Rollins will host a one-day on-campus conference on Thursday, January 25, from 7:30 am. to 8:30 p.m. as part of the 29th annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.

Communities Conference II: Civic Conversations Continue will explore issues concerning 21st-century American life in communities of color.  Rollins President Grant Cornwell and poet and activist Sonia Sanchez will speak at the opening plenary session at 8:30 a.m., with breakout sessions, panels, and other presentations to follow throughout the day.