Dear Friend, 

A 17-year old, Darnella Frazier, began a new era in the fight for racial justice when she videotaped the murder of George Floyd. Her video has been credited with leading to the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

Since Floyd’s murder, young people across this country have continuously taken to the streets, demanding an end not only to unjustified police and vigilante murders of people of color, in particular Black and Brown people, but also calling for a true multiracial, multicultural democracy, in which all people can feel safe and thrive.

As Race Forward celebrates 40 years of working at the intersections of “#RaceAnd”, we are inspired to uplift the ideas, strategies, and solutions of youth and young adults who have and continue to lead racial justice work in this country.

Please join us for #RaceAnd Our Present Our Future, on Saturday, September 25, for a half-day, virtual, intergenerational dialogue that will center the solutions-driven, movement-making work of young people within Black, Indigenous, LatinX and Asian-American Pacific Islander Communities.

Watch the energizing, motivating, and uplifting event announcement video

We are pleased to partner with The Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing*,  to elevate core issues such as police reform, environmental racism, the schools to prison pipeline, prison abolition, immigration, and foster care, and highlight the critical role youth and young adults take in organizing toward racial equity through art, cultural narrative, and policy strategies. Learn how their actions are striking powerful blows to structural racism in the US and escalating the global movement to defend Black Lives.

Register now and secure your spot to participate in; 

• Thought-provoking and solution-driven plenaries centering leaders at the forefront of racial justice. 
• Insightful and inspiring Keynote Address
• Break Out Sessions to learn about practices, strategies, and stories of work in local communities. 
• Virtual Networking Opportunities for participants.
• Vendors & Exhibits Hall featuring young entrepreneurs and youth owned businesses
  

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We hope to see you there!

The Race Forward Team