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This is the current draft of the schedule for the Racial Justice Conference 2026. Please come back to see it as it develops.

Disclaimer: All speakers are speaking from their own expertise and experiences. Their personal opinions and perspectives do not represent the organization(s) they work for and/or with.

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Monday, November 2
 

10:00am CST

Welcome
Monday November 2, 2026 10:00am - 10:15pm CST

Monday November 2, 2026 10:00am - 10:15pm CST
  Plenary

10:15am CST

Plenary
Monday November 2, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am CST

Speakers
avatar for Yusef Salaam

Yusef Salaam

In 1989, at just fifteen years young, Dr. Yusef Salaam was tried and convicted in the “Central Park Jogger” case along with four other Black and Latinx young men. The Exonerated Five spent between seven to 13 years behind bars for crimes they did not commit, until their sentences... Read More →
Monday November 2, 2026 10:15am - 11:15am CST
  Plenary

11:30am CST

Race and Capital Defense
Monday November 2, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm CST

Speakers
avatar for Robin Maher

Robin Maher

Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center
Robin Maher is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the death penalty field, with extensive experience in direct representation, strategic training, and systemic reform. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with legislators, prosecutors, judges, defenders... Read More →
Monday November 2, 2026 11:30am - 12:30pm CST
  Plenary

3:15pm CST

Confronting the Racist Legacy of American Child Welfare System
Monday November 2, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm CST

Speakers
avatar for Alan Dettlaff

Alan Dettlaff

Co-Founder, upEND Movement
Alan Dettlaff is a professor of social work and co-founder of the upEND Movement, a collaborative effort to abolish the family policing system and build alternatives centered on healing and liberation. He began his career as a social worker inside the family policing system, where... Read More →
Monday November 2, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm CST
  Plenary

4:30pm CST

Wrongful Conviction & Exoneration
Monday November 2, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm CST

Speakers
avatar for Anthony Graves

Anthony Graves

Founder, Anthony Graves Foundation
Anthony Graves was wrongfully convicted of multiple homicides in 1992 and spent nearly two decades behind bars, including twelve years on Texas’s death row. While still in prison, he cofounded Join Hands for Justice, a France-based activist group that led global efforts to prove... Read More →
Monday November 2, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm CST
  Plenary

5:30pm CST

Wrap Up
Monday November 2, 2026 5:30pm - 5:40pm CST

Monday November 2, 2026 5:30pm - 5:40pm CST
  Plenary
 

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