marisol Medrano Montoya, Mario Troncoso, Iliana Sosa Race Flicks
Between Starshine and Clay: Narratives of Black Bodily Autonomy - Robert Jones Jr., Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa Racial Justice Reads
Building Strong Peer Networks for Advancing Racial Equity: Strategies and Insights from Local to National Levels - Larissa Wohl, Anita Au, Jinnae Looney Breakout Session
Building a Brave Community for Criminal Justice Reform: A Restorative Process of Truth Telling, Healing, and Accountability - Alex Frank, Rev. Dr. Michelle Simmons, Ayanna Lyons Breakout Session
The Five Demands - Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss Race Flicks
10 Years Since the Ferguson Uprising: Where Are We Now? - Plenary Session
The Cost of Inheritance - Yoruba Richen, Lacey Shwartz, Mehret Mandefro, MD, PhD Race Flicks
Living Liberation — Building Liberatory Organizations From the Ground Up - Mini Stage Presentation
National Health Equity Grand Rounds “Rewrite the Script: Narrative Transformation for Equity in Health” - Rinku Sen, MS, Michelle Browder, Mehret Mandefro, MD, PhD, Garth Graham, MD, MPH, Bayard Love, MBA, MP Main Stage Presentation
Repairing the Legacy: Social Housing as a Tool for Racial Equity and Justice - Andreina Kniss Tafoya, Audrey Lynn Martin Breakout Session
Bad Press - Rebecca Landsberry-Baker, Joe Peeler Race Flicks
Art Gallery - Brock Seals, Taishona Carpenter, Simiya Sudduth, Lawrence Kyere, Chassidy Tiner, RottenCorr, Gonz Jove, Billie Allen, Quintana Chatman, Autumn Breon, Charlyn Magdaline Griffith-Oro, Lauren Williams, Brian Ellison, Anu Yadav, Ino Adjani Kodjo, Lindy Drew, Muslim Counterpublics Lab, Gabriel Jehu Art
Unrigging the Game for Women of Color Movement Leaders - Vanessa Priya Daniel, Eric Ward Racial Justice Reads
Smile4Kime - Elena Guzman, Cybee Bloss Race Flicks
Finding My Wellness and Wellbeing and Gathering Strength for the Road Ahead - Yavilah McCoy, Michael Bell Wellness
Birth from the Earth - Katy Walker Mejia, Natasha Scully, Betty Bastidas Race Flicks
EXPO Live: The Facing Race Expo Experience with LG - Leslie Grant-Spann Mini Stage Presentation
Now What? Debriefing the Election and Talking Governance - Judith Browne Dianis, Jacqueline Johnson Pata, Kai Wright Plenary Session Research and Policy
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
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
From Brooklyn to Baltimore: the Fight for Fair Development - Rachel Falcone, Luis Larin, Michael Premo, Lucas Shapiro 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
Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice - Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Hon. Chris Rabb, Andy Shallal 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
Race & Class: Why an Intersectional Approach is Critical in Undoing Structural Racism - Mijo Lee, Nitika Raj Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Race and Masculinity: Perils, Pride and Pushing the Boundaries of Perception - Jack DeJesus, Jamila Brown, Bayet Ross Smith Breakout Session Arts, Culture, and Media