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

Facing Race 2014

Dallas, TX

Facing Race logo with names of sessions in the shape of Texas. November 13-15, 2014.

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

Toshi Reagon

Tashawn Nicole Reagon

Highlighted Sessions

Opening Night Performance
This is How We Do It: Youth Led Racial Justice (Includes Video)
Keynote Address
Roots and Wings: Southern Histories, Legacies and Innovations for the Future
The Next Fifty (Includes Video)

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
Enemies of the State: Surveillance of Communities of Color
Stepping Up Cultural Strategy: How Can Racial Justice Rise Above the Noise?
Framing Issues with a Racial Equity Lens
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
Creative Convening: Moving Racial Equity Forward Through the Arts
The Poem and Social Space
Rainbow Warriors: Lifting Up Queer and Trans Youth Resiliency
Equity is the Cure for Austerity: Framing the Case for an Equitable Economy
Reel Justice
Life Cycles of Inequity: A Colorlines Series on Black Men
Internet Freedom, Racism, and Civil Rights in the 21st Century
Why Tribal Sovereignty Matters
Change Culture, Change the World: An Introduction to Pop Culture Strategy for Social Movement
Do Not Pass Go: The Stacked Game of the Education System in the Pipeline
Queer and Trans People of Color Art Saves Lives: Testimonies on Pasts, Presents, and Future
Race Peace
Race on the playing field
Olivia Pope Notwithstanding: Strategies to Transform a TV Landscape Causing Everyday Harm to Black People

Organizing and Advocacy

Reclaiming Government: A Dialogue about the Intersection of Race, Ethnicity and the Public Sector’s Role in Advancing Equity
Organizing Across Cultures for Immigration Reform
Reimagining the Bible Belt: Race, Religion and Power in Dallas and the South

2014 Conference News

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