She’s still fighting for us — and proving that liberation work doesn’t age, it evolves.

More than fifty years after standing on the front lines for freedom, Angela Davis is once again lending her voice, brilliance, and uncompromising conviction to a new generation. This June, she will serve as the keynote speaker at the nation’s largest Black feminist convening, a role that reflects both her historic influence and her unwavering commitment to justice (Source: Black Enterprise).

Hosted in New Orleans from June 5–7, Get Free: Black Feminist Reunion is a three-day gathering organized by Black Feminist Future, designed to honor the legacy of the groundbreaking 1973 National Black Women’s Organization conference while creating a space for today’s visionaries to strategize, imagine, and build together. With sessions like “Visions of Black Feminist Possibilities” and “How Black Feminism Is Shaping Politics,” the event centers the intellectual, cultural, and political power of Black womanhood in a moment when many of its freedoms are under renewed attack (Source: The New York Times).

Davis’ presence is more than symbolic — it’s connective tissue. A living link between past and present, she emerged as a defining political figure in the late 1960s and early 1970s, known for her fearless advocacy around prison abolition, racial justice, labor organizing, and women’s liberation. Her activism made her a target for powerful institutions, including her controversial termination from the University of California in 1969 — a decision heavily pushed by then–Governor Ronald Reagan due to her affiliation with the Communist Party (Source: Los Angeles Times). Though she was briefly reinstated, university officials later dismissed her again for what they described as “inflammatory language,” a move that scholars have since recognized as politically motivated censorship (Source: The Guardian).

But Davis refused to be silenced.
She wrote. She taught. She organized. She built movements.

As a co-founder of Critical Resistance, Davis helped shift global conversations around the prison-industrial complex, pushing abolitionist ideas from the margins into mainstream political discourse — a contribution acknowledged by major outlets covering the rise of abolitionist thought over the last decade (Source: NPR). As a professor emerita in History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies, she has shaped generations of scholars and activists. Her wide-ranging body of work, from Women, Race & Class to her recent book Abolition. Feminism. Now., continues to remind readers that liberation is not a slogan but a discipline, one practiced daily and collectively.

Her lifetime of contributions has earned global recognition, including the Lenin Peace Prize and multiple acknowledgments as one of the most influential figures in contemporary social movements (Source: TIME Magazine).

The Get Free Reunion will also feature powerful voices such as Domonique Morgan, Devin-Norelle, and Shana Griffin, creating a multigenerational conversation about care, community-building, and abolitionist feminist futures. Much like the 1973 gathering carved out long-overdue space for Black women to lead on their own terms, this year’s reunion aims to honor that legacy by nurturing the next wave of leadership.

Because of the ones who paved the way, we know where we’ve been.
Because of Angela Davis — and the rising generation of Black feminists — we can see where we’re going.

Registration is officially open for Get Free: Black Feminist Reunion.