Antiracist Development Institute’s 3rd Annual Convening

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Name: Antiracist Development Institute’s 3rd Annual Convening
Date: October 8, 2025 - October 10, 2025
Website: https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/events/annual-antiracist-development-institute-convening-2025
Event Description:
This convening will be a three-day collaborative, hands-on, and love-centered event bringing colleagues from across the country, from inside and outside of the legal profession together to learn, teach, implement, and celebrate. It will be a time of networking, sharing, and growing together to create an antiracist legal academy, legal profession, and country. We look forward to sharing time and space with you!

We are organizing this Convening into three cohorts:

Rule of Law — Programming will be geared towards those in the legal academy and legal profession who are looking toward establishing antiracist principles into their spaces and policies. The information shared will help educators, administrators, and attorneys learn more about embedding antiracism into the culture of their spaces.

Antiracist Leadership Certificate (Law Enforcement Specific) — Programming will be specific to law enforcement professionals who are working toward obtaining the Antiracist Leadership Certificate. (Financial Assistance Available)

Leadership and Community — Participants from outside the legal academy and/or higher education may find this cohort most appealing. Programming will be geared toward leaders at every level as well as community members looking to implement antiracist principles into their organizations.

Location:
Penn State Dickinson Law
Carlisle, PA
Date/Time Information:

Full Schedule of Events

 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2025
 

Optional Pre-Convening Programming (denoted with *)
 

8:00 to 9:00 am

Breakfast*
 

9:00 to 10:00 am

Walking Tour of Central PA Underground Railroad locations
 

10:30 am to 12:00 pm

"A History of the Underground Railroad and Abolitionists Throughout South Central Pennsylvania" film screening*
 

12:00 to 12:30 pm

Panel discussion with PA Past Players (living history interpreters), Ruth Hodge, and moderated by Rogette Harris*
 

Convening Programming
 

12:30 to 1:30 pm

Kickoff Lunch and Check-In
 

1:30 to 2:00 pm

Welcome address

  • Danielle M. Conway, Penn State Dickinson Law
  • Jill C. Engle, Penn State Dickinson Law
  • Serena Hermitt, Penn State Dickinson Law
  • TaWanda Hunter Stallworth, Penn State Dickinson Law
 

Cohort-Specific Programming
 

2:15 to 3:30 pm

Rule of Law Cohort — Making the Rule of Law Accessible

Leadership & Community Cohort — “Hester” Riots (formerly known as the McClintock Riots)

Antiracist Leadership Certificate — Module 1: Overview of the ADI
 

3:45 to 5:00 pm

Rule of Law Cohort — What Is the Rule of Law and Why Is It Important?

Leadership & Community Cohort — Tour of the “Contrasting Photos: Behind and in Front of the Camera at the Carlisle Indian School” Exhibit at the Cumberland County Historical Society

Antiracist Leadership Certificate — Module 2: History & Context
 

6:00 to 8:00 pm

Free Screening of Kemba at the Carlisle Theatre
 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2025
 

8:00 to 9:00 am

Breakfast
 

Cohort-Specific Design Thinking
 

9:30 am to 11:30 pm

Rule of Law Cohort — Design Thinking for the Legal Academy

Leadership & Community Cohort — Design Thinking for Community Organizations

Antiracist Leadership Certificate — Module 3: Design Thinking
 

11:30 am to 12:30 pm

Lunch
 

Cohort-Specific Programming
 

12:30 to 2:30 pm

Rule of Law Cohort — Why Is Antiracism Key to the Rule of Law?

Leadership & Community Cohort — Elev8 Interactive Presentation

Antiracist Leadership Certificate — Module 4: Industry-Specific Case Study
 

5:00 to 6:00 pm

Cocktail Hour at The Barn at Creek’s Bend
 

6:00 to 9:00 pm
 

Third Annual Convening Banquet at The Barn at Creek’s Bend
 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2025

8:00 to 9:00 am
 

Breakfast

9:00 to 10:15 am

Race and Equal Protection of the Laws (REPL) Course

10:15 to 10:30 am

Break

10:30 to 11:30 pm

History and Purpose of the "Race and the Equal Protection of the Laws" Class

11:30 to 12:30 pm

Panel Discussion & Q&A

12:30 to 1:30 pm

Concluding Lunch
Contact Information:
TaWanda H. Stallworth
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