8:30 - 9:00
Light refreshments served
Music by Jaimeo Brown
Jonas Center
9:00 - 9:05
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
Kim Shuck, Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita
Jonas Center
9:35 - 10:35
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
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
Jonas Center
12:40-1:45
Pathways to Housing First Institute
Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D
Jonas Center
2:00 - 3:15
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
Jaimeo Brown
Jonas Center