Farah Tanis

Co-Founder/CEO

Black Women's Blueprint, Inc

Farah Tanis is a transnational Black feminist, co-founder of Black Women’s Blueprint, and founder of Restore Forward, a cooperative land-based healing and reconciliation entity. She co-chaired the March for Black Women, and from 2010-2016, chaired the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the U.S. to focus on Black women, their historical and contemporary experiences with racialized/sexualized violence. She founded the Museum of Women’s Resistance, as a Site of Conscience. Tanis is a member of the USHRN Task Force on the international human rights treaty, the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and The UN Convention Against Torture.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	When Truth is Justice: Black Women’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Concurrent Room MH 4-2	The session is an opportunity to engage key feminists, clergy, scholars, activists, journalists and lawmakers and showcase sustainable solutions for gender equality Read More The session is an opportunity to engage key feminists, clergy, scholars, activists, journalists and lawmakers and showcase sustainable solutions for gender equality through efforts like the Black Women’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (BWTRC). Held by Black Women’s Blueprint in 2016, this BWTRC is the first of its kind to focus on sexual assault and Black women in the United States. During the session we will showcase sustainable solutions for gender equality and processes for community liberation, such as the truth commissions which are best understood as one of many complementary strategies for addressing legacies of human rights violations, abuse and violence. Session format: Skills Building Organized by Black Women’s Blueprint Read Less Speakers Sevonna Brown National Director Black Women's Blueprint Farah Tanis Co-Founder/CEO Black Women's Blueprint, Inc