THE FREC 15TH ANNUAL
OVERCOMING RACISM CONFERENCE:
Reclaiming History and Paying What’s Due
NOVEMBER 10 - 11, 2023
Call For Workshops
The Overcoming Racism Conference is seeking workshop ideas from people involved in racial justice/equity work.
Learn more about the themes we are looking for and apply with a few brief statements about your content.
Deadline: June 5th
Overcoming Racism: Reclaiming History and Paying What’s Due is the theme of this year’s conference.
The theme focuses on two distinct and related topics:
1. Historical Recovery – reclaiming movements, strategies, approaches from the past that could be useful in our current work—if they were known, and
2. Paying What’s Due to those harmed by oppressive acts sanctioned by government and every other sector in our society in which primarily Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities were stripped of their land, rights and ability to create generational wealth. Black and Indigenous people also experienced cultural genocide, of which the after effects are still felt today.
Have Questions? Attend an Orientation Session
May 23rd 12 to 1:00 pm & May 24th 5 to 6:00 pm
2023 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Yohuru Williams
Dr. Yohuru Williams is a Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He received his Ph.D. from Howard University in 1998.
Dr. Williams has appeared on a variety of local and national radio and television programs most notably ABC, CNN, MSNBC, Aljazeera America, BET, CSPAN, and NPR. He was featured in the Ken Burns PBS Documentary “Jackie Robinson” and the Stanley Nelson PBS Documentary “The Black Panthers.” He was one of the hosts of the History Channel’s Web show “Sound Smart” and has appeared as a featured historian in History’s popular miniseries, “The Men Who Built America” and “The Food that Built America” and A&E’s “Mysteries at the Museum.” He is also a contributor to the Progressive Magazine.
