2007 Facing Race Conference Agenda

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Thursday, March 22, 2007
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM - Keynote Speaker: Award-winning novelist and social commentator Walter Mosley

March 23, 2007
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM – Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Welcome/Opening Presentation

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM – Plenary 1: Future of Racial Justice
From rebuilding the Gulf to the fight for affirmative action, Winona LaDuke, Juan Gonzales, Angela Glover Blackwell and Rinku Sen chart a course through the issues that latter for racial justice in the 21st century.

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Workshop Session 1

1:00 PM – 2:15 PM – Lunch on your own

2:30 PM – 4:00 PM – Plenary 2: Facing Race on Capitol Hill: Congress in the First 100 Days
After 3 months of Democratic leadership in Congress, policy advocates and Washington insiders evaluate strategies for advancing racial justice on Capitol Hill.

4:15 PM – 5: 45 PM - Workshop Session 2

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Dinner on your own

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM – Kaleidescope: An Evening of Entertainment featuring Eddie Palmieri

March 24, 2007
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM - Registration and Continental breakfast

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM – Morning Refresher/Opener

9:30 AM – 11:00 AM – Workshop Round 1

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM – Workshop Round 2

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Lunch – Box lunch at CUNY

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM – Plenary 3 : Lessons from the World
Movement leaders from around the world discuss innovate strategies for action at the intersection of race and the global economy.

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM – Conference closing

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – clean – up