Kirwan Institute - Ohio State University

Panels/Workshops 1

1. Mass Incarceration as the New “Jim Crow”

MODERATOR Michelle Alexander, Associate Professor of Law, The Ohio State University
Maya Harris, Executive Director, ACLU of Northern California
Marc Mauer, Executive Director, The Sentencing Project
Dorsey Nunn, Program Director, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
Michael Pinard, Professor, University of Maryland School of Law

2. Politics, Culture, and Inequity: Structural Racism in Education

Antwi A. Akom, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
MODERATOR Fred L. Pincus, Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland Baltimore County
John Telford, Parent-Community Liaison Officer and Curriculum Leader at Finney High School, Detroit, Michigan

3. Lessons We Still Haven't Learned: How Our Federal Housing Policies Can Be Redesigned to Support Integrated Schools

Marjorie A. Innocent, Interim Director of Research & Programs, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
Demetria McCain, Director of Advocacy & Education,Inclusive Communities Project
Myron Orfield, Executive Director, Insitute on Race & Poverty (download presentation file here)
MODERATOR Philip Tegeler, Executive Director, Poverty & Race Research Action Council

4. Lessons of New Orleans: A Structural Racism Perspective

Chester Hartman, Director of Research, Poverty & Race Research Action Council
Seeking Higher Ground: The Hurricane Katrina Crisis, Race, and Public Policy Reader, Edited by Manning Marable and Kristen Clarke (pdf)
There Is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster: Race, Class and Hurricane Katrina, Edited by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires (pdf)
Poverty & Race in America: The Emerging Agendas, Edited by Chester Hartman (pdf)

5. Organizing to Undo Racism

MODERATOR Monica Dennis, Organizer & Media Relations Coordinator, The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISAB)
Martin Friedman, Organizer, The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

6. Promoting Race and Diversity in the Policy Making Arena

Diallo Brooks, Director of Legislative Relations, The Center for Policy Alternatives
Tobi Jaiyesimi, Hunter College
Joan Javier, National Field Manager, The Center for Progressive Leadership
MODERATOR Nathaniel Loewentheil, Executive Director, The Roosevelt Institution
Lynne Wolf, Advocacy Coordinator, Center for Social Inclusion

7. More Than a Messenger: The Media Role in Shaping Our Racial Landscape

Janine Jackson, Program Director, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR); Co-host of CounterSpin National Radio Show
MODERATOR Bruce A. Jacobs, Author of Race Manners for the 21st Century and Former Gannett Reporter
Jim Myers, Author of Afraid of the Dark: What Whites and Blacks Need to Know About Each Other; Former USA Today reporter; Contributor to Washington Post and Atlantic

8. “What makes me White?” A Film Screening/Discussion with Aimée Sands

Aimée Sands, Independent Documentary Filmmaker, Aimée Sands Productions

9. Diversity: Identifying and Leveraging Business Opportunities

Anne Carter, Senior Vice President and Diversity Director, The Huntington National Bank
MODERATOR Susan Josephs, Professor and Dean, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
Karla Rothan, Executive Director, Stonewall Columbus
Melissa Torres, Director, International Programs Office/CIBER, The Ohio State University

FILMS: 10. Afro@Digital
            11. Eye of the Storm

FILMS: 12. Race The Power of an Illusion Episode 3 
            13. What are Community Values?

Panels/Workshops 2

14. Race and Spirituality

Mushim Ikeda-Nash, Vice-President of Operations, East Bay Meditation Center (full paper)
David Loy, Besl Family Chair Professor, Xavier University
MODERATOR Marguerite Spencer, Senior Researcher, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity

15. Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the Aftermath of Parents v. Seattle and Meredith v. Jefferson County: A Racial Formative Approach

MODERATOR Joshua Bassett, Director, Institute for Social Progress, Wayne County Community College District
Anurima Bhargava, Director of the Education Practice, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (fact sheet)
Erica Frankenberg, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Education, Michigan State University
R. L'Heureux Lewis, Assistant Professor, The City College of New York – CUNY
Christopher T. Sweeten, PhD Candidate, University of California, Los Angeles

16. “Raceing California:" Lessons in Transformation from the California Ballot Initiative Wars

Gary Delgado, President Emeritus, Applied Research Center
Daniel HoSang, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon
MODERATOR Ruby Tapia, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University

17. African Americans and Immigrants: Breaking Down Barriers, Building Bridges

Gerald Lenoir, Coordinator, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
MODERATOR Nunu Kidane, Network Coordinator, Priority Africa Network
Catherine Tactaquin, Executive Director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Leah Wise, Executive Director, Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network

18. How Do You Create A Cohesive Campus Community?

MODERATOR Georgina Dodge, Assistant Vice Provost, Office of Minority Affairs
Rick Livingston, Associate Director, Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities
Rebecca Nelson, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director, Multicultural Center
Janaki Vijayaraghavan, Graduate Administrative Associate, Multicultural Center

19. Addressing Structural Racism in Communities: Challenges and Opportunities

V. Elaine Gross, President, ERASE Racism
Jean-Claude Icart, CRIEC, Department of Sociology, University of Quebec at Montreal
MODERATOR Sally Leiderman, President, Center for Assessment and Policy Development
Julie Nelson, Acting Director, Seattle Office for Civil Rights
Maggie Potapchuk, President, MP Associates

20. Interrogating the Complexities of Black Political Attitudes

Ray Block, Jr., Assistant Professor, Florida State University
MODERATOR Harwood K. McClerking, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
Melynda J. Price, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky Law School
Ismail White, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, and Visiting Professor, Princeton University

21. Telling Stories Out of School: A Narrative about Opportunity and Race

Susan Eaton, Research Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School

22. Talking (Productively) about Race

Phillip Mazzocco, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University at Mansfield

FILMS: 23. What's Race Got to Do with It?
           24. One Drop Rule

FILMS: 25. Race The Power of an Illusion: Episode 3
           26. What are Community Values?

Panels/Workshops 3

27. Race and Management in the United States: Past and Present

Elizabeth Esch, Assistant Professor, Barnard College
Nick De Genova, Assistant Professor, Columbia University
MODERATOR David Roediger, Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

28. Equitable Access to Financial Services

Vanessa Gail Perry, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
Patricia A. McCoy, George J. & Helen M. England Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law (full paper)
MODERATOR Gregory D. Squires, Professor, George Washington University (full paper) (Katrina flyer) (Privileged Places flyer)

29. African Diaspora Dialogues: Building Black Bridges

Gerald Lenoir, Coordinator, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
MODERATOR Nunu Kidane, Network Coordinator, Priority Africa Network

30. Dismantling Structural Racism: Applying a Racial Equity Theory of Change

Keith Lawrence, Research Associate, Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change

31. Issues in the Literary Representation of Race

Adeleke Adeeko, Professor, The Ohio State University
Anne Langendorfer, PhD Student, The Ohio State University
MODERATOR James Phelan, Humanities Distinguished Professor of English, The Ohio State University

32. Talking about Race and Poverty - or Not

Matthew Nisbet, Assistant Professor, American University
MODERATOR Margy Waller, Director, The Mobility Agenda at Inclusion (working paper - social inclusion)

33. The Color of Justice: Talking about the Death Penalty and Race

David Harris, Managing Director, Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Harvard Law School
MODERATOR Rachel Lyon, Associate Professor, Bentley College, Media and Culture

34. Reframing Race: Lessons from the Diversity Advancement Project

Jacob Faber, Researcher, Center for Social Inclusion
Phillip Mazzocco, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University at Mansfield
MODERATOR Lynne Wolf, Advocacy Coordinator, Center for Social Inclusion

35. Debunking Canadian Myths – and Achieving Racial Justice in Canada

Avvy Yao Yao Go, Clinic Director, Metro Toronto Chinese & South East Asian Legal Clinic
Uzma Shakir, Executive Director, South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Professor, Ryerson University of Toronto
MODERATOR Michael Kerr, Coordinator, The Colour of Poverty Campaign

FILMS: 36. Afro@Digital
            37. Eye of the Storm

FILMS: 38. Race - The Power of an Illusion: Episode 3 
            39. What are Community Values?

Panels/Workshops 4

40. Transforming the Dialogue on African American Males

Adrienne Dixson, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
James Moore III, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
MODERATOR Daniel Newhart, Research Associate, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
George Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Miami

41. Race and Racial Theory Contested

Steve Martinot, San Francisco State University (full paper)
MODERATOR Stephen Menendian, Research Associate, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
Howard Winant, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Director, Center for New Racial Studies (full paper)

42. International Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity: A Dialogue

Dr. Jean Martin Ouédraogo, Fellow of the research Group on weberian studies at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris; Associated Fellow at the Centre Marc Bloch of Berlin; Reviewer for the Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions

43. Assessing and Developing Racially Equitable Policies

MODERATOR Terry Keleher, Midwest Director, Applied Research Center
Jarad Sánchez, Research Associate, Applied Research Center

44. Racial Wealth Inequality and Alternative Strategies

William A. “Sandy” Darity, Jr., Professor, Duke University
MODERATOR Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
William E. Spriggs, Chair, Department of Economics, Howard University
Omari H. Swinton, Assistant Professor, Howard University

45. Reframing Initiatives for Social Justice: Framing Social Justice Oriented Policy with Opportunity and Equity

Frank Fernandez, Executive Director, Community Partnership for the Homeless
MODERATOR Jason Reece, Senior Researcher, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
Dizzy L. Warren, Executive Director, National Resource Center for the Healing of Racism
Brenda Y. Terrell, Principal/Consulting Project Manager, Terrell & Associates

46. Overcoming Racism: our Challenges and Successes in Canada

Mirlande Demers, Chair, National Anti-Racism Council of Canada & Chair, National Youth Anti-Racism Network (abstract)
Catherine Latouche, Mirlande Demers’ attendant
Albert McLeod, Team Leader, United Against Racism; Project Director, Kani Kanichihk/United Against Racism
MODERATOR Estella Muyinda, Executive Director, National Anti-Racism of Canada
Victor Wong, Executive Director, Chinese Canadian Association

47. Whose Work is Integration?

Rob Breymaier, Executive Director, Oak Park Regional Housing Center
Roxyanne C Burrus, Administrator, Neighborhood Services Division, Department of Development
MODERATOR Barbara Heisler Williams, Executive Director, Fund for an OPEN Society
Kien Lee, Principal Associate, Association for the Study and Development of Community
Caty Royce, Program Associate, Fund for an OPEN Society

48. TBA

FILMS: 49. What's Race Got to Do with It?
            50. One Drop Rule

FILMS: 51. Race The Power of an Illusion: Episode 3
            52. What are Community Values?

Panels/Workshops 5

53. Advancing Racial and Structural Justice in an Age of Mass Incarceration and Colorblindness

Eric Cadora, Director, Justice Mapping Center
MODERATOR Keith Lawrence, Research Associate, Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change
Susan Tucker, Program Director, The After Prison Initiative
Errol Louis,Columnist and Editorial Board Member, New York Daily News

54. Race, Housing and Opportunity: Critical Housing Challenges and Policy Solutions to Address Racial Disparity and Improve Housing Opportunity for All

MODERATOR Jason Reece, Senior Researcher, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
Hazel Morrow-Jones, Associate Dean, College of Engineering,The Ohio State University
Jim Rokakis, Treasurer, Cuyahoga County Ohio

55. Culture, Context, and the Meaning of the Color Line

MODERATOR William A. "Sandy" Darity, Jr., Professor, Duke University (Bleach in the rainbow revisited)
Art Goldsmith, Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University
Darrick Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Joni Hersch, Professor of Law and Economics, Vanderbilt University

56. Philanthropy and Racial Equity: Opportunities and Challenges

MODERATOR Lori Villarosa, Executive Director, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity
Leticia Alcántar, Director of Programs, Akonadi Foundation
Alvin Starks, Associate Director, Fellowships and Racial Justice Initiative, Open Society Institute

57. Transforming Public Discourse on Racial Justice: The Long Term View

Lark Corbeil, Founder/Managing Editor, Public News Service
Malkia Cyril, Executive Director, Youth Media Council/Center for Media Justice
MODERATOR Makani Themba-Nixon, Executive Director, The Praxis Project (Katrina story) (Meta Messaging) (Race Framing Memo) (article1) (article2) (article3) (article4)

58. Leading with Race: Framing Issues with a Racial Equity Lens

MODERATOR Terry Keleher, Midwest Director, Applied Research Center
Jarad Sánchez, Research Associate, Applied Research Center

59. Post Civil-Rights Political Leaders: Racial Authenticity and Multiracial Coalition Building Strategies

Sekou Franklin, Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
Andra Gillespie, Assistant Professor, Emory University
Tyson King-Meadows, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
MODERATOR Hasan Jeffries, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University

60. Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible (film and discussion)

Shakti Butler, World Trust Educational Services

61. Back to the Future? The Re-emergence of a Biological Conceptualization of Race

Douglas Crews, Professor of Anthropology and Public Health, The Ohio State University
Reanne Frank, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University
MODERATOR Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director, The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
Jeffrey McKee, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University
Sharona Hoffman; Professor of Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
Vernellia Randall; Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of Law

FILM: 62. The Other Europe

FILMS: 63. Race The Power of an Illusion: Episode 3 
            64. What are Community Values?

Closing Plenary Session: The Honorable Bill Bradley