2018 Racial Justice Summit
Reclaiming Our Story
The Summit theme this year was Reclaiming Our Story. The national and political narrative is generally controlled by the dominant culture – which leads to most voices and experiences being silenced. At the Summit this year, we explored what it would look like and how it may be possible to reclaim our story to advance racial justice, healing, and reconciliation. Keynotes and break-out sessions offered participants the opportunity to connect to this theme. Featured keynotes included Adrienne Keene, Yosimar Reyes, Shakti Butler, Bettina Love, and Reanae McNeal. Their presentations included a combination of traditional keynotes, spoken word, film, music, and performance art as we explored different mediums that we can use to Reclaim Our Stories.
2018 Keynote Presenters
Dr. Adrienne Keene
The Strange Case of the Hipster Headdress: Reclaiming Indigenous Representations
Dr. Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) is a Native scholar, writer, blogger, and activist, and is passionate about reframing how the world sees contemporary Native cultures.
Yosimar Reyes
UndocuJoy: Shifting the Perspective in Undocumented Representation
Yosimar Reyes is a nationally-acclaimed poet, educator, performance artist, and speaker. Born in Guerreo, Mexico, and raised in Eastside San Jose, Reyes explores the themes of migration and sexuality in his work.
Shakti Butler, Ph.D.
Reclaiming our Souls: Narratives of Transformative Love, Consciousness and Radical Healing as Political Acts for Social Justice
Shakti Butler, Ph.D., filmmaker and Founder & President of World Trust, is a dynamic educator in the field of diversity and racial equity. Dr. Butler engages audiences with participatory keynotes and workshops, often using clips from her films.
Dr. Bettina Love
We Gon’ Be Alright, But That Ain’t Alright: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom
Dr. Bettina L. Love is an award-winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory & Practice at the University of Georgia.
Reanae McNeal
African Native American Women: Blood at the Roots
Reanae McNeal is an award-winning international performing artist, inspirational speaker, acclaimed vocalist, oral HERstorian, visual artist, griotess (storyteller), performing art poet, and cultural activist.
Keynote Presentation Videos
Adrienne Keen Keynote and Yosimar Reyes Presentation Dr. Bettina Love Keynote Reanae McNeal Presentation
CEU and CLE Information
The Wisconsin Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers has approved the Racial Justice Summit for Continuing Education Hours, including the Post-Summit Institutes. Up to 10.75 CEUs can be earned at the Summit. In order to receive a CE Certificate, you would have needed to ensure that you signed-in on the provided sheet in each of your breakout sessions and institutes, as well as respond to the electronic evaluation which was sent out to attendees via email following the event on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
The Wisconsin Court System has approved the Racial Justice Summit for Continuing Legal Education credit hours. Up to 11.0 credit hours can be earned at the Summit.
Breakout Presentations/Materials
Below please find the presentation or additional materials used in the various breakout sessions held at this year’s Racial Justice Summit. These materials are made available at the discretion of the breakout presenter/facilitator. We will continue to update this page as materials are made available.
AM1: How Do We Heal
Presenter: Shakti Butler
AM2: Native Representations, Pop Culture, and Cultural Resistance in Cyberspace
Presenter: Adrienne Keene
AM3: Reclaiming Our Story: Conversations about White Supremacy, White Privilege, and Oppression
Presenter: Dr. Eddie Moore
AM4: Reframing the Narrative: Transformative Storytelling Skills for Social Justice
Presenter: Anjali Misra
AM5: From Tejop to Madison: The Whole Story of Our City
Presenter: Missy Tracy and Kyla H.S. Beard
AM6: Justified Anger Presents: Wisconsin’s Black History
Presenters: Rev. Dr. Alexander Gee, Jr. and Christy Clark-Pujara
AM7: Centering Race in Sexual Violence Response and Prevention
Presenters: Nestic Morris and Jessi Corcoran
AM8: Women Against Hate United by Love
Presenter: Kelly Parks Snider and Jessica Cavazos
AM9: Roadmap to Equity: The Story of a Movement
Presenters: Erica Nelson, Dr. Michelle Robinson, and Christin Calloway
AM10: The Untold History of African Americans in Finance
Presenters: Opal Tomashevska and Alicia Chaney
AM11: Deconstructing Racism (Part One): The History of the Racial Wealth Divide
Presenters: Eric Kestin and Donna Mackey
AM12: Tell Our Stories Better Please: Journalists, Policymakers and the Narratives about Race that Dominate
Panelists: Vanessa McDowell (CEO of YWCA), Sue Robinson (Helen Franklin Firstbrook Professor of Journalism), Henry Sanders (Founder of Madison365), Karen Michel (Editor at Madison Magazine), and Milele Chikasa Anana (Publisher of Umoja Magazine)
Moderator: Toya Washington (Anchor, WISN 12)
PM1: We Never Needed Papers to Thrive
Presenter: Yosimar Reyes
PM2: The N!gga(er) Word: Is There a Message in the Madness?
Presenter: Dr. Eddie Moore
PM3: Historical Trauma: The Intersection of Trauma and Race
Presenter: Rebecca Ramirez
PM4: Counteracting the Marginalization of Muslim Love: Redefining the Narrative of Intimacy, Modesty, and Choice
Presenters: Mouna Algahaithi, Sedgwick Smith, Maria Ahmad, and Syed Umar Warsi
PM5: LOVE WI: Storytelling Bridges to Inclusive Learning
Presenters: Annette Miller, Megan Monday,and Jet Waller
PM6: Justified Anger Presents: Reconstruction, Deconstruction, and Jim Crow
Presenters: Rev. Dr. Alexander Gee, Jr. and Christy Clark-Pujara
PM7: Let’s Talk About Race! How to use Language, Stories, Data, and Research to Communicate Effectively and Advance Racial Justice
Presenters: Wenona Wolf, Michelle Robinson, and Chet Agni
PM8: Restorative Justice in the Workplace: Building an Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Community that Honors the Personal Power of all its Members
Presented by: Eugina Highland and Alí Treviño Murphy
PM9: Claim to Motherhood: Intersectionality, Health, Culture, and Imagined Capacities of Teen Mothers
Presenter: Jasmia Hamilton
PM10: Disrupting Midwest Nice and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Presenters: Angela Russell and Jordan Bingham
PM11: Deconstructing Racism(Part Two): The House We Live In
Presenters: Jacquelyn Boggess and Nancy Wrenn-Bauch
PM12: Screening of Shakti Butler’s Film: Healing Justice
Presenters: Shakti Butler, Ph.D.
S1: Respect the Process: Examining Our Social Justice Perspectives
Presenter: Bettina Love
S2: African/African Native American/African American Storytelling
Presenter: Reanae McNeal
S3: Art as Political Response: A Screening & Discussion of Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer
Presenters: Dr. Sami Schalk and Emerald Rutledge
S4: Uncovering Unconscious Dominance
Presenters: Owen Karcher and Chelsea O’Neil Karcher
S5: Nuestras Historias/Our Stories: Oral Histories—A Closer Look of Our Experiences
Presenters: Araceli Esparza and Nadya Mariam
S6: Justified Anger Presents: From Reparations to Resilience
Presenters: Rev. Dr. Alexander Gee, Jr. and Prof. Steve Kantrowitz
S7: Healing Our Land, Our Bodies, and Our Communities: The Intersection of Environment, Health, and Indigenous Communities
Presenters: Wenona Wolf, Jacklyn Velasquez, and Matt Dannenberg
S8: African Americans Who Received Special Education Services and Succeeded Beyond Expectations
Presenter: Dr. Shawn Robinson
S9: True Lies and False Truths: Debunking Myths about Madison Hip-Hop
Presenters: Karen Reece, ShaH Evans, Corey Whitmore, and Pacal ‘DJ Pain 1’ Bayley
S10: Beyond the “Other” Box: Understanding the Unsung Stories of Mixed Race/Multi-Ethnic Youth
Presenters: Stephanie Campbell, Sophia Dodge,
and Katie Lawlor
S11: The Megaphone: Storytelling for a Sustainable Future
Presenters: Gloria Castillo and Mario García Sierra
S12: Transracial: Not a White Woman’s Word.
Presenters: Rosita González and Grace Newton