Coretta Scott King Center Global Racial and Social Justice Summit
Another World is Possible: A Global Racial and Social Justice Summit
Summit Description:
Antioch College’s Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom invites you to participate in the upcoming Global Racial and Social Justice Summit, held in-person from February 13–16, 2025, in the historic town of Yellow Springs, Ohio.
This year’s summit theme, “Another World is Possible,” will create a vital space for academics, artists, activists, community organizers, and students to convene, discuss, and strategize around pressing racial and social justice issues. The summit will center on collective resistance and envisioning a more equitable and inclusive future amidst rising global challenges.
Over 35 individuals and groups from across the country submitted proposals to offer workshops, art exhibitions, performances, research paper presentations, and panel discussions that will be featured throughout the gathering. The summit will begin Thursday, Feb. 13 at 5:30 p.m. with an dynamic opening session featuring Shelby Chestnut and the Un/commoning Pedagogies Collective as well as a dialogue about hip-hop, education, and racial and social justice between Miles Iton, founder of Lo-Fi Language Learning, and Truth Garrett, a local educator, artist, and community organizer.
In addition to the panel discussions, workshops, films, research presentations, and exhibitions, individuals will be able to attend a powerful dance performance on Friday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m., titled “Mareas/Tides,” choreographed by Dr. Marion Ramirez and Dr. Ojeya Cruz Banks, both professors in the dance department at Denison University. The performance will feature live music by musicians Pete Mills, Timothy Carpenter, Matthew Dixon, and Dean Hullet.
On Saturday, Feb. 15, which is Coretta Scott King Remembrance Day in Yellow Springs, Ohio, participants will be invited to a Fireside Chat. The chat will consist of a panel featuring the President of Antioch College, Dr. Jane Fernandes, in conversation with Shelby Chestnut, Antioch College Board of Trustees Chairperson and Executive Director of the Transgender Law Center; Dr. Kimberley Richards Executive Director of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond; and Elba “Alicia” Pagan, Ohio State Director of the League of United Latin American Citizen about challenges in the contemporary moment and ways to move into a more just and inclusive present and future.
Support for this summit was provided by the Great Lakes Colleges Association through its Global Crossroads Initiative, made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
2025 Global Racial & Social Justice Summit
About the Coretta Scott King Center:
Coretta Scott King, who joined Antioch College as part of the class of 1951, granted the College the use of her name for a center that provides education, awareness and advocacy around issues of racial and social justice, peace, and diversity. The Coretta Scott King Center (CSKC) for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom facilitates learning, dialogue, and action to advance racial and social justice. As one of seven Learning Hubs at Antioch College, the CSKC also hosts a variety of programs and educational initiatives for the campus community and the general public, connecting communities locally and nationally around issues of diversity, inclusion, and justice in all its forms.
About Antioch College:
Antioch College has been a pioneering and values-driven secular institution since it was founded in 1850. Horace Mann, first president of Antioch College, was an abolitionist, an educational visionary, and the founder of the American public school. In the spirit of Horace Mann, Antioch College believes a healthy democratic society requires institutions that act as catalysts for change and laboratories for invention. This is a role that Antioch College has played throughout its history; the effort to restore it is among the most significant and compelling opportunities in higher education today.
The mission of Antioch College is to provide a rigorous liberal arts education on the belief that scholarship and life experience are strengthened when linked, that diversity in all its manifestations is a fundamental component of excellence in education, and that authentic social and community engagement is vital for those who strive to win victories for humanity.
Contact Information:
Dr. Queen Meccasia Zabriskie
Director
Coretta Scott King Center for Cultural and Intellectual Freedom
Antioch College
1 Morgan Place
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387
Email: CSKC@antiochcollege.edu
