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

all Conference Sessions

Session Date & Time Speaker(s) Type Track
Media Teach-In: Media Literacy and Communications Strategies for Racial and Gender Justice - Jennifer L. Pozner, Nuala Cabral Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
When The Tap Runs Dry: An Inside Look into Detroit's Water Crisis - Demeeko Williams, At Peace Makita Breakout Session Organizing and Advocacy
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
Quest - Jonathan Olshefski, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Race Flicks 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
The Community Power Matrix: Harnessing Power to Achieve Racial Equity - Toni Anderson, Stacey Gibson Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
Listen Up! Podcasting for Social Change - Will Coley, KalaLea Breakout Session Arts, Media, and Culture
Advancing Workforce Equity by Centering Those Most Impacted - Benjamin Duncan, Raymond De Silva, Natasha Smith, Andrea Archuleta, Aimeera Flint Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
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 Mental Health - Shonettia Monique, Agustina Vidal Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Being You and Doing Good: a conversation between Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Rinku Sen - Rinku Sen, MS, Dawn-Lyen Gardner Plenary Session General
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
Decolonizing Anti-Racism in Anishinaabe Aki - Cecelia Rose LaPointe, Carmen Lane Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Bronxeñas: Afrolatina is not just a US Experience - Janvieve Williams Comrie, Alicia Grullon, Wanda Salaman, Sade Swift Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
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
If You Ran a Solidarity Workshop... - Deepa Iyer, Anna Castro Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Flipping the Script: Developing and Deploying a Strategic Narrative for Transformative Change - Gerald Lenoir, Olivia Araiza 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
Organizing Families of Color for Racial Justice - Amy Pak, Christine Tang Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
How to Take Care of Each Other: Community Care in Times of Crisis - Abeni Jones 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
Creative CityMaking: Housing Inspectors on Hearing Tenant Voices - Gülgün Kayim, Mankwe Ndosi, Amelia Brown, Keliie Jones Breakout Session Inclusive Democracy
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
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
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
Keynote Address: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II - Dr. Rev. William J. Barber II Keynote General
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Know Your Lane: Examining the Futility and Harm of Racing into Allyship Without Checking Your Privilege - Jasmine Snipes, Melia Dunn Breakout Session Race Identities and Innovations
Returning to Freedom Schools - Mimi, Nia, Raquel Breakout Session Movement and Community Driven Solutions
Building a Bigger We: The Multiracial Alliances Needed to Win - Erin Heaney, Fernando Mejia, Carrie Santoro, Anika Fassia Breakout Session Institutional and Sectoral Change