Schedule Day 1


Wednesday, October 16, 2024 

9:00 am - 3:45 pm


8:30 - 9:00

Registration, Meet & Greet, Music 

Light refreshments served

Music by Jaimeo Brown

Jonas Center

9:00 - 9:05

Welcome Address


Walter Turner | College of Marin Umoja Equity Institute Coordinator; Faculty & Chair Social Science Department


Stormy Miller Sabia, Ed.D | College of Marin Director of Student Services – Student Accessibility Services and Psychological Services 


Jonas Center

9:05 - 9:35 

Clockwise, a poetry reading


Kim Shuck, Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita

Jonas Center

9:35 - 10:35

Keynote

Black Students and Belonging in the Midst of Anti-DEI Legislation


Kevin Cokley, Ph.D. | University of Michigan, Psychology Professor, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor

Jonas Center

10:45-12:00

Morning Sessions:


Black Voices for Mental Health Equity 

Khalid White, Ed.D.


Collaborating with 1st Generation College Students: Honoring Stories of Raices y Resistencia

Ana Frias-Bravo, LMFT


Affirmation in Action: Shaping Trans Inclusive Schools, Workplaces, and Communities
Ari Sifuentes, LMFT
Mavi Pilloton, M.Ed 

How Lived Experience Informs Professional Work in Athlete-Centered Therapy and Mental Fitness Coaching  

Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CMPC 


Rising Scholars Program for Current and Formerly Incarcerated Students

Susan Rahman

Mark De Hart 

Nathalie Fomperosa 

Sara McEvoy 

Karina Ochoa 

Capri Price 


Equity through Access: Putting the Power of Art in the Hands of Educators

Cary McQueen, Art with Impact


Reflection Spaces: 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.  

12:00-12:40

Lunch 


 Jonas Center 

12:40-1:45

Noonday Address


Pathways to Housing First Institute 

Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D

Jonas Center

2:00 - 3:15

Afternoon Sessions:


Return to the Motherland: UMOJA Ghana Student Panel

College of Marin Umoja Students, Facilitated by Dimond Alexander 


Jonas Center


Pathways to Housing First Institute, Continuing Q & A
Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D


Destigmatizing Menstrual Stigma as an Act of Social Justice
Carmen McNeil, Ph.D, Period of Empowerment


AAPI Youth Rising
Johann Webber, AAPI Youth Rising Finance Director in training 

Taryn Hwang, AAPI Youth Rising Editor in Chief in training 


Harnessing the Power of Micropractices for Self and Collective Care

Eva Jo Meyers 


COM IVC Organic Farm Tour 

Tealy Gapinski
IVC Farm


Reflection Space with Latajah Lasssus 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.  

3:15-3:45

Reconvene & Close of Day 

Jaimeo Brown 

Jonas Center