SiX National Conference 2024

States have long been on the front lines of protecting and advancing our most fundamental rights and liberties. That’s why we’re bringing our powerful network of state legislators and advocates together for the first time in Atlanta, a city long known as a beacon of movement-building for racial and economic justice. In our opening session, we’ll root down in the rich tradition of organizing and power-building in our host state. Long before the 2020 presidential election, Georgia organizers paved the way to victory with a robust civic engagement strategy through a multi-racial and multi-issue coalition that continues to deliver historic voter turnout numbers across the state, while fighting back an onslaught of voter suppression efforts. In this panel, we will ground in the work that is underway here in the state of Georgia and across the South to create a vision for building durable power by starting with organizing in Black and brown communities.

We invite white legislators, advocates, and partners to participate in a reflective space to ground their intentions as allies and co-conspirators with Black legislators and legislators of color in our movement for a multi-racial democracy. This session will be offered twice, on the first and last day of the National Conference. Healing Justice facilitators will hold space for self-introspection and empathy building, foundational skills to combat white fragility and improve the capacity of participants to engage in meaningful anti-racist work in their roles as policymakers, colleagues, and collaborators.

Do you serve in a chamber where control will soon flip from one party to another? Do you have experience serving in a chamber that was recently flipped? Come join this networking space to connect with colleagues across the country to exchange experiences, ideas, and strategies for navigating new terrains of governing power heading into the 2025 legislative session.

Welcome to the SiX National Conference! Whether it’s your first time at a SiX event or you’re a longtime attendee of SiX events, or if you’re a newly-elected legislator, stop by to meet members of the SiX team to ask questions, learn more about our work, or to meet other conference attendees!

Beverages and Bites