September 25-28, 2014 – Kalamazoo, MI
This was a convergence of activists, scholars, and artists across issues, disciplines and generations who questioned, interrogated and complicated the political, ideological, cultural, and social borders that make up our world.
Featured Special Guests
- Angela Y. Davis, Civil Rights Icon
- Nikky Finney, National Book Award Winner
- Willie Kgositsile, South African Poet Laureate
- Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Performance Artist and MacArthur Fellow
- Gloria Rolando, Filmmaker
- Radmilla Cody, NAMMY winner and former Miss Navajo Nation
Plenaries
- Art & Borders
- A Language Life
- Critical Solidarities: The Palestinian Question
- Cities in Revolt: Detroit, Chicago, Jackson-Mississippi and Beyond
- Justice Rising: New Youth & Student Movements
Think Tanks
- Undocumented and Immigrant Youth
- Policing, Racial Profiling, and Restorative Justice
- Bearing Witness: Human Rights in Latin America
Other Events
- Readings and Performances by Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Calvert Johnson, Ugochi, Funkadesi, Malcolm London, Aimée Lê, Carlina Duan, Denise Miller
- Social Justice Film Festival (American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, Hearing Radmilla, Reembarque)
- Interactive Mapping Project (Ashley Hunt)
- Roundtables, Discussions, (Un)Conference activities, Mixers, and much more!
Community Sponsors
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