Building Power Conference

Building Power (BP) is a free annual U-M School of Social Work student-organized conference designed to build collaboration within our school community’s work toward social justice and anti-racism. BP aims to center community knowledge in the fight against white extremism. This will be developed through challenging ourselves to explore how we have internalized the culture of white extremism so that we can embody love and wield power in our communities, institutions, and society at large. Building Power is open to all who wish to attend and is not exclusive to people of traditionally underrepresented populations.

This year’s conference theme is Building Power Against Political Injustice and will be held on Friday, February 23rd, 2024, at the U-M School of Social Work. This event will focus on the importance of understanding interconnected injustices as well as the movements toward collective liberation by centering issues related to disability justice, sustaining communities, and community organizing. 

Register at https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/14213