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

2024 Program:
Power to Organize

Thursday November 21

11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Love Letter to the Lou
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Political Prosecutions in the Era of Rising Authoritarianism
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
The Grab: Talking About State Takeovers, White Supremacy, and How We Keep Our Power
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
From Civic Trauma to Civic Healing: Mobilizing People Power to Win Real, Progressive Change
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Protecting Our Communities and Democracy From Threats, Intimidation, and Political Violence
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Sustaining Movement Beyond the Moment: Lessons from St. Louis
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
From StopCopCity to Palestine: Organizing for Justice
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Two Futures Scenario & Strategy Workshop: How to Maximize Racial Justice & Power-Building in Every Post-Election Scenario
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:15pm CST
Empowering Black Communities: Using Reproductive Justice Informed Organizing to Combat Black Voter Apathy
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
Public School Vouchers and the Dismantling of Public Education
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
A Decade of Activism: Reflections and Future Directions
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
The Death Lobby: How U.S. Military Spending Siphons Funds from Human Needs and Social Programs, Boosts the Profits of Weapons Manufacturers, Buys Our Elected Leaders, and Feeds Racism at Home
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
Five-4-Five
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
Amplifying Black Trans Aliveness
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
The Power of Memes
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
Book by Book, Block by Block: How Reading Captains are Building a Community of Readers
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
Building a Statewide Prison Advocacy Movement in Missouri; the most northern State of the South: Strategy, Obstacles & Necessity
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
Beyond the Muslim Ban:  Taking on Islamophobia Locally and Globally
Breakout Session
2:00pm to 3:30pm CST
Movement-building through the Public School Strong Model: Lessons learned and How You Plug in
Breakout Session

Friday November 22

11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Racial Justice Through Resident Leadership: Neighborhood Leadership Fellows Transforming the St. Louis Promise Zone Through Collaboration, Policy, and Power
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
For the People and For Justice: Building Black Power in Detroit
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Our Ancestral Strategy: Black Feminist Organizing Tactics Against the Prison Industrial Complex
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Climate Migration: Dreaming Forward
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Real Talk About Building Organizational Capacity for Racial Equity: A Peer Exchange
Breakout Session
11:00am to 12:30pm CST
Place-Based Strategies for Building Community Power and Addressing the Root Causes of Housing and Land Injustice
Breakout Session