Program

Schedule at a glance
Thursday, Nov 8
12-4:30pm Bus Tour
12pm Registration Opens
3-5pm Race Flicks: Detroit Narrative Agency
6:30-8:45pm Opening Ceremony
Friday, Nov 9
8-9am Breakfast
9-10:30am Morning Plenary
11:00am-12:30pm Breakout Session Block 1
11:00am-12:30pm Race Flicks: The Circle
11:00am-12:30pm Racial Justice Reads: Tananarive Due
12:30-1:45pm Lunch
1-3pm FRED Talks
1:45-3:15pm Breakout Session Block 2
1:45-3:15pm Racial Justice Reads: adrienne maree brown
1:45-3:15pm Race Flicks: The North Pole
3:30-5:30pm Keynote: Hari Kondabolu
5:30-6:30pm Race Flicks: Water Warriors
5:30pm-6:45 Racial Justice Reads: Ben Hecht
5:30-8:30pm Dinner on Your Own
6:30-7:30pm Colorlines 20th Anniversary Reception
8:30pm-12am Friday Night Party
Saturday, Nov 10
8:15-9:15am Breakfast
9:15-10:45am Breakout Session Block 3
9:15-10:45am Race Flicks: Dispatches from Cleveland
9:30-10:45am Racial Justice Reads: Jeff Chang
10:00-10:45am Racial Justice Reads: Rinku Sen
11am-12:45pm Keynote: Tarana Burke
12:45-1:45pm Lunch
1:45-3:15pm Breakout Session Block 4
1:45-3:15pm Race Flicks: Quest
1:45-3:15pm Special Plenary with Rinku Sen
1:45-3:15pm Racial Justice Reads: Edgar Villanueva
3:30-5pm Closing Plenary
Tarana Burke
Hari Kondabolu
Keynote Speakers
Arts, Media, & Culture
Features strategic communications, art and culture making, narrative shift and multi-media to advance racial justice.
Organizing & Advocacy
Features issue campaigns, activism, base-building, coalition-building, and movement-building to advancing racial justice.
Opening Plenary


Closing Plenary
Inclusive Democracy
Features equitable institutional policies and practices, inside/outside strategies and governing for racial equity.
Dance Party
Race Flicks
Facing Race film series featuring a diverse array of new racial justice films.
Race Identities & Innovations
Features racial communities, intersections, dynamics, innovative research, and exemplary solutions.
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