Preparing for Your In-Person Experience
Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center (Level 4)
1 John Nolen Dr, Madison, WI 53703
Parking & Transportation
Please be planful of your transportation plans to the Monona Terrace as there is ongoing construction on the parking ramp and in the surrounding area on John Nolen Drive. Limited parking is available in the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center parking garage, which is open 24 hours a day and accessible from 101 W. Wilson Street (recommended GPS address for parking). We encourage attendees to arrive early to find parking and carpool if possible.
Monona Terrace Parking Rates
Weekdays (5:00 AM–5:00 PM): Up to $16 daily maximum for 6+ hours
Additional information about Directions, Parking and Accessible Parking for the Monona Terrace can be found here.
City Parking
Additional public parking is available in nearby City of Madison parking garages and on surrounding streets:
Wilson Street Garage: 20 E. Wilson St., Madison, WI 53703
Wilson Lot: 400 S. Hancock St., Madison, WI 53703
Check nearby ramps and view real-time parking availability on the City of Madison website.
8:15 AM | Registration Begins
Doors will open at 8:15 AM for registration on Wednesday, October 7. Please check in and get your nametag on Level 4 of Monona Terrace before heading to the Ballroom for the opening at 9:00 AM.
9:00 AM | Plenary Facilitated Institute with Andrea Ritchie
We are honored to welcome Andrea Ritchie, author of Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies and Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, as our in-person keynote speaker.
Ritchie brings three decades of experience as a Black lesbian immigrant survivor, attorney, and organizer who has created waves of change around the policing and criminalization of Black women, girls, trans, and gender nonconforming people.
Ritchie will facilitate a plenary experience for all in-person attendees exploring abolitionist and emergent strategies rooted in long traditions of resistance and resilience, helping us embody new possibilities in the midst of the ongoing catastrophes of racial capitalism. In-person Summit attendees will have the opportunity to practice with Ritchie to set our collective compass toward liberatory ways of being that create the conditions for safety, accountability, and justice.
12:00 PM | Community Free Time
Lunch
After the morning institute, there will be boxed lunch options catered by Monona Terrace at the Grand Terrace.
The following box lunch options will be available:
Southwest Chicken Wrap
Turkey Club Wrap (Contains Bacon)
Smashed Chickpea Wrap with Tahini Herb Slaw (Vegan)
All Standard Box Lunches include Assorted Individual Lay's Chips and a Home Baked Cookie.
If you shared any dietary needs with us when you made selections, we have planned accordingly with the Monona Terrace Catering staff to accommodate your needs. For those with dietary needs, you will have specialized meal tickets placed inside your name tag. There will also be plenty of Vegetarian Lunches available.
Pop-Up of BIPOC Creatives & Justice Initiatives (Noon - 5:00 PM)
For the past several years, the Racial Justice Summit has created space for local BIPOC creatives and justice initiatives to share their work, amplify their missions, and connect with our broader community.
We are honored to continue this tradition by welcoming an inspiring group of BIPOC Creatives and Justice Initiatives to this year's Pop-Up during our in-person Summit experience. Explore local artists, organizations, and community leaders whose work is advancing justice, creativity, and collective liberation.
1:00 PM | Afternoon Breakouts
TBD.
4:15 PM | Closing Plenary Experience
TBD.
Accessibility
All Gender Bathrooms
All-gender restrooms are available on the 4th (main) floor of the Monona Terrace.
Health and Community Care for In-Person Experiences
We invite attendees to please use their best and most cautious judgment related to the possible spread of illness. It is important to care for one another in this way, and especially to support those among us who are immunocompromised or live with someone who is. People who have recently been in spaces with possible exposure to someone with COVID-19, RSV, or other illnesses are especially encouraged to wear a high-quality mask when indoors in public.
Hand sanitation will be readily available, and we will also have masks available for you at the help desk.
Chemical Sensitivities
Although the Summit is not a fragrance-free event, we ask in-person Summit attendees to limit their personal use of products that contain fragrance to a minimum (i.e perfumes, lotions, room sprays, sanitizers, etc.) as these can trigger serious health issues for people with chemical sensitivities.
You can learn more about why engaging in this collective behavioral change matters here.