The sixth annual Overcoming Racism conference in Minnesota, to be held in November, 2015 at Metropolitan State University.

1. 2015 Overcoming
Racism Conference
Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN
November 13-14, 2015
Presented by the Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative (FREC)
Each day will include a full slate of workshops, with
opportunities to reflect, connect, & commit!
www.overcomingRacism.org
Registration opens September 15th
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Keynote Speakers:
Mahmoud El-Kati, professor emeritus of history at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, is a lecturer, writer and
commentator on the African-American experience. He specializes in African-American history and advocates
institution building within cultural communities.
Nekima Levy-Pounds, Esq. is an award-winning professor of law, civil rights attorney, and a nationally recognized
expert on a range of civil rights and social justice issues at the intersections of race, public policy, economic justice,
public education, juvenile justice, and the criminal justice system.
Dr. Heather Hackmanhas been teaching and training on social justice issues since 1992 and was a professor in the
Department of Human Relations and Multicultural Education at St. Cloud State University in St Cloud, MN for 12 years
before she began focusing full time on consulting.
Sarah Bellamy is the principal scholar and editor for Penumbra Theatre in St. Paul, MN where she has designed
several programs that engage patrons of the theatre in critical thinking, dialogue and action around issues of race and
social justice.
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