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

Facing Race 2022

Phoenix, AZ

Facing Race 2022: Phoenix Program cover with various faces amounts cactuses with yellow, orange, and pink sky.

Historian and National Award-winning bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi presented the keynote at this Facing Race Confence in Phoenix, Arizona.

Breakout Sessions focused on these subject areas:

  • Narrative, Arts, and Culture
  • Institutional and Sectoral Change
  • Movement & Community Driven Solutions
  • Race Identities & Innovations

We also had Race Flicks and Racial Justice Reads presenting films and authors.

Video Highlights

Keynote Speaker(s)

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

Highlighted Sessions

Meeting the Moment: The Future of Governance and Multiracial Democracy
Restorative Justice for our Movement
Protecting The Sacred — An Intimate Discussion on Spirituality and Land Sovereignty
The Freedom to Learn: The Fight for Honest, Equitable, and Fully Funded Public Schools as the Foundation for a Just, Multiracial Democracy
Keynote
What’s Next (Race Forward Direction)

Breakout Sessions

Race Identities and Innovations

Embodying a White Antiracist Identity and Practice
Let’s Talk about Sex: Transwomen of Color Talk Sex Work and Decriminalization
Leading with Racial Equity: A Strategy to Achieve Equity for All
How Do You Cook Your Rice? A Workshop on Food, Healing and Liberation
What Do We Do With the White People? How to Bring Millions of White People into Movements for Social Change
Rockwood's Heart of Black Leadership — Mini Session
Embodied Encounters: Engaging Arts-Based Processes to Move Beyond Racial Conversations
Navigating Dilemmas in White Anti-racist Organizing
Know Your Lane: Examining the Futility and Harm of Racing into Allyship Without Checking Your Privilege
Disarm and Dismantle the Police State
Decolonizing Gender
Unsettling Multiracial Identity
Neither China nor the US: Forging Our Paths in Transnational Struggles and Movements

Narrative, Arts, and Culture

New Tools to Tell Our Story: Exploring Virtual Reality (VR) Technologies for Racial Consciousness, Reflection, and Healing
Generation Justice- Facing Race Radio Production
Narrative 101
Transforming our Narrative Waters through Narrative Systems Design
Operationalizing Love: Utilizing A Critical Theory of Love In Our Fight for Social Justice
The Narrative Coup: How the Right is Using the Tools of Fandom to Digitally Hack Our Democracy
The Power of Storytelling to Advance Justice for Workers
H.E.A.L. Together: Lessons in Building an Intergenerational Movement for Strong Public Schools and a Multiracial Democracy
#AbortionShowers
Wellness Through Movement
Rise-Home: Seeding New Narratives for Housing & Racial Justice Through Artist/Organizer Collaboration
Why Black Space Matters: Thought Leadership, Narrative Change and Action in Richmond, VA

2022 Conference News

Support the Racial Justice Work of Local Arizona-based Organizations

Nov 14, 2022

BLM Phoenix Metro

Meet The Host Committee!

Nov 04, 2022

Facing Race would not be possible without the support of the local Host Committee.

In-Person Tickets Sold Out

Oct 28, 2022

Facing Race 2022 is excited to announce that due to overwhelming interest in attending FR2022 in-person in Phoenix, Arizona, In-Person tickets are sold out!