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

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
Enemies of the State: Surveillance of Communities of Color
Hard Labor: Inside the New Movement for a Higher Minimum Wage and the Freedom to Unionize
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
Life Cycles of Inequity: A Colorlines Series on Black Men
Reel Justice
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
Rainbow Warriors: Lifting Up Queer and Trans Youth Resiliency
Equity is the Cure for Austerity: Framing the Case for an Equitable Economy
Race Peace
Queer and Trans People of Color Art Saves Lives: Testimonies on Pasts, Presents, and Future
Race on the playing field
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

Organizing for Equitable Development and Housing Justice in Working Class Communities of Color
Organizing Across Cultures for Immigration Reform
Reimagining the Bible Belt: Race, Religion and Power in Dallas and the South

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