2021 Conference on Racial and Social Justice
Join us June 14-15 at 6pm ET for a festival of inspiration, reflection, and joy at our annual Conference on Racal and Social Justice. Hosted by Rich Medina, and featuring performances from nearly a dozen musicians, artists, and idea makers, this free two-day event will focus on building belonging and organizing for our communities.
The Conference on Racial and Social Justice is presented by NEA’s Human and Civil Rights Department. The purpose of the conference is to provide a unique space for educators, students, parents and families, organizers, community members and leaders to unite for the advancement of Justice in Education.

The Conference Experience

Through interactive workshops, sessions, panels and plenaries, attendees have the opportunity to access information, resources, plan, strategize and engage on issues that impact educational opportunities for communities of color, LGBTQ and women. In the process, we:
- Build local power: We spark dialog about our successes and challenges to inform our own strategies and tactics to grow the movement for education justice.
- Look to the future: We make space for new ideas and map the road to the long term change we seek for our students, schools, and our communities.
- Center intersectionality: We uplift the intersections of social justice, identity, and democracy in the movement for education justice.
- Build community: We create an engaging, fun, and inviting space for new and long standing attendees in community.
Our Principles
In our daily work and through the conference, we fight to bring racial and social justice to all communities.
- Racial Justice: The systematic fair treatment of people of all races that results in equitable opportunities and outcomes for everyone.
- Social Justice: A society in which the distribution of resources is equitable, all members are physically and psychologically safe and secure, and individuals are self-determining and interdependent
Our principles for social justice are:
- Celebrate/Acknowledge diversity.
- Understand mechanisms that perpetuate social oppression.
- Address oppression and discrimination head-on.
- Take positive actions to eliminate discrimination and social oppression.
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