2022 Arkansas Racial Equity Summit

*Pictured left to right: Amy Deere, Jeanette Fitton, Layne Ragsdale, Elizabeth Darden, William Rodgers III, Melissa Collins, & Shelby Fiegel.

The 2022 Arkansas Racial Equity Summit, sponsored by the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame in Conway, was on Thursday, November 10th.  Speakers included: Dr. Candice Dowd Maxwell, Distinguished Education Equity Fellow and College of Education Professor University of Central Arkansas;  William Rodgers III, Vice President and Director of the Institute for Economic Equity Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Tanya M. Odom, Director Equity & Inclusion Program Director Walton Family Foundation; and Ronnie Williams, Retired, Vice President for Student Services and Institutional Diversity University of Central Arkansas.