Environmental Justice & Community Storytelling Tour of the Virginia Peninsula
On April 14, 2025, we’re offering a half-day Environmental Justice & Community Storytelling Tour of the Virginia Peninsula. Thanks to the generous support of conference sponsors, there is no cost to participants. Virginia K12 teachers may also qualify for additional travel funding.
Community Art Exhibition
All members of the community are invited to submit artwork for the conference’s Community Art Exhibition. This year’s theme, Elevating Voices, Igniting Change, encourages students to explore justice, identity, resilience, and activism through creative expression. Submissions are accepted in 2D, 3D, and digital formats, with cash prizes awarded to selected artists.
Film Screening & Panel Discussion of American Coup: Wilmington 1898.
We are hosting a lunchtime film screening and panel discussion of the new PBS / American Experience documentary, American Coup: Wilmington 1898.
This event is open to all conference participants, but we also have space for up to 200 local high school students and teachers to attend the film screening, and thanks to support from CNU’s College of Arts and Humanities, boxed lunches will be provided free of charge to student groups. Space is limited, so if any school/teacher is interested in bringing a group of students or even a whole class, you must sign up as soon as possible. We’ll reach out to you in order to confirm your group’s spot.
Book Talk with Greg Jarrell
Book Talk with Author Greg Jarrell, author of Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods
Non-Profit Fair
Non-Profit Organizations can request a table at our non-profit fair when they register for the conference. There is no additional fee for having a table at the fair, so register now!
The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers, policymakers, elected officials, non-profit organizations, community activists, business leaders, the faith community, and others from across Virginia who are working on pressing social justice issues in our region.
Poster Session
Large format posters or artworks designed to educate or inform about a specific topic; share your research, activism, or art! All posters will be presented alongside the non-profit fair.