Welcome to Facing Race, a National Conference sponsored by the Applied Research Center and the Center for Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center.

From the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast to the fight for just immigration policy, questions of racial justice dominate debates in academia, government and the media. Facing Race is our chance to cut across the color line and move these conversations forward.

Advancing racial justice is not only an idea we share; it is a mission to change the rules so that privileges and punishments are not determined by the color of our skin. Across three days in March you can join other policymakers, advocates, journalists, researchers, and organizers who share this commitment.

Facing Race will explore the innovative strategies and successful models that have the power to make racial justice a 21st century reality. You can find out more about the schedule, speakers and even register right here at www.arc.org.

Conference Workshops

The conference will have three primary tracks: policy change, media and organizing. Throughout the entire conference we plan to offer 27 - 30 workshops/training sessions. We also plan to show documentaries and independent films with a focus on racial justice issues throughout the entire conference. There will be three panels throughout the two day conference.

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Keynote Speaker

Best-known for his popular mysteries featuring private investigator Easy Rawlins, Walter Mosley transcends the conventional bounds of fiction writing. The New York Times Book Review called him “a literary artist as well as a master of mystery.” The Boston Globe hailed him as “one of the nation’s finest writers.”

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Kaleidescope: An Evening of Entertainment featuring Eddie Palmieri

Photo: Juan L. Cruz

On Friday night, Eddie Palmieri and the Afro-Latin Jazz Sextet headline a night of music, poetry and film at the Facing Race National Conference. The event will feature:

• Filmmaker Kiri Davis's special presentation of her acclaimed film A Girl Like Me
• New York's best Spoken Word & Hip-Hop from La Bruja, Taiyo Na, and Angela Jones
• South Asian comedian Aladdin
• Singers from South Africa's Children of Agape Choir
• The event will be Emceed by Jeff Chang-- journalist for Vibe and The Nation; author of Can't Stop Won't Stop and Total Chaos

FACING RACE Film Festival featuring:

• "Banished", Director Marco Williams, Production of the Center for Investigative Reporting and Two Tone Productions - Q&A to follow
• "HIP HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhymes", A film by Byron Hunt, Production of God Bless the Child Productions, Independent Television Services, National Black Programming Consortia, Independent Lens. - Q&A to follow
• "Race is the Place", A film by Ray Telles and Rick Tejada-Flores, Production of ITVS
• "What's Race Got to Do With It", A film by California Newsreel.
• “Race to Execution”, Directed and Produced by Rachel Lyon, Co-produced by Jim Lopes
• "Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible", A film by Shakti Butler, PH.D.
• "Central Brooklyn's Health Care Crisis" A film by Diana Maryam Nikkah for Creative Counsel and The Opportunity Agenda.
• "This is My Home", A film by the Advancement Project and Washington Koen Productions
• "Hurricane Katrina: Life After the Storm", A film by Marcia Fingal
• "Race and Public Policy: A Dialogue", A film by the Applied Research Center.

Questions?

Contact the Applied Research Center's New York office for more information regarding the Facing Race. Define Justice. Make Change 2007 Conference.

Applied Research Center, 32 Broadway, Suite 1801, New York, NY 10004

Phone 212.513.7925 or email.

Conference Co-Sponsors:

• Applied Research Center (ARC)
• CUNY Graduate Center – Center for Humanities
  

Benefactors

• Center for Social Inclusion
• Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
• The Nation
• WBAI
  

Patron level sponsors

• Advancement Project
• The Center for Social Inclusion
• Free Press
  
• PolicyLink
• Poverty & Race Research Action Council
  
• Union Square Awards

Friend level sponsors

• Center for Community Change
  
• Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
  
• Georgia Citizen’s Coalition on Hunger
• Political Research Associates
• Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity
• TIGRA
  

Facing Race Conference: Define justice. Make Change is co-sponsored by the Applied Research Center and Center for Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center.