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Race Forward is excited to premiere a new iteration of our FRED Talks (Facing Race Elevating Democracy) video series!

We traveled to Tucson, Arizona to explore why it’s important to build solidarity across movements to end mass incarceration and detention. Stream our two-part, sit-down conversation between Dawn Harrington, Executive Director at Free Hearts, a nonprofit organization created to reunite families affected by incarceration, and Jessica Rodriguez, an immigrant rights activist and Director of the Southside Workers Center, which supports a community of worker-leaders that organizes to raise the standard of worker conditions. 

In the video, Dawn and Jessica talk about the major role capitalism plays in the detention and incarceration of communities of color, and discuss strategies to target the root cause issues that cause systemic oppression. 

Watch Part 1: Dawn and Jessica on Intersections of Mass Incarceration and Detention

Watch Part 2: Dawn and Jessica Dig Deeper Into Mass Detention and Incarceration

FRED Talks is a part of Race Forward’s Mass Freedom work, bridging movements to end the criminalization of people of color and share our vision for a better future, to build a democracy that is truly free, together. Stream this playlist of our previous FRED Talks, and share your thoughts on Dawn and Jessica’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter. 

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Attend a 2020 Building Racial Equity Training

We have BRE trainings coming up in Mississippi, Minnesota, Wisconsin and more! 

Building Racial Equity: Foundations is a one-day training focused on teaching you how to apply a racial equity lens to your work, and the best ways to begin applying what you learn. Did you know we’re coming to new cities this year? Register with the early bird discount for our upcoming trainings in Jackson, Mississippi, Twin Cities, Minnesota, Madison, Wisconsin, and more!

Sharpen your skills to challenge and change institutional racial inequities at our trainings in 2020. Check to see where in the country we’ll be on our national schedule, and we hope to see you there. If you have questions about group discounts, student discounts or tuition assistance, please reach out to our training team at bre@raceforward.org.

Join Facing Race as a Sponsor!

Let's Build Power Together at Facing Race 2020

Facing Race is bringing together movement-makers from across the nation for the largest multiracial, intergenerational conference on racial justice to Raleigh, North Carolina on November 12th-14th. This is an exciting opportunity for your organization to be highlighted to the 4,000+ attendees that will be at the conference!  

Facing Race is possible because of our generous foundation sponsors, individual donors, and organizational supporters. Sponsors are acknowledged throughout the conference, and receive complimentary tickets and advertising opportunities. 

To learn more about organization, foundation, university, and corporate sponsorship opportunities, please contact Race Forward at sponsorship@raceforward.org.

Staff Picks

Credit: Deadline

Find out what art & culture is attracting the attention of our staff! This month we hear from our Development Associate, Joseph Haverlock!

"I’m really excited about The Good Place. The show tries to answer the question, “What does it mean to be a good person?” By following the four main characters on their journey to become better people, the show has evolved over time— reframing the focus from whether or not you’re actually deemed a good person, to whether or not you’re actively trying to be a better person. It has caused me to reexamine my own philosophy on morality, the afterlife, and what we owe to each other as humans."

What are you listening to, watching, reading and learning? Tell us on Twitter or Facebook.

In solidarity,

Team Race Forward

Race Forward is proud to support and participate in the fourth annual National Day of Racial Healing taking place on January 21st. On this day, individuals, organizations and communities across the U.S. will be coming together at local community gatherings designed to share truth, deepen relationships, and build trust to help create a more just and equitable world. 

Launched in 2017 as part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing & Reconciliation efforts, the National Day of Racial Healing is designed to celebrate our common humanity, acknowledge the truths from our shared history, and recognize the collective potential we have to transform broken systems and bridge divides to advance racial justice. 

Be a part of the National Day of Racial Healing by tuning in for a national live stream on Tuesday, January 21st at 9:00 a.m. EST via the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s YouTube Channel, at www.dayofracialhealing.org. The event will kick-off with a special fireside chat with President and CEO La June Montgomery Tabron and will include other amazing panels with featured guests and speakers.

Follow the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #HowWeHeal and tag Race Forward and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in your posts, as we collectively uplift our voices on this important day recognizing our work and efforts towards racial equity. To learn more, visit www.dayofracialhealing.org. 

Dear Friend,

Race Forward is excited to share our latest report: Monterey County: From Disenfranchisement to Voice, Power, and Participation. The report details the experiences and initiatives of the Building Healthy Communities (BHC) East Salinas Collaborative, which reimagined a community-driven collaboration and redefined the power dynamic between government, community organizations, and philanthropy.

The report is a continuation of Race Forward’s 2017 work on Building the We: Healing-Informed Governing for Racial Equity, which highlighted the work that leaders from across different sectors were doing to address mounting racial and economic tensions in Salinas. In the two years following the release of Building the We, the BHC Collaborative learned that closing racial equity gaps takes an ecosystem approach that works across sectors for better alignment, trust building, and program implementation. 

Through this process, collaborative partners identified three essential elements of systems change:

Community Accountability: holding local institutions accountable for making progress with tools and processes to ensure government leaders are held to a standard of progress.

Culture Shift: calling for greater transparency and vulnerability from institutional partners, and centering the values, needs, and cultural diversity of the community.

Authentic Partnership for Real Solutions: institutional partners are grounded in the root causes of the challenges community members face, in order to authentically engage in the collaborative development of solutions.

Read the report, and watch the accompanying video which explores key questions that may inform racial equity efforts in other communities across the country. What does it take to engage in authentic collaboration? How do government agencies repair the harms they’ve exacerbated in Black and Brown communities and build a new path towards an equitable future?

Share our work on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and support our mission to advance racial justice with a donation to Race Forward today.

As Race Forward supports various efforts to protect our communities from the racially inequitable impacts of COVID-19, we are offering the opportunity to practice social solidarity in a time of physical distancing by presenting three virtual Building Racial Equity Trainings on April 7th, April 9th, or May 5th. 

The Building Racial Equity series, developed by Race Forward, are interactive trainings for those who wish to challenge and change institutional racial inequities. This training will introduce participants to concepts, frames, and tools essential to a productive racial equity practice. Participants will build on and strengthen racial equity practices for themselves, their organization, and their networks.

Space for each virtual training is limited in order to ensure a high level of engagement, coaching and support from our team of expert facilitators. 

Register for one of our virtual offerings here: 

. April 7th registration

. April 9th registration

. May 5th registration

For folks who could use our trainings in their racial justice work but have challenges in affording a ticket, you may send a scholarships inquiry to us at bre@raceforward.org.

*If you're affected by the postponement of the in-person trainings that we had on the schedule for April, you can email any questions or concerns to bre@raceforward.org. 

We look forward to learning, growing, and connecting alongside you during this important moment. 

In solidarity,

The BRE Team 

Click here to share our April 7th, April 9th or May 5th events on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Dear Friend, 

With great excitement and a profound sense of hope, we are pleased to announce that Facing Race: A National Virtual Conference will take place this November 10-12, 2020!

For over 15 years, Race Forward has brought you Facing Race, the largest multiracial, inter-generational gathering for organizers, educators, creatives, and other leaders. It's an incredible conference experience 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. And now, Facing Race 2020 is going virtual. 

Watch and share the Facing Race: A National Virtual Conference announcement video, in which Leslie Grant, Director of Conferences and Convenings speaks on the conference''s shift to a virtual format. 

It is with deep love and care for our Facing Race community that we make these alternative plans due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to center the safety and well-being of our attendees and our staff. Yes, Facing Race is going virtual and our 2020 partners in North Carolina will continue to serve as our virtual host committee for this year's event!

Listen to the Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast's bonus episode "Five Things To Know About Facing Race: A National Virtual Conference," with Hiba and Chevon.

The tumultuous events of 2020 have deeply affected our communities. From persistent inequities in our systems, to profound injustices in law enforcement, to attacks on civil and voting rights-democracy is under siege. Like those who came before us, we must organize to create and build the society we want to live in. This is a time to press forward as a coalition of movement makers. In the words of the late champion and icon, Rep. John Lewis, "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."

Join us in November, right after the Presidential election, and let''s bring together all of the hope, optimism, love, and strategies we have, to one grand convening for justice. Register for Facing Race, and spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also help by having a friend subscribe to our newsletter, or subscribe to Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast.

P.S. - A Just Multiracial Democracy: It Takes All Of Us Please take action by supporting Race Forward today. Your donation supports Race Forward to catalyze movement building for racial justice-advancing racial justice in our communities, policies, institutions, and culture.

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Who''s Hiring?

Race Forward is! And so are a host of other organizations

Do you know someone who has a passion for racial justice, lots of experience in strategic communications, and a marketing background in nonprofit or mission-driven companies? Awesome!

We're looking for a savvy person with public relations, marketing, and branding acumen to join us as a Senior Director of Strategic Communications and Public Engagement at Race Forward!

To join us in catalyzing communities, government, and other institutions to dismantle structural racism, take a moment to view Race Forward's open positions. You can also check out the career pages of some additional organizations, below:

• Careers at Race Forward
• Jobs at Advancement Project
• Employment at Demos
• Careers at PolicyLink
• Jobs at Othering & Belonging Institute

More Racial Equity Tools for the Movement 

Race Forward''s newest work on policy platforms, cannabis justice, and COVID-19 

As the political party conventions wrap this week, Race Forward-along with People's Action, the National Congress of American Indians, PolicyLink, the National Urban League, Demos, UnidosUS, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, and Rights & Democracy-has released Principles for Racially Equitable Policy Platforms. This set of five principles is directed at parties to prioritize racial equity across their policy platforms to set a path for "the multiracial inclusive democracy that realizes our highest ideals." Read more here. 

On August 27th, Race Forward will host #RaceAnd Cannabis, a free webinar in which participants will learn about how and why the legalization of cannabis is not just an economic and public health issue, but also a racial justice issue. Join us for this free virtual event on August 27th, because it's never race alone. It's always #RaceAnd. 

The Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) has a toolkit for institutions looking to build more thoughtful racial equity practices in responding to the continued COVID-19 crisis. The Racial Equity Tool for COVID-19 Response and Recovery looks at desired results, data, community engagement, and strategies, and measures them alongside root causes of inequity, racial impacts, and unintended consequences.

Staff Picks

During these trying times, it''s important to share the small things that keep us going. In this edition, we hear from our Senior Digital Strategist, Chevon Drew.  

"Because I think more attention should be paid to healing from racial trauma that people of color experience in society and at workplaces over time, I''m fascinated with listening to "The Homecoming Podcast." It''s hosted by Dr. Thema, who uses a liberation psychology approach to discuss how people experiencing ongoing racism and other trauma can avoid letting trauma silence the inner self. She also shares how justice-minded folks can begin to release "the world is on my shoulders" beliefs, and release overwork. She shares tips on making space for rest & recovery, and communicating healthy boundaries as part of the necessary rhythm of doing racial justice work while living in the racist system."

Credit: The Homecoming Podcast with Dr. Thema

What are you listening to, watching, reading and learning? Tell us on Twitter or Facebook.

In solidarity,

Team Race Forward

Implicit and explicit racism has often historically driven government responses to urgent health situations. As the COVID-19 public health emergency intensifies, Race Forward calls on local and state governments and those who are managing emergency responses to closely consider the impact that this disease, and the response to it, may have on people and communities of color.

Systemic racism in the United States has always been present, and can have significant ramifications as we navigate through this public health crisis. Race Forward remains steadfast in our commitment to advancing our racial justice and equity work. To best do this, we will continue working at the community and institutional levels to identify and adapt to new methods of engaging and community-building in digital spaces. 

Race Forward has shifted the way we do our work  in order to prioritize the health and well-being of our staff, our partners, and the communities we serve. And, when the time is right, and circumstances are more secure, we will reconvene, recharge, and rebuild. As an organization, as a movement, and as a nation, we must love and support each other and make decisions based in science and compassion - not out of fear.

Race Forward''s statement on the Coronavirus Emergency, official response, and its impacts on communities of color

Though there will be substantial and unprecedented challenges in the next few months, we, along with our partner organizations, have already begun mobilizing: 

• The Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative has released a statement in solidarity with the Asian American Community: "Civil Rights and Racial Justice Organization Denounce Discrimination against Asian Americans and Urge Unity in Responding to Coronavirus Pandemic". 

• Colorlines has continued coverage of COVID-19, which includes pieces like "Self-Love in the Time of Coronavirus" and "Ring the Alarm: COVID-19 Presents Grave Danger to Communities of Color".

• Because now is the time to be bold about saving lives charting a path toward a healthier, more equitable future. Race Forward has signed onto the People's Bailout's 5 Principles for Just COVID-19 Relief & Stimulus. 

• Watch the replay of the Tribal Leader Town Hall on COVID-19 webinar by fellow racial equity anchor organization, National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Health Board, which discussed how organizations are responding to the fight against COVID-19. 

• Living Cities, recently published "An Invitation to Center Race in Government Responses to COVID-19" on their blog, offering a set of opportunities for public servants to share and align around their responses to this moment and navigate the complexities together.

Race Forward remains committed to these efforts, today and everyday, in this crisis, and in all of our actions. In the words of racial justice advocate and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs: "the only way to survive is by taking care of one another." 

In solidarity,

Race Forward  

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Talking Census on Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

Census Day is tomorrow, April 1! Have you filled yours out yet?

Did you know the Census is still open for business? Census Day is Wednesday, April 1, 2020. And as the COVID-19 public health emergency intensifies, we are seeing in real-time how critical the allocation of resources is to our local communities. The importance of participating in the 2020 Census cannot be understated: this moment highlights the extraordinary responsibility we all have in making sure communities of color receive important, critically needed funding for the next ten years.

In our latest episode of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast, Maria Dautruche, Vice President for Foundation Partnerships at the National Urban League, joined Hiba, Chevon, and Elana Needle to talk about the Racial Equity Anchor Collective's My Family Matters, My Family Counts census campaign. Tune in as she answers questions about families being accurately counted on Census Day and talks about the impact this year's census will have on our communities over the next decade. 

By now, every household should have received an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census. If you need more information, the My Family Matters, My Family Counts website has direct links to filling out the census, as well as a robust toolkit for you to help our efforts to increase awareness about the April 1st deadline. 

Here are three ways to complete the census: 

• Online: Complete your census directly online (the form is available in 13 languages). 

• By Phone: Complete your census by phone in 13 languages.  

• By Mail: Fill out your census form in English or Spanish and mail it back to the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Follow the conversation online using the hashtags #MyFamilyCounts and #Census2020, and stream our Momentum podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!

Virtual ''Building Racial Equity'' Trainings Now Available!

Practice social solidarity through our new virtual BRE trainings

As Race Forward supports various efforts to protect our communities from the racially inequitable impacts of COVID-19, we are offering the opportunity to practice social solidarity in a time of physical distancing by presenting three full day, interactive VIRTUAL Building Racial Equity trainings. 

The trainings will serve as an opportunity to learn, grow, and connect with a community of people who are all working to deepen their racial equity practice. Space for each virtual training is limited in order to ensure a high level of interactive engagement and personalized coaching and support from our team of expert facilitators. Register for one of our virtual offerings:

• April 7th Virtual Training [Register]

• April 9th Virtual Training [Register]

• May 5th Virtual Training [Register] 

*If you're affected by the postponement of the in-person trainings that we had on the schedule for April, you can email any questions or concerns to bre@raceforward.org. 

To inquire about scholarships for our trainings, please email bre@raceforward.org.

Want to share these upcoming dates with friends or colleagues? Visit our Facebook Events Page to share the April 7th, April 9th or May 5th events with your followers!

Staff Picks

Credit: Third Root

Find out what art & culture is attracting the attention of our staff! This month we hear from our Director of Policy and Strategy, Leah Obias! 

"I've been loving the poem Wash Your Hands, by Dori Midnight. It brings so much transformative and righteous awareness to this very simple act that I hope to never take for granted again. The poem is printed and hangs above the sink of Third Root Community Health Center, a vital social justice healing space and worker cooperative in Brooklyn. While I've seen pieces of the poem on social media, I first read the whole poem there a couple weeks ago before the COVID-19 public emergency forced it to close its doors temporarily." 

What are you listening to, watching, reading and learning? Tell us on Twitter or Facebook.

In solidarity,

Team Race Forward

Dear Friend, 

On June 18th, Race Forward will be hosting Building a Movement: A Virtual Town Hall with Minneapolis Organizers to hear directly from long-time activists building a movement to end police violence and systemic racism in our communities.

Race Forward stands in solidarity with the black and brown leaders and advocates in Minneapolis whose collective organizing has brought abolitionist strategies to the forefront of the national conversation, and as a result, sparked the call for institutions across the country to end their relationship with law enforcement.

Join us on June 18th at (5PM EST/4PM CST/ 2PM PST) to hear from our panel of organizers who will share perspectives and strategies from the events happening in Minneapolis.

Click here to register for this free virtual event.

The town hall will feature a discussion with:

• Elizer Darris, Organizer, Smart Justice, ACLU Minnesota
• Kandace Montgomery, Director, Black Visions Collective 
• Ricardo Levins Morales, Activist, Healer, Artist
• Kevin Reese, Director of Criminal Justice, Voices for Racial Justice

* Tickets are free, however, donations are encouraged if you are attending on behalf of a large organization. 

* Zoom information for the webinar will emailed a day before the event. 

We look forward to seeing you for this timely and critical conversation.

In solidarity,

The Race Forward Team

On the tailwinds of one of our nation's most critical elections, racial justice activists and leaders from government, arts and culture, and community organizing will gather virtually on November 10-12 for Facing Race, the largest intergenerational and multiracial justice conference in the US. Join us to discuss and shape the ongoing fight for racial justice.

We're pleased to announce the release of this year's amazing program which consists of more than 50 sessions and panels, featuring more than 100 prominent activists, artists, educators, and other leaders presenting across four key tracks:

• Narrative, Arts, and Culture
• Institutional and Sectoral Change
• Movement and Community Driven Solutions
• Racial Identities and Innovation 

This year's keynote address will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. Among the other presenters are: Author adrienne maree brown; WNBPA Vice President Layshia Clarendon; Artist Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi; IllumiNative Founder Crystal Echo Hawk; and Artist, Cultural Organizer, Lecturer, and President of The Center for Cultural Power Favianna Rodriguez. 

During the three-day conference, attendees will also have the opportunity to check out seven movies and documentaries perfect for use in advancing racial justice work, including Through The Night by Director/Producer Loira Limbal and Stateless (Ap?trida) by Director/Producer Mich?le Stephenson.

This year's virtual event is power-packed! View the program and register now!

              NOT TO BE MISSED AT FACING RACE 2020!

In Solidarity,

The Facing Race Team

Dear Friend, 

With only weeks until the election, we must continue to ensure that Black and brown communities are not only able to vote, but can do so safely and fairly as part of the larger movement for racial justice. The urgency for this is not new: for decades, systemic and institutional racism has prevented Black, Indigenous, and PoC (BIPOC) communities from voting through gerrymandering, voter suppression, and threats to their safety and lives.

Please join us on October 22nd for a new webinar on #RaceAnd the Vote 

Amid a pandemic that has claimed over 200,000 American lives, a summer of uprisings, and a vacancy on the Supreme Court, this election presents an opportunity for our movements to build upon decades of organizing victories led by BIPOC communities and spontaneous mass actions. 

Race Forward joins its partners at the local and national levels to combat the false narratives around "fraudulent mail-in ballots" and "riots" that will be used to justify militarism and violence in advance of potential protests following the election. In this webinar, we'll work together to call for a safe and fair election that protects BIPOC communities and to develop scenarios and solidify plans to respond to the results of the 2020 election. 

#RaceAnd the Vote will be a virtual online presentation that will explore the connections between race, racial justice efforts, and the elections. Though a race-explicit lens, participants will learn how to:

• Build a shared analysis and understanding pertaining to historical racist structures in elections and the necessity of a racial justice strategy led by BIPOC communities. 
• Connect with partners working to address white supremacy, protect voter safety, ensure a fair election, and prepare a collective organizing strategy. 
• Talk about how to dispel the narrative of "rioting" and "fraudulent ballots", and ground ourselves in a vision of organizing during elections that centers the power of BIPOC collective action.

Join us on October 22nd, because it's never race alone. It's always #RaceAnd. 

If you have any questions, or would like more information on our #RaceAnd series, please contact us at bre@raceforward.org for more information. 

In Solidarity, 

The Race Forward Team

After an election in which unprecedented numbers of voters went to the polls, especially from Black, Indigenous, and communities of color (BIPOC), Race Forward celebrates the victory of President-elect Joseph Biden and the historic election of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the first Black and Asian American woman to hold that office.

In recognition of the role that BIPOC communities and the multiracial movement for racial justice played in this election, Race Forward also calls upon the Biden administration to center racial justice in the development of its policy platform for the first 100 days and beyond.

Read more about Race Forward's calls to the Biden administration in its first 100 days

In one of its first calls, Race Forward is asking the Biden administration to immediately reverse President Trump's "Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping", which bans racial justice work in the federal government. In particular, the Order directed federal employees to look for certain keywords and to take action to end any programs, grants, or contracts that include them and punish any employees who use them. The "banned words" included: "systemic racism", "unconscious bias", "critical race theory", "white privilege", "positionality", "racial humility", and "intersectionality."

In response, Race Forward launched its own #BannedWords campaign, to fight back against Trump's attempt to stop a historically unprecedented racial justice movement by censoring the language we use to name racism. Because of our justice movements, these #BannedWords have become part of everyday language. In fact, our research shows the US media used "systemic racism" more during the month of June than in the past 30 years combined. The majority of Americans recognize and want to have measured, meaningful conversations about the historic and continuing impact of white privilege and systemic racism.

Listen to Momentum: LIVE at Facing Race with Hiba and Chevon to hear Race Forward President Glenn Harris and President of the National Urban League Marc Morial talk about fighting back against Executive Order 13950

Here's how you can participate in the #BannedWords campaign: 

• Have your organization join hundreds of others in signing our open letter supporting conversation and action to end racism in all American institutions.
• Download our #BannedWords Campaign toolkit
• Download or link to this crossword puzzle - Puzzled By Racism? - to share with friends!
• Join our #BannedWords social campaign (Twitter) (Instagram) and use the hashtag #BannedWords to tell your stories on social media about how you use these banned words to fight racism
• Read our original press release on the Executive Order
• Use the hashtag #BannedWords to ask the Biden Administration to rescind the EO and issue a new one that centers racial justice in all of its work

Also, plan now to join us as we look past the vote and mobilize for racial justice in this upcoming #RaceAnd Town Hall conversation.

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More than 4,000 people attended Facing Race: A National Virtual Conference 

Grab these Facing Race 2020 Takeaways! 

Facing Race 2020: A National Virtual Conference was our most successful conference to date. In the face of an ongoing pandemic and an historic presidential election, more than 4,000 attendees joined us online to discuss how we continue to move racial justice forward.  A very special and warm thank you to all attendees who took the time to participate. 

There was much to celebrate and lift up during the three day event. From The Rev. Dr. William Barber II''s keynote address, to the first live taping of Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast, to our "Forging A Just, Multiracial Democracy Through Cross Racial Movement Building", and "Culture in the Time of The Uprisings" plenaries, it was truly a momentous occasion. 

For registered attendees, we will soon be providing you with extended access to the conference experience (details and more information will be forthcoming). In the meantime stream the films from our Race Flicks track, download our Facing Race "Swag Bag", and access the wellness sessions from Acorn Center for Restoration and Freedom. 

Here's a few more ways you can interact with Facing Race. Share your experience with us (visit our social page for examples), contribute to our transformative work by donating, and let us know what your experience was like and how we can better improve for future Facing Race conferences. 

Once again, thank you to everyone who joined us for this year's virtual conference. We hope that you've learned enough to take back to your communities and institutions to push the needle forward on racial justice. Onward + Upward!

And continue to follow us for more information on our first ever Facing Race Youth Conference in 2021!

In The Coming Year, We Will Continue Moving Forward -- Together 

Donate today and support Race Forward into 2021! 

We know it's been quite a year. Between the emergence of COVID-19, the uprisings for racial justice, and fighting back against voter suppression efforts, we know you have been through it, and we have been here going through it with you. 

However, now is when we double down. Now is when we galvanize our people, our movements, and our nation to chart ahead -- together. In partnership with communities, organizations, and sectors, Race Forward will continue to build strategies to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. 

We know that you don't work on a four or eight year election cycle, and neither do we. We've been working to create racial justice strategies for 40 years, and we will be here doing what we do best in 2021 and beyond -- because structural racism will not disappear with a change of administration. 

Thank you for all that you already do in the name of racial justice. Consider making a contribution today to support Race Forward's vision for racial justice and the work we're doing to get there.

Staff Picks

During these trying times, it''s important to share the small things that keep us going. In this edition, we hear from our Director of Development, Marina Munoz De Martinez.

"A song that's been giving me life and energy throughout 2020 is Stevie Wonder's "Master Blaster (Jammin')". I love that he wrote it in tribute and reference to a potential collaboration with Bob Marley. I also love that it expresses excitement and joy over a shared vision of peace and community. And mostly, I love it because the backbeat and bassline are FIRE!"

Credit: Britannica 

What are you listening to, watching, reading and learning? Tell us on Twitter or Facebook.

In solidarity,

Team Race Forward