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Dear Friend,
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Facing Race: A National Virtual Conference
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is presented by Race Forward
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. A unique collaborative space for racial justice movement making,
Facing Race
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is the largest multiracial, inter-generational gathering for organizers,
educators, creatives, and other leaders.
For over 15 years, Race Forward has brought you an incredible conference
experience
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that has hosted over 4,000 attendees from all over the world to convene,
organize and mobilize for a more equitable future. Previous Facing Race
National Conferences have been held in Atlanta, Baltimore, Berkeley,
Chicago, Dallas, Oakland, New York, and Detroit.
It is with deep love and care for our Facing Race community that we make
alternative plans due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. In everything
we do, Race Forward centers the safety and well-being of our attendees
and our staff. Facing Race 2020 is going virtual
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and our partners in North Carolina
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will continue to serve as our "host committee" for the event, and will
march on with us in deep collaboration. The conference dates have been
moved to November 10 - 12, 2020, and all of the sessions, presentations,
and plenaries will be entirely online.
To say the least, 2020 has been a tumultuous year. No one could have
predicted these events that have deeply affected our communities, the
moments that have been imprinted in our collective memory, the
inequities that persist
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in our public healthcare systems and the profound injustices in law
enforcement
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. We are experiencing the greatest attack on civil and voting rights in
our lifetimes. Democracy is under siege, quite literally.
Watch and share the Facing Race: A National Virtual Conference
Announcement! Leslie Grant, Director of Conferences and Convenings,
speaks on the conference's shift to a virtual format.
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Like those who came before us, we must strive and we must organize to
create and build the society we want to live in together. It is a
decisive and furious moment in our movement, a time to press forward as
a coalition of movement makers. In the words of the late champion and
icon, Rep. John Lewis
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, "Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our
struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is
the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and
get in good trouble, necessary trouble."
Join us in November, and let's get into good trouble. Register today,
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In Solidarity,
The Facing Race Team
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