RSVP for Racial Justice Summit
media release: Building on YWCA Madison’s collective values of Humanity, Community, Growth, and Restoration, the 2024 Racial Justice Summit will invite us all to Reflect, Connect, and Create New Worlds with the kaleidoscope as our guiding metaphor.
YWCA Madison is collaborating with national authors, activists, and movement builders at the leading edge of racial justice such as Ijeoma Oluo, Ruth King, Autumn Brown, and David Dean to bring inspiring virtual keynotes and robust in-person institutes to Summit attendees. The Summit is also co-created with local practitioners, educators, artists, facilitators, and community organizers who curate virtual and in-person sessions that engage participants in community dialogue, practice, and action-envisioning. These experiences aim to support attendees in understanding the role that their personal racial justice learning, unlearning, healing, and practice have in shaping relationships and cultures in all areas of their lives.
The Summit will take place from September 25 - 27, 2024. The first two days will be virtual, and the third day, Friday, September 27, will be held in-person at the Monona Terrace in Madison. Various ticket options to attend virtually and/or in-person are available as well as discounted tickets for Youth (grades 9-12) & Chaperones and Young Adults (ages 18-27). Registration will close on August 26, 2024.
The Summit experience is distinctive in many ways. It offers opportunities for multiracial and intergenerational community dialogue and collective visioning across areas of practice and movements for intersectional racial justice including restorative justice, gender justice, healing justice, immigration justice, disability justice, climate justice, economic justice, organizational change for equity, and more. We also are committed to engaging youth and young adults as key members of the community and amplifying their insights and vision in shaping the future.
Attendees often share that the Summit feels like a family reunion; like a celebratory experience of community that exemplifies the world we want to build together. The in-person day will also feature an art exhibition, a pop-up featuring BIPOC creators and Justice Initiatives, and will end with a Rooftop Party at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
Join us as we Reflect, Connect, and Create New Worlds centered on intersectional racial justice, collective healing, and liberation on September 25 - 27, 2024.
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