Schedule at a Glance | Facing Race: A National Conference

All times Eastern Standard Time
Schedule subject to change

Thursday, Nov 12
7am Registration Opens (Time tentative)
9am-4pm Pre-Conference
11am-4pm St. Louis Bus Tour
4-5:30pm Race Forward’s Funder Reception
5:30-7pm Opening Ceremony
Friday, Nov 13
7am Registration Opens (Time tentative)
8-9am Breakfast
9-10:30am Opening Plenary
10:45am-12:15pm Breakout Session Block 1
10:45am-12:15pm Race Flicks
12:30-2pm Lunch
2:15-3:15pm Breakout Session Block 2
2-3:30pm Race Flicks
4-5:30pm Plenary
8pm-12:00am Party
Saturday, Nov 14
7am Registration Opens (Time tentative)
8-9am Breakfast
9-10:30am Keynote
10:45am-12:15pm Breakout Session Block 3
10:45am-12:15pm Race Flicks
12:30-2pm Lunch Plenary
Schedule subject to change

Organize to Build Power

Sessions with organizers and grassroots leaders that elevate the lessons, strategies, tools, campaigns, and community-labor coalitions that are building the organizing infrastructure to and capacity to advance racial justice and a common good agenda through cross-racial solidarity.

Transforming Institutions to Shift Power

Sessions that highlight the work of social justice organizations, philanthropy, and government agencies that advance racial equity by systematically changing institutions, policies, and practices to center racial justice.

Building Narrative Power for Change

Sessions that elevate cultural and narrative strategies that not only disrupt oppressive and racist myths and ideologies but also offer an irresistible vision for a racially just world. In particular, this track is for sessions that show how building narrative power can concretely shift policy and behavior, change institutions and culture, and build solidarity across communities and institutions.

Building Co-governance Power

Sessions that elevate strategies and practices that center shared power and collective decision-making between communities and institutions for racial justice and systemic equity. In particular, this track is most interested in sessions that can focus on critical tools and processes that support cross-sector collaboration, place-based examples that demonstrate how collective power can create impactful results, research and insights connecting how building shared-governance can reinforce democratic infrastructure to support a multi-racial society.

Racial Justice Reads

Enjoy readings of excepts by authors of their most popular racial justice titles, followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Preview a diverse array of new racial justice films throughout the conference.