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

Facing Race 2018

Detroit, MI

Facing Race logo with stylized portraits of people with interconnecting stylized lines in shades of blue.

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke, and comedian Hari Kondabolu presented keynotes at the Facing Race Conference.

Facing Race 2018 introduced the Racial Justice Reads literary fair and had breakout sessions focusing on these areas:

  • Arts, Media, & Culture
  • Organizing and Advocacy
  • Inclusive Democracy
  • Racial Identities and Innovation

Video Highlights

Keynote Speaker(s)

Hari Kondabolu

Tarana Burke

Highlighted Sessions

The Shift: Narrative and Arts Amid the Culture Wars
Mass Freedom Presents: FRED Talks
KEYNOTE: Hari Kondabolu
KEYNOTE: Tarana Burke
Being You and Doing Good: a conversation between Dawn-Lyen Gardner and Rinku Sen
Is America Possible? Building a Multiracial Democracy in an Era of Division

Breakout Sessions

Organizing and Advocacy

A New Social Contract
The Gentrification of the Environmental Justice Movement in Detroit and Beyond
Organizing Rich People to Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Policing Race – the Intersection of Policing, Immigration, and School Criminalization
Moving to Racial Justice Grantmaking — Outside/Inside Strategies to Shift Power
Staying Safe while Fighting for Your Rights
Health for All: Centering Racial Justice, Power, and Organizing
A Movement Is Rising and It’s Not Ours: White Nationalism from Charlottesville to the White House
Reclaiming Power: Building a More Racially Just Energy System
Beyond Allies: Antiracism, Visionary Organizing, and Co-Liberation
No Wholeness, No Liberation / Know Wholeness, Know Liberation: Embodying Living Systems and Decolonization to Strengthen Our Racial Justice Work and Resiliency
Beyond Lip Service: Aligning Racial Equity Frameworks and Impact in Philanthropy
Cross-Movement Organizing: A Strategy to Resist and Dismantle Structural Oppression
Kerner at 50 — Owning Our Stories and Our Narratives
Movement Mic Check: Rapid Response to Racial Disasters, A GamePlan
Mourning In Puerto Rican: On Grief, Hurricane Preparedness, & Solidarity
United States of Terror: How The State Has Succeeded At Terrorizing Immigrant Communities And What We Can Do
AMAN Zones: Shifting the Narrative through Community Organizing
Pipes and Ladders: The Impact of Mass Incarceration on Youth and the Community
Encouraging Youth Leadership in RJ Movements (Adult Ally-ship 101)
Organizing for the Freedom to Thrive
Emergent Strategy 101
Because Black Neighborhoods Matter: Scaling Up Community Control of Land, Energy and Housing
First Food Justice a Revolutionary Act: National First Food Racial Equity Cohort: Building a Movement
State Violence in the War on Terror: How to Organize Against Institutionalized Islamophobia

2018 Conference News