It's Time to Talk Forums on Race 2009
Please reserve this date on your calendars for this year's 7th Annual It's Time to Talk Forums on Race luncheon. It's Time to Talk Forums on Race luncheon.
Event Details:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 Second Ave S. - Minneapolis 55403
Keynote speaker
Valarie Kaur: Creator, Writer, Producer
A third-generation Sikh American born and raised in Clovis, California, Valarie is a writer, filmmaker, and lecturer in religion and ethics. As a Harvard Presidential Scholar, she recently received her masters in theological studies at Harvard Divinity School. For more than five years, she created, wrote, produced, and developed the first feature-length documentary film on hate violence in post-9/11 America - Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath.
Valarie began the journey to create Divided We Fall as an undergraduate at Stanford University, where she earned bachelor's degrees in religious studies and international relations. She also taught courses on philosophy, religion, and created the school's first-ever course in Sikh studies. Her honors at Stanford included the Howard Garfield Award in Religion, the Haas School Public Service Scholar, the Asian American Leadership Award, the Beinecke Scholarship, and selection as graduation speaker for her class. She won Stanford's Golden Medal for her honors thesis on post-9/11 America, which eventually became Divided We Fall.
The world premiere of Divided We Fall in September 2006 sent Valarie on a packed international speaking and screening tour which continues today. She has been invited as an authority on the subject at more than one hundred universities, colleges, and religious centers across the country. She has been featured in print, radio and television media including CNN, NPR, the BBC, and Frances Moore Lappe's book You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear. The State of California recently presented Valarie with an official commendation recognizing her work as a scholar, activist, and storyteller.
Valarie presently serves as founding director of the Discrimination and National Security Initiative at the Harvard Pluralism Project. She will continue to study the intersections of religion and law in post 9/11 America at Yale Law School in 2008.
About the Event
Modeled after the successful series of the Urban Enterprise Center in Seattle, It's Time to Talk: Forums on Race exists to expand our understanding of differences through personal dialogue among members of different races, with the ultimate goal of making a commitment to diversity and improving race relations. This action to eliminate racism starts with It's Time to Talk.
Since 2003, influential leaders have invited thousands of people of racially diverse backgrounds to It's Time to Talk. Many of them have followed up by engaging people in Community Dialogues in their workplaces, communities, homes, and places of worship. Their positive feedback emphasizes that taking time to talk about racism is an important step towards improving race relations in Minnesota. Their continued commitment proves that talk is action.
What to expect
- Small group experience with large-scale results
- Opening commentary by Becky Roloff, CEO, YWCA of Minneapolis
- Informal conversations on race led by skilled facilitators
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Registration and Payment Information
Anyone can attend It's Time to Talk Forums on Race and make change happen! Please register in one of the following ways:
Racial Justice Commissioners
» If you are a Racial Justice Commissioner, you can pay for your table online.
(Note: In order to be listed in the printed materials for the event, Racial Justice Commissioners must confirm participation to the YWCA by October 12, 2009.)
Individuals
Anyone can attend the event and make change happen! Confirm your participation as an individual by purchasing your seat by October 26, 2009.
NOTE: If you received an invitation from a Racial Justice Commissioner, please contact him or her to
RSVP to the invitation and arrange payment.
» Register and pay for the event online
» Register and make payment arrangements by contacting Sarah Raser at 612-215-4158 or
2009 Event Sponsors
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