Critical Race Studies in Education Association

2023 Conference Information

Pre-Conference Date: October 25, 2023 || Conference Dates: October 26-27, 2023

The Critical Race Studies in Education Association 2023 conference was held in Chicago, IL with an empowering theme – Sankofa: Rooted in History, Planting for the Future!

Sankofa, which is a Ghanaian principle that means “to go back and get it.” It translates to san – to return, ko – to go, fa – to get/seek and represents the importance of learning from the past to improve the future. It was chosen as this year’s theme to encourage us to approach our use of Critical Race Theory in a similar way – to return to the roots of CRT in order to improve the present and future.