Vision & Justice Convenings

The Convening is a core component of Vision & Justice. With past speakers and performers such as Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Ava DuVernay, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Bryan Stevenson, Hank Willis Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, and Deborah Willis, the pioneering symposiums bring together thought leaders and change makers to examine the intersections of arts, race, and society—and ask how cultural narratives have shaped America’s national identity and sense of belonging.

2025 Convening

Vision & Justice Now: The Challenge and Promises of American Democracy
Co-hosted by Vision & Justice and the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy
Co-organized by Sarah Lewis and Sherrilyn Ifill

October 6 & 7, 2025
Ford Foundation
New York, NY

2019 Convening

Vision & Justice

April 25 - 27, 2019
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA