WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025 • 7 PM

Union Baptist Church, 1200 N. Trade Street, Winston-Salem, NC
& via Zoom

The Equity Forsyth coalition is excited to welcome Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President/CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund back to Winston-Salem to speak to the challenges and opportunities for advancing the systems change measures that will create learning environments that are engaging for all students and foster a sense of belonging and inclusion that leads to positive outcomes and bright futures. 

During a moment in which the politics of equity and inclusion are under direct assault, his prophetic voice and transformative leadership is desperately needed.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16. 2024 • 7 PM

A coalition of community partners announces an evening with Dr. Bettina Love, professor, bestselling author, and a leading voice in the field of education and social justice.

Her work supports teachers and parents fighting injustice caused by decades of educational reforms and explores what can be done to repair the harm to Black children. She holds the prestigious William F. Russell Professorship at Teachers College, Columbia University, and in 2022 was recognized by the Kennedy Center as one of the Next 50 Leaders who are making the world more inspired, inclusive, and compassionate.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 • 7 PM

A coalition of community partners presented an evening with Nikole Hannah-Jones on October 10, 2019 at the Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium at Winston-Salem State University. 

Ms. Hannah-Jones is a nationally recognized author and recipient of a MacArthur Genius grant. She covers racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine and has spent years chronicling the way official policy has created — and maintains — racial segregation in housing and schools. Her deeply personal reports on the black experience in America offer a compelling case for greater equity. She is currently writing a book on school segregation called The Problem We All Live With.