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

DeAngelo Mack

Racial Equity Alliance, Sacramento Co. CA

DeAngelo Mack has been a leader in community-based solutions to improve the overall health outcomes for the most marginalized. For more than two decades he has worked tirelessly to illuminate the vast disproportionate disparities experienced by blacks and people of color. He currently serves as Public Health Advocates Director of Equity Justice and the HAVI's Senior Advisor for Technical Assistance and Frontline Staff.


Presentations from Facing Race 2022

Visionary Practices for Community of Color Power & Ownership

What are the possibilities when communities of color work collectively across-race to deepen shared power, organize and develop future-forward democratizing practices and structures that offer a vision for true democracy and transformation with racial justice as the horizon?

In this session community leaders from local coalitions and networks will present a snapshot of the vision, values, culture and practices that are informing this push for community ownership of the institutions that determine their lives. Multi-sectoral efforts for racial justice necessitate the development of new democratic practices that place r transformation at the front and center, along with prioritizing of transparency, accountability, and deeper relationships – centering bold solutions for the long haul.

Speakers TBD but will include representatives from local coalitions and networks in the Puget Sound and Northern California who are building multiracial power for racial justice and transformation in their communities. The session will be supported by Fernando Mejia Ledesma, Co-executive Director of Puget Sound SAGE and Jesse Villalobos from Race Forward’s Place-Based Initiatives, who works to support local racial justice networks in deepening their collective power to bring bold vision into fruition.

Moderator(s): Jesse Villalobos Speakers: Fernando Mejia Ledesma, Kim Williams, DeAngelo Mack, Andrea Manzo, Alma Cervantes, Yordanos Teferi