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

all Conference Sessions

Session Date & Time Speaker(s) Type Track
Creative CityMaking: Housing Inspectors on Hearing Tenant Voices - Gülgün Kayim, Mankwe Ndosi, Amelia Brown, Keliie Jones Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
Advancing Workforce Equity by Centering Those Most Impacted - Benjamin Duncan, Raymond De Silva, Natasha Smith, Andrea Archuleta, Aimeera Flint Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
Being You and Doing Good: a conversation between Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Rinku Sen - Rinku Sen, MS, Dawn-Lyen Gardner Plenary Session General
Designing Out of Dystopia - AIsha Shillingford, Tammy Johnson Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Decolonizing Mental Health - Shonettia Monique, Agustina Vidal 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
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
Making Waves: Cultural Strategies for Racial Justice - Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Nayantara Sen, Rufaro Gwarada, Betsy Richards Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Meet Author: Edgar Villanueva - Edgar Villanueva Racial Justice Reads General
Right Wing Sheriffs and Strategies of Resistance - Cloee Cooper, Lara Kiswani Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
Bronxeñas: Afrolatina is not just a US Experience - Janvieve Williams Comrie, Alicia Grullon, Wanda Salaman, Sade Swift Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
When The Tap Runs Dry: An Inside Look into Detroit's Water Crisis - Demeeko Williams, At Peace Makita Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Indigenizing Education/ Resisting Appropriation - Schantell Puamaeole Taylor, Antonio Cosme Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Just Transition to a Feminist Economy - Priya Johnson, Jihan Gearon Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
Quest - Jonathan Olshefski, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Race Flicks Arts, Media, and Culture
WOC Mamas: Decolonizing Motherhood in Community - Nadia Williams, Sarita Covington Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Emergent Strategy Q and A - adrienne maree brown Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
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
Organizing Families of Color for Racial Justice - Amy Pak, Christine Tang 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
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
Decolonizing Anti-Racism in Anishinaabe Aki - Cecelia Rose LaPointe, Carmen Lane Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
If You Ran a Solidarity Workshop... - Deepa Iyer, Anna Castro Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
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
Opening Ceremony - Pierce Freelon, Omisade Burney-Scott, Dawn Balgrove, Jaki Shelton Green, Leslie Grant-Spann, Glenn Harris General
Making Police Abolition Inevitable - Ricardo Levins Morales, UyenThi Tran Myhre Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Beyond checking a box - a toolkit to strengthen your organization’s racial equity practices - Ellany Kayce, Clara Cantor, Aselefech Evans Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Racial Justice Approaches to Community Organizing - LeeAnn Hall, Libero Della Piana, Jodi Risper, Fernando Mejia, Brandon Sturdivant Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Activating Movement Journalism to Build Collective Power - Lewis Raven Wallace, Manolia Charlotin Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Land Sovereignty & Healing as a Birthright for BIPOC Lives - Mary Crowe, Juniper, Tavia Benjamin Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Beyond the Binary: How People of Color Can (and Should) Break the Two-Party System - Heather Villanueva, George Cheung Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Decolonizing Gender: A Workshop - Malcolm Shanks Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Hindu Fascism: An All-American Threat - Sameena Mustafa, Arti Walker-Peddakotla, Sana Qutubuddin Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Momentum Podcast: Live At Facing Race with Hiba and Chevon! - Hiba Elyass, Chevon Drew Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Why Am I Always Being Researched? - Shruti Jayaraman, Efrain Gutierrez Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Returning to Ourselves: Using Restorative Justice to Address Harm, Decentralize Power, and Transform Our Communities - Sia Henry, Ashlee George Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Climate Justice Now! Winning a Just and Equitable Green New Deal - Adrien Salazar, Rhiana Gunn-Wright Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Potlikker Praxis: Food Demo and Conversation - Shorlette Ammons, Gabrielle Eitienne Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
The Other "CEO": Lessons from Chief Equity Officers Across the Country - Ariana Flores, Michelle Melendez, Zan Gibbs, Majestic Lane Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Keynote Address: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II - Dr. Rev. William J. Barber II Keynote General
Unleashing the Power of Story! - Felicia Perez, Bernice Julie Shaw Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Transforming The Workplace: Human Resource Innovations for Private Reparative Justice - Mala Nagarajan, Richael Faithful Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Energy Justice is Racial Justice - Leah Obias, Chandra Farley, Yolanda Matthews Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Abolitionist Change Strategy Lab with Durham Beyond Policing Coalition - Manju Rajendran, Danielle Purifoy Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Collaborate and Mobilize: Creating More Equitable Organizations - Zhaleh Afshar, Anisha Desai, Marc Mascarenhas-Swan Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
What Did Soul Train Teach Us: Synergetic & Somatic Movement Building for BIPOC Liberation - Raven Dickerson, Sanu Dieng Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Practical Magic for Organizing Asian America - sumi dutta Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Political Education that Advances Racial Justice - Libero Della Piana, LeeAnn Hall, Ebony Guy, Meghan McNamara Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Disrupting Native American Invisibility and Dismantling Racism - Crystal Echo Hawk, Leah Salgado Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
If You're Not Talking About Race, You're Not Talking About Anything: Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community - Dash Harris Machado, Evelyn Alvarez, Janvieve Williams Comrie Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Building a Regional Narrative Infrastructure for Transformative Change: A Case Study - Joshua Clark, Sky Allen, Gerald Lenoir, Olivia Araiza Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Every Country Is Special: Taking off the Racist Goggles of American Exceptionalism - Malcolm Shanks, Shweta Moorthy Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
The Legacy of North Carolina's Black Liberation Movements from the Civil Rights Era to Now - Courtney Napier, Erin Byrd, Joe Holt, Tamika Blu Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
A Perfect Storm for Change: A Case Study of Climate Equity in Raleigh - Megan Anderson, Angela Coleman, Emily Barrett, Tatiana Height Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Imagining the economic liberation of people of color: Not speculative fiction! - Solana Rice, Jeremie Greer, Lauren Williams Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Strategic campaigns — advancing racial Justice - Libero Della Piana, LeeAnn Hall, Judith Le Blanc, Rinku Sen, MS, Francis Calpotura Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Facing Reparations - Kamm Howard, Kelli Dillon, Hon. Chris Rabb, Aislinn Pulley Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Equitable & Culturally-Relevant Dance Education - Calia Marshall, Kay Gayner, Yakir Ben-Hur Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
When We Fight (((Antisemitism,))) We Win - Dove Kent, Tarso Luís Ramos, Sharon Rose Goldtzvik Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Running *Towards* Race and Immigration on the Doorstep: using Deep Canvassing and Race Class Narrative to win in rural communities and red states - Mehrdad Azemun, Anat Shenker-Osorio, Mahsima Hallaji, Dominic Holmes, Steve Deline Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Better together: How to practice transformative solidarity - Deepa Iyer, Anna Castro Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Sazón, Bad Bunny, & Drive-Thru’s : Lessons Drawn from Organizing Experiments - Kelly Morales Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Is Being Climate Woke Enough? Artist Power for Climate Justice - Favianna Rodriguez, Layel Camargo Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
#KeepAleFree: A Reproductive Justice Story - Stephanie Castro, Alejandra Pablos, Gloria Negrete-Lopez Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
So you have a vision for equity, now what? - Amber Trout, Kien Lee, Yolanda Coentro Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Building Organizational Innovation through Shared Leadership - Fayise Abrahim, Monica Bryand, Gabriella Anaïs Deal-Márquez Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Cannabis Legalization and Economic Justice for Black and Brown Communities - Juell Stewart, Lanese Martin, Kiana Hughes Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Meeting the Moment: The Future of Governance and Multiracial Democracy - Michael McAfee, Sulma Arias, Grecia Lima Plenary Session General
Restorative Justice for our Movement - Ashley Thomas, Toni-Michelle Williams, Sendolo Diaminah Plenary Session General
Leading with Racial Equity: A Strategy to Achieve Equity for All - scott winn Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Spoken Word. Creative Community Engagement. The Transportation Experience. - Kimberly Ming, Yanisa Techagumthorn, Adrian H Molina Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Building a Cooperative Economy - Deyanira Del Rio Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Dismantling the Master's House: Race, Power, and Electoral Systems - George Cheung, Sol Mora Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
How to Build an Equitable Economy: Center the 100 Million in Policy and Practice - Demond Drummer, Abigail Langston Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Building a Disability Politic & Access-Centered Cultures - Dustin Gibson, Ngozi Alston Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
So You Want to Become an Anti-Racist Organization - Bernard Moore, Angelo Gamarra, Ligaya Domingo Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Real Talk About Building Organizational Capacity for Racial Equity: A Peer Exchange - Cynthia Silva Parker, Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands: More Healing and Less Colonization in Behavioral Health - Anthony Newkirk, PhD., Jiivik Siiki, Clarence Kelley Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Transforming Public Health at the Intersection of Equity and Institutional Change - Leandris C. Liburd, Jeffrey E. Hall, Rashid Njai Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Transforming our Narrative Waters through Narrative Systems Design - Bridgit Antoinette Evans, Tracy Van Slyke, Nayantara Sen Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Taking Care of Our Staff in a Capitalist, Ableist, and Racist System - Shubha Balabaer, Shilo McCabe, Steven Renderos Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Racing the Election: Reflections on the Midterms and the Direction Forward - Rinku Sen, MS, Judith Le Blanc, Alex Gomez, LeeAnn Hall Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
How Cops Get Off - Judith Browne Dianis, Shanelle Matthews, Jennifer Dillon Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Generation Justice- Facing Race Radio Production - Roberta Rael, Barbara Ramirez Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Let’s Talk about Sex: Transwomen of Color Talk Sex Work and Decriminalization - Cecilia Gentili, Victoria Van Blaque Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
It’s Time for Action: a Non-profit Funder Membership Organization Leads a State-wide Strategy to Shift Philanthropy at Scale - Amber Trout, Alex McCray, Jessica Berns Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Not Your Traditional Policy Approach — Redefining a Win for Our Communities - Dennice Barr, Jazmín Rodriguez Lopez, Shawmar Pitts, Janelle Wright Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
ENERGY: What is it good for - Crystal Huang, Selena Feliciano Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
From a Seat at the Table to Democratic Control: Powerbuilding through Co-governance - Rukia Lumumba, Rosie Grant, Shaw San Liu Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
New Tools to Tell Our Story: Exploring Virtual Reality (VR) Technologies for Racial Consciousness, Reflection, and Healing - Giramata, Amelia (Amy) Kraehe, Richelle maria Vargas Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Embodying a White Antiracist Identity and Practice - Laura Shmishkiss Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Operationalizing Love: Utilizing A Critical Theory of Love In Our Fight for Social Justice - Dr. Durryle Brooks Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
Narrative 101 - Kalimah Ujaama, Nadia Awad Breakout Session Narrative, Arts, and Culture
How Do You Cook Your Rice? A Workshop on Food, Healing and Liberation - Christopher Tse, Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
What Do We Do With the White People? How to Bring Millions of White People into Movements for Social Change - Julia Daniel, Evelyn Lynn, Chanelle Gallant Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
The Social Justice Spectrum: Building the World We Want from the World We Have - Promiti Islam, Hannah Weitzer, Brienne “BC” Colston Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change
Decolonizing Research Practices with the Black Researchers Collective - Glenance Green Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Generation Justice Narrative Shift and Leaders for Change Fellowship-- Youth led multiracial, policy and health equity in New Mexico - Roberta Rael, Zain Dixon, Barbara Ramirez Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Paving the Path towards Justice: Implementing more Equitable Infrastructure Investment - Christopher Coes, Christina Cummings, April Brown Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change