Conference on R.E.S.T. - Racial Equity and Social Transformation
Category: Holiday Events
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thu, Jun 15, 2023 - Fri, Jun 16, 2023 9am - 3pm
Location
Norfolk State University
700 Park Ave
Details
Back again for the second year, this conference brings together Hampton Roads community members with the goal of advancing racial justice and equity issues in policies, institutions, and culture.
R.E.S.T. is a training ground for those interested in learning more and leaning into the effects of injustices and inequities. Through information-collaboration-activation, participants will learn and build best practices with a long-term goal of building a blueprint for the transformational change needed to build an antiracist Hampton Roads.
This year’s conference theme is "Moving Beyond" and is focused on the actions we can take as freedom fighters and justice-seekers to move beyond words and into action and policy change. Attendees will spend two days engaging in action-building panel discussions and workshops, enjoy a celebratory cookout style lunch on the lawn and pledge to stand against racism, hear our award-winning scholarship recipient and much more!
New this year is the inaugural Legacy Luncheon on the Lawn honoring those in the movement of equity and justice in Hampton Roads, featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Ruth Jones Nichols - Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Engagement at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
