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

Facing Race 2012

Baltimore, MD

Red program cover with yellow building outlines with tagline “Define Justice. Make Change.”

Celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the Applied Research Center (ARC) presents the biennial Facing Race conference with celebrated Dominican-American author Junot Díaz as Facing Race keynote speaker.

Key issues to be addressed include 2012 election, economy, arts & culture, education reform, multiracial organizing, immigrant rights, and the development of racial justice leadership and training models. 

Video Highlights

Keynote Speaker(s)

Junot Díaz

Highlighted Sessions

Now What? Debriefing the Election and Talking Governance (Includes Video)
Can You Hear Me Now? How Activists and Artists are Rebuilding the Media
Keynote Event: Junot Diaz (Includes Video)
Welcoming Remarks (Includes Video)
Race and Gender in the 21st Century (Includes Video)
Welcoming Remarks
Culture Trumps Politics: Or Does It? (Includes Video)

Breakout Sessions

Arts, Culture, and Media

The Roots of Racism: Say What?
Race Flicks - Middle of Nowhere
Changing the Conversation on Race
Race and Masculinity: Perils, Pride and Pushing the Boundaries of Perception
Addressing Racism Using Theater of the Oppressed
From the Trenches: Stories on Race, Dating and Love
We Wear the MassQ: One Artist's Dis-covery of Face, Race and Ritual in a Digital Age
Talking About Race: Racial Justice Through Media, Collaboration and Community Conversation
Race Flicks 2- Harvest of Empire
Like Racism, But Funnier: Social Change Through Internet Jokes
Race Flicks 3- New Lens, Youth Produced Films
Using Social Media to Connect Communities and Make an Impact--and Measure It!
Tell Your Story, Move Your Campaign
Art & Agitation: On the Power of Cultural Strategy
Race Flicks 4- Wildness
No Budget? No Problem! 2013's New Tools For Creating Content and Telling Your Story
Storytelling for Racial Justice
What's Faith Got To Do With It?

Organizing and Advocacy

Innovations in Organizing in Communities of Color
Race & Class: Why an Intersectional Approach is Critical in Undoing Structural Racism
From Brooklyn to Baltimore: the Fight for Fair Development
Structural Racism 101: Critical Concepts for Getting to Racial Justice
Entrepreneurship and Racial Justice
Organizing Racial Justice Philanthropy
Racial Profiling: Every Which Way But Loose

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