About the conference

National conference Oct. 2-3 to explore issues related to
proposed ban on racial and ethnic data collection

* Related strategy session on Oct. 4 moves from learning to action

The Equal Justice Society will co-host, with the California Coalition for Civil Rights, the Stanford University Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and several other groups, a national conference Oct. 2-3 at Stanford University on the history of racial classifications and the implications of a proposed initiative which threatens to ban the collection, organizing and sorting of racial and ethnic data in California.

The conference objectives include: discussing the history of the initiative; educating participants on the implications of the initiative; creating an environment to cultivate relationships among civil rights advocates, academics, and media; brainstorming ways academic research can be translated into public messages; and encouraging media to cover the initiative.

The day after the Colorblind Racism? Conference, there will be a strategic session for leaders, aimed at moving from learning to action. Colorblind Racism! Mapping a Strategy for Social Justice on Oct. 4 at the Sheraton Palo Alto will drawing from the insights gleaned from the previous two days,convening academics, lawyers, activists and journalists to learn from you about the conservative networks behind the CRENO Initiative, and then engage in a media dialogue, strategize about health, education, and justice issues, and craft approaches to building a progressive network.