Agenda
Schedule
Day 1 — Saturday, October 11 (Education-Focused)
- 9:00 AMWelcome and Opening Remarks by James Eddy & Dance Performance by OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center
- 9:45 AMLecturer: Steve Hahn — The roots of the civil rights movement and unseen local organizing
- 10:30 AMLecturer: Donald Yacovone — Teaching White Supremacy: America's Textbook History
- ·Lecturer: Noliwe Rooks — INTEGRATED: How American Schools Failed Black Children
- 11:45 AMConcurrent Breakout Discussion Groups (4 sessions)
- 1:30 PMLecturers: Dr. William Darity Jr. & Kirsten Mullen
- 2:45 PMConcurrent Breakout Discussion Groups (4 sessions)
- 4:00 PMMusic & Networking Dinner
- 5:00 PMKeynote: Bryan Stevenson, Founder, Equal Justice Initiative
Day 2 — Sunday, October 12 (Mass Incarceration-Focused)
- 9:00 AMWelcome Remarks
- 9:15 AMLecturer: Ruha Benjamin (2024 MacArthur Fellow) — Race, technology, and the future of abolition
- 10:15 AMLecturer: Rachel Barkow — Justice Abandoned
- 11:30 AMConcurrent Breakout Discussion Groups (4 sessions)
- 1:15 PMMoving Forward / Next Steps Panel
- 2:30 PMClosing Remarks
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Featured
Speakers
Bryan Stevenson (Keynote)
Noliwe Rooks
Steve Hahn
Donald Yacovone
Ruha Benjamin
Rachel Barkow
William Darity Jr.
Kirsten Mullen