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Facing Race 2010 Conference with Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Van Jones, Tim Wise and Maria Teresa Kumar

2010-09-02 13:21
APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER PRESENTSВ FacingВ RaceВ 2010 Premier Racial Justice Conference includes presenters MelissaВ Harris-Lacewell, Van Jones, Tim Wise and Maria Teresa Kumar August 24, 2010 (New York, NY) - Applied Research Center, the nationв s leading think tank onВ race, is thrilled to presentВ FacingRaceВ 2010, the largest multi-racial gathering of leaders, educators, journalists, advocates and activists on racial justice in the country. With a comprehensive lineup of presentations and workshops covering a breadth of racial justice issues, prestigious speakers,and expected numbers of more than 1,000 participants,В FacingВ Race is the nationв s premier conference on racial justice, to be held September 23-25 at the McCormick Hyatt Regency in Chicago, IL. FacingВ Race has become a pivotal event for galvanizing communities on racial justice issues, said Applied Research Centerpresident and executive director Rinku Sen. FacingВ RaceВ 2008 was held ten days after the historic election of President Obama, with meaningful discussions on hot-buttonВ raceВ issues. With this yearв s conference, we will acknowledge strides that have been made, while offering criticism and innovative strategies for real change. Key issues to be covered atВ FacingВ Race include debunking post-racial America; economy and green jobs, reproductive justice; lesbian,gay, bisexual, and transgender communities; millenials and the 2010 elections;disparities in health care reform; SB1070 and immigrant rights; educational equity; welfare; and criminal justice. MelissaВ Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University, will serve as keynote speaker for the conference.В America 8217;s failings to substantively address the continuing challenges ofВ raceВ emerges from a lack of shared vocabulary and experiences, collective understanding of the difference between personal attitudes and systematic discrimination, common data about racial inequity, and historical knowledge about how power and privilege operate, said Harris-Lacewell. Most importantly, however, we lack a collective vision of a racially just future. These are the aspects ofВ raceВ that we must face, working in communities across America among people of good faith. That is why I am so pleased to be a part of this conference. FacingВ RaceВ 2010 presenters include Van Jones, Center for America Progress; Tim Wise, anti-racist writer and educator; Maria Teresa Kumar, Votolatino; FCC Commissioner Clyburn; Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of Geography and American Studies Ethnicity at the University of Southern California; Ai-jen Poo, Domestic Workers United; John Jackson, The Schott Foundation for Public Education; LeeAnn Hall, Northwest Federation of Community Organizations; Malkia Cyril, Center for Media Justice; and Kamau Bell, comedian and social commentator. Founded in 1981, Applied Research Center is America 8217;s leading think tank on racial justice. ARC investigates th...
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