The Deep South is changing—and nowhere is that change more evident than in Mississippi. From shifting demographics to economic development, Mississippi’s growing communities are proud, actively engaged hubs for tomorrow. But complex challenges remain—criminal-justice reform, educational opportunity, climate change, and so much more. The Atlantic, in partnership with Mississippi Today, convened local leaders, policy makers, and journalists to highlight the regional issues influencing the national dialogue, and the importance of local journalism.
Senior Partner, Ten One Strategies
Executive Editor, Local Investigations Fellowship, The New York Times
Editor in Chief, Verite News
Vice President for Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning, National Women’s Law Center
Underwriter Session
CEO and Principal Strategist, Six Dimensions
Underwriter Session
Senior Adviser, ReadingUniverse.org
Local Investigations Fellow, The New York Times
Founding Director, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
Editor in Chief, Mississippi Today
Professor, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University
Editor at Large, The 19th
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
Investigative Reporting Fellow, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
President, Brownkey Consulting Group
Founder and CEO, Therapy Plus
Executive Director, Teach Plus Mississippi
President, Mississippi Association of Educators
Co-founder and Executive Director, Mom.ME.
Political Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC
Professor, UNC Chapel Hill, and Columnist, The New York Times
Executive Director, Accelerate MS
Underwriter Session
Founder, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Senior Reporter, Mississippi Today
CEO, INCOMPAS; Director, Great City Foundation
Investigative Reporting Fellow, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Contributor, The Atlantic, and Senior Adviser, Emerson Collective
Community Health Reporter, Mississippi Today
Executive Director, Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable
Underwriter Session
Director of Mississippi and New Orleans Programs, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Underwriter Session
Investigative Reporter, Mississippi Today
1 hour
In-Person
31 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Editor in Chief, Mississippi Today
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
31 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Contributor, The Atlantic, and Senior Adviser, Emerson Collective
Investigative Reporter, Mississippi Today
33 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Professor, Department of African American Studies, Princeton University
Editor at Large, The 19th
Political Analyst, NBC News and MSNBC
Contributor, The Atlantic, and Senior Adviser, Emerson Collective
40 minutes
In-Person
This session is produced by our underwriter and is independent of the Atlantic’s editorial staff.
45 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Vice President for Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning, National Women’s Law Center
CEO and Principal Strategist, Six Dimensions
Executive Director, Accelerate MS
Executive Director, Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable
Director of Mississippi and New Orleans Programs, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
45 minutes
In-Person
Founder and CEO, Therapy Plus
Co-founder and Executive Director, Mom.ME.
Community Health Reporter, Mississippi Today
45 minutes
In-Person
Senior Adviser, ReadingUniverse.org
Staff Writer, The Atlantic
Executive Director, Teach Plus Mississippi
President, Mississippi Association of Educators
45 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Executive Editor, Local Investigations Fellowship, The New York Times
Local Investigations Fellow, The New York Times
Investigative Reporting Fellow, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Founder, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today
Investigative Reporting Fellow, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
1 minute
Virtual / In-Person
29 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Senior Partner, Ten One Strategies
President, Brownkey Consulting Group
Senior Reporter, Mississippi Today
CEO, INCOMPAS; Director, Great City Foundation
32 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Founding Director, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
30 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
Editor in Chief, Verite News
Professor, UNC Chapel Hill, and Columnist, The New York Times
5 minutes
Virtual / In-Person
The Faulkner, 518 E Capitol St, Jackson, MS 39201
Thursday, November 30, 2023
9:00 am EDT
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