Facing Race 2014 | Facing Race: A National Conference

Dallas, TX

In a powerful intergenerational event that reflects the broad range of Facing Race attendees and individuals engaged in the racial justice movement, three generations of activists — Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, her daughter Toshi Reagon, and granddaughter Tashawn Reagon — gave the keynote at this year’s conference.

Video Highlights

Keynote Speaker(s)

Bernice Johnson Reagon

Tashawn Nicole Reagon

Highlighted Sessions

Opening Night Performance

This is How We Do It: Youth Led Racial Justice

Keynote Address

Roots and Wings: Southern Histories, Legacies and Innovations for the Future

Breakout Sessions

Becoming Ourselves: How Immigrant Women Transformed Their World

Arts, Culture, and Media

Hard Labor: Inside the New Movement for a Higher Minimum Wage and the Freedom to Unionize

Framing Issues with a Racial Equity Lens

Enemies of the State: Surveillance of Communities of Color

Stepping Up Cultural Strategy: How Can Racial Justice Rise Above the Noise?

Dreaming Change: Collective Sci Fi/Visionary Storytelling

Complex Movements: connecting social movements, creative expression, and science

Keeping It Unreal: Decoding Gender, Race and Reality TV--A Media Literacy Workshop

The Poem and Social Space

Creative Convening: Moving Racial Equity Forward Through the Arts

Equity is the Cure for Austerity: Framing the Case for an Equitable Economy

Rainbow Warriors: Lifting Up Queer and Trans Youth Resiliency

Why Tribal Sovereignty Matters

Change Culture, Change the World: An Introduction to Pop Culture Strategy for Social Movement

Life Cycles of Inequity: A Colorlines Series on Black Men

Internet Freedom, Racism, and Civil Rights in the 21st Century

Race on the playing field

Queer and Trans People of Color Art Saves Lives: Testimonies on Pasts, Presents, and Future

Olivia Pope Notwithstanding: Strategies to Transform a TV Landscape Causing Everyday Harm to Black People

Do Not Pass Go: The Stacked Game of the Education System in the Pipeline

Organizing and Advocacy

Marijuana, Racism, and the Future of Reform

Organizing Across Cultures for Immigration Reform

Moving Foundations Toward Racial Justice Grantmaking

2014 Conference News