2022 Events

The 2022 theme for Transforming Communities: A Movement to Racial Justice is A Movement, Not a Moment. Explore the event lineup that took place Oct. 31 – Nov. 13, 2022.

Pre-Recorded Programming

• Lakbay: Queer Filipinx Leadership

  • Presented by: LEAD Filipino

    Location: Student Union Patio
    Watch Recording: "Lakbay: Queer Filipinx Leadership"

    Event Description: This presentation explores Queer Filipinx leadership through the nonprofit organization, LEAD Filipino. In 2020, LEAD Filipino launched their inaugural Lakbay Summit. Lakbay Summit was born out of a need for LBGTQ+ Filipina/o/x services and programs to exist in the South Bay Area. Since its inception, Lakbay Summit, run by LEAD Filipino’s Queermittee–has created a community site of art, storytelling, mentorship, and action. 

    The theme of “Lakbay” was inspired by the work of Omehra Sigahne and Trinidad Escobar. Both Sigahne and Escobar teach us that “Lakbay” in Tagalog, is a journey you take away from your usual environment to reflect, explore, and better understand yourself. “Lakbay” has a special relationship with the word, “Bakla” meaning gay or effeminate in Tagalog. Yet, “Bakla” represents the inward journey to wholeness where you find that you are complete within yourself. 

    The presentation will explain leadership development within LEAD Filipino, and the importance of decolonization work in community organizing.

• Transforming Communities by Advancing Health Equity

  • Presented by: Sophia LaMonica; SJSU Student, School of Information 

    Watch Recording: "Transforming Communities by Advancing Health Equity"

    Event Description: Health equity is the attainment of the highest level of health possible for all people. Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities, historical and contemporary injustices, and the elimination of health disparities and health care disparities. 

    Central to advancing health equity is a consideration of language, and the narratives that shape collective thinking. Regulatory bodies, such as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and its counterparts, maintain training standards regarding professional communication, internal biases, and nondiscrimination. Although these guidelines describe and affirm the importance of non-stigmatizing, patient-centered language, as more institutions begin to share electronic records, a broader shift may be necessary to catalyze evolution in the language of health care.

    Health equity narratives are developed from collectively recognizing and denouncing oppression in all its forms; they make visible not only the injustice, but the varied voices of the oppressed, and their perspectives on social justice. This presentation offers an introduction to shifting away from established, dominant narratives, and towards a health equity narrative grounded in a social justice framework that will serve to redistribute power and resources to those most in need.

October 31

• Oct 31 - Nov 4 | Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits Racial Justice Summit

  • Registration: "Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits Racial Justice Summit"

    Event Description: The Summit is designed for the region's nonprofit organizations leadership, staff, and board members to engage in dialogue about how to meet the promises made in the nonprofit racial equity pledge, as well as to gain tools and learn strategies to advance racial justice and equity within their institutions and in our community. 

    The second annual Nonprofit Racial Justice Summit will create an environment for nonprofit leaders across Silicon Valley to:

    Renew our collective commitment to fight against systemic racism 

    Reflect on and learn how we can do better as organizations 

    Be inspired and move forward to co-create, centered by community, a racially just community

    Gain tools for healing and dismantling institutions and practices that have caused harm 

    Hear and share compelling examples of how institutions have used healing justice to advance racial equity

    The Nonprofit Racial Justice Summit is a hybrid event scheduled for the week of Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2022. Some sessions will be virtual (via Zoom) and some will be in person (in San Mateo & Santa Clara counties).

    The Summit is hosted by Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN) and Thrive, The Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County (Thrive Alliance).

    Pricing: Pay What You Can

    SVCN and Thrive Alliance are committed to making our Nonprofit Racial Justice Summit accessible to nonprofit employees who have been underrepresented in nonprofit leadership and management roles. For this year's summit, we have adopted a Pay-What-You-Can model.

November 1

• Noon – 1 p.m. | Know Your Rights: Anti-Asian Awareness Training

  • Presented by: Asian Law Alliance

    Facilitator: Leika Camille La Roque, Community Organizer, Asian Law Alliance   

    Zoom Registration:"Know Your Rights"

    Event Description: With the rise of reported AAPI hate crimes and incidents on a national and local level, it is important that we are aware of our rights and protections if we experience or witness hate. This includes understanding the history of hate crimes and looking at the current data of reported crimes in our local jurisdiction. This training will also teach you what to do before, during, and after a hate crime or incident occurs, and provides necessary resources for community members who have experienced hate.  

    The Asian Law Alliance, a nonprofit community law office, aims to provide equal access to the legal justice system for low-income and Asian Pacific Islander communities in Santa Clara County so they can develop self-sufficiency, self-reliance and a better quality of life through community education, legal services, and advocacy.

• 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | My Voice Matters: A Discussion about the Power of Individual Voices in Music & Language

  • Presented by: SJSU College of Humanities and Arts

    Facilitator: Dr. Katherine D. Harris, SJSU Department of English and Comparative Literature 

    Zoom Registration: "My Voice Matters"

    Event Description: Since 2018, the College of Humanities & the Arts has been celebrating diverse voices with its public programming and events in visual arts, performing arts, music, languages and literature. Voices that may not have been heard or represented as loudly as other voices in our university community have come through of late – as voices joined in song to elevate Latinx singers, composers, and artists; and in studies of linguistic diversity and the cultural attitudes towards accented voices. In conversation with two SJSU faculty members, Dr. Corie Brown and Dr. Reiko Kataoka, Dr. Katherine D. Harris will moderate a conversation about those voices that matter, those songs that matter, those accents that matter in celebration of all of our students, faculty, staff, and community members whose voices have not been heard loudly enough.

    Dr. Brown, the choral director in the School of Music and Dance, recently created the Latin American Choral Festival and will offer her students’ reactions in celebration of guest presenters “who looked like them” to create a powerful space by simply *doing* music by Latin American composers/artists. Dr. Reiko Kataoka, a professor in Linguistics and Language Development, and her students have been interviewing community members to start a dialogue about valuing greater linguistic diversity that is free of bias and prejudice. Speaking and singing offers an opportunity to rise up. Join us for this important discussion about voices.

    Panelists: 

    Dr. Corie Brown
    Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education, SJSU 

    Dr. Reiko Katoaka
    Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Language Development; Communicative Disorders and Sciences, SJSU

• 3 – 5 p.m. | Transforming Communities Kickoff Celebration

  • Presented by: Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN), SJSU Community and Government Relations

    Location: SJSU Student Ballroom A (2nd Floor)

    Event Description: Join us as we kick-off Transforming Communities: A Movement to Racial Justice with a celebration of art, music, culture and an honoring of Native American Heritage Month.

• 4 – 6 p.m. | Share Your Healthcare Journey

  • Presented by: SJSU College of Health and Human Sciences

    Location: MLK Library room 225 (2nd floor), 150 East San Fernando St., San Jose, CA

    Event Description: The purpose of this program is for community members, and SJSU faculty, staff and students to share their stories with healthcare that has been underpinned by racial inequities and biases. In doing so, we will also help provide health screenings to support everyone in obtaining better healthcare knowledge and support.

• 5:30 – 7 p.m. | Stop Asian Hate: A Community Conversation

  • Presented by: Asian Law Alliance

    Facilitator: Leika Camille La Roque, Community Organizer, Asian Law Alliance  

    Zoom Registration: "Stop Asian Hate"

    Event Description: This community conversation delves into the history of Asian hate and how it is still prevalent today. This will be an open forum where community members will be able to share their experiences and thoughts on Asian hate and how it has affected them on a personal or communal level.  

    The Asian Law Alliance, a nonprofit community law office, aims to provide equal access to the legal justice system for low-income and Asian Pacific Islander communities in Santa Clara County so they can develop self-sufficiency, self-reliance and a better quality of life through community education, legal services, and advocacy.

November 2

• Noon – 1:30 p.m. | Anti-Blackness in the Non-Black Latinx/e community: A Workshop and Dialogue

  • Presented by:
    Latinas Contra Cancer
    La Comunidad for Justice, Equity and Inclusion ALFSV
    Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley
    Latino Leadership Alliance

    Facilitator: Darcie Green, Executive Director, Latinas Contra Cancer

    In-Person and Virtual Registration
    Location: Educare Silicon Valley 1399 Santee Drive San Jose, CA 95122 

    Virtual Registration: Coming soon

    Event Description: As a result of the angering and saddening events in Los Angeles, there will be many community conversations about how to address and eliminate anti-Blackness and anti-indigenousness in Latine/x communities across the state. This conversation is long overdue in Silicon Valley. Anti-Blackness in non-black Latine/x people is an obstacle to achieving racial justice here and everywhere. It must end with us. This will be a facilitated conversation and workshop either facilitated by an already selected trainer on this topic or facilitated by the co-presenters with consultation from this selected trainer. This is a dialogue that is open to all but will be geared toward non-black Latine/x people residing in Silicon Valley/South Bay who are committed to examining anti-Blackness in our community, the ways we as non-black Latine/x are complicit and how we can show up in authentic Black and brown coalition. Registration is required and the in-person capacity will be limited but the virtual will be streamed. Additional support for this program will come from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

• 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Altar Evolutions: From Cultural Ritual to Sociopolitical & Aesthetic Practice

  • Presented by: SJSU Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies, Dr. Martin Luther King Library, SJSU AAACNA Studies Center

    Facilitator: Dr. Ella Maria Diaz, Chair of the SJSU Department of Chicano and Chicana Studies

    Zoom Registration: "Altar Evolutions" 

    Event Description: Join Professor Ella Maria Diaz for a slideshow & talk about the sociopolitical and aesthetic traditions of Dia de los Muertos in the United States. Diaz’s 2017 book Flying Under the Radar with the Royal Chicano Air Force won the 2019 Book Award for the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Association (NACCS). Her second book, José Montoya, volume 12 of the Aver series with the Chicano Studies Research Center at UCLA, won gold medals in Best Biography and Best Arts book at the 2021 International Latino Book Awards.

• 5:30 – 7 p.m. | Keynote Conversation: A Conversation with Michael Tubbs

  • A Conversation with Michael Tubbs: Understanding Race, Politics, and a Quest to be EPIC
    Michael D. Tubbs, Former Mayor of Stockton, CA; Founder and Chair of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income; Author

    Presented by: Transforming Communities Planning Committee, SJSU Community & Government Relations

    Facilitator: Regina Celestin Williams; Executive Director, Silicon Valley @Home                  

    Location: SJSU Student Union Ballroom (2nd floor) 
    In-Person Registration: "A Convo with Michael Tubbs"
    Zoom Registration: "A Convo with Michael Tubbs"

    Event Description: Join us for a riveting conversation with former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs as we discuss his experience as a Black man growing up in Stockton, becoming mayor, and now working on his quest to end poverty in California. We will dive into the intersections of race, politics, and inequality with this esteemed innovator and California native. 

    In 2016, he was elected Mayor of Stockton at 26-years-old. He was the city’s first African-American Mayor, and the youngest Mayor of any major city in American history. As Mayor, Tubbs was lauded for his leadership and innovation. He raised over $20 million dollars to create the Stockton Scholars, a universal scholarship and mentorship program for Stockton students. Additionally, he piloted the first mayor-led guaranteed income pilot in the country. Currently, he is the Special Advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom for Economic Mobility and Opportunity; the Founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI); and the Founder of End Poverty in California (EPIC).

    Under his leadership, Stockton was named an “All-America City” in 2017 and 2018 by the National Civic League. The city saw a 40% drop in homicides in 2018 and 2019, led the state of California in the decline of officer involved shootings in 2019, and was named the second most fiscally healthy city in California. Additionally, it was recognized as one of the most fiscally healthy cities in the nation and was featured in an HBO documentary film, “Stockton on My Mind.”

    On November 16, 2021, Tubbs released “The Deeper The Roots: A Memoir of Hope and Home” published by the Flatiron Books imprint, An Oprah Book. The book—which the LA Times describes as “intimate and insightful”—not only relates Tubbs’ story of growing up in poverty, but lays his vision for leadership and policy that is more empathetic and responsive to people who are struggling.

November 3

• Noon – 1 p.m. | Transforming Communities and our Environment through Community Engagement

  • Presented by: City of San Jose - Environmental Services Department

    Facilitated by: Team members from the Recycle Right and Climate Smart Programs

    Zoom Registration: "Transforming Communities and our Environment"

    Event Description: The City of San José will provide a presentation to highlight programs in the Environmental Services Department, with a focus on the Recycle Right and Climate Smart teams. The presentation will focus on initiatives that include equity at the forefront and how they have worked with community-based organizations to reach historically marginalized communities. They will talk about what they have learned through community engagement and their proposals on improving those processes going forward. A discussion will follow the presentation to receive feedback on how to get community members more involved in existing and future programs.

• 1 – 4 p.m. | Decolonizing the Garden: How to be a Seed Keeper

  • Presented by: SJSU Associated Students: Cesar Chavez Community Action Center

    Facilitator: Matthew Spadoni, SJSU Campus Community Garden Coordinator

    Location: SJSU Campus Community Garden (372 E San Salvador St. San Jose, CA) 

    Event Description: In this workshop attendees will learn what it means to be a seed keeper. This ideology is directly informed by people of color through histories of resistance and racial justice. Attendees will learn about their own deep connections to the ways our ancestors gardened and farmed and how to decolonize their garden through seed-keeping and growing landrace seeds.

    Si necesita traducción al español para este evento, por favor avísenos antes del 30 de octubre de 2022 en sjenvironment@sanjoseca.gov

    Nếu quý vị cần dịch sang Tiếng Việt, vui lòng gửi email tới sjenvironment@sanjoseca.gov trước ngày 30 tháng 10 năm 2022.

• 2 – 3:30 p.m. | Scaling a Business as a Latinx Founder

  • Presented by: SJSU Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center & SJSU IDEAS Club, SJSU IDEAS Club and Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship

    Location: SJSU Student Union Room 1B (2nd floor)

    Event Description: Come learn about the journey of Floatme CEO, Joshua Sanchez as he describes his process of navigating the startup world as a Latinx entrepreneur.

• 4 – 6 p.m. | Bystander Intervention Training

  • Presented by: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) San Francisco Bay Area

    Facilitator: Usmaan Alloo, Programs Coordinator, CAIR

    Location: Open San Jose, 38 S. 2nd Street, San Jose, CA

    Event Description: The threat of hate crimes and bias incidents has surged to an all-time high within our communities since 2015 and has grown exponentially dangerous since the start of the pandemic. A 2021 study conducted by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism documented a 173% increase in hate incidents targeting the AAPI community in Los Angeles, as well as a staggering 567% increase within San Francisco. Equipping our community members with the tools and knowledge necessary to safely de-escalate incidents of hate and bias is an undeniable necessity. Join us for an interactive Bystander Intervention Training to learn how to safely intervene in the event that you witness a hate crime or bias incident as such. In this training participants will learn hands-on skills on how to de-escalate a hate incident before it leads to violence, how to create a safe space, and how to support the person who is being targeted.

• 6 – 8 p.m. | Indigenous Heritage Month Open Mic Night (CANCELED)

  • **CANCELED**

    Presented by: SJSU MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center; Native American Student Organization (NASO)

    Location: SJSU Student Union MOSAIC Cross Cultural Center (1st floor) 

    Event Description: Join Mosaic for our monthly Open Mic! Sign up online beforehand or at the event. As usual, we will be livestreaming the event on YouTube. This month, our theme is Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month. We encourage folks to come and out and express themselves through performance on the stage. Co-sponsored by Student Union Events at SJSU.

November 4

• Noon – 1 p.m. | Counseling for Social Justice

  • Facilitator: Amna Jaffer,SJSU Department of Counselor Education 

    Zoom Registration: "Counseling for Social Justice"

    Event Description: The documentary film 'Counseling for Social Justice' features interviews of K-12 educators on inequities that exist in the public school system and how these have been highlighted and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The effects of racism and poverty impacting students and the school system is highlighted. School counselors contend with a host of challenges and barriers in serving all students. Success strategies in advocating for social justice and equity for all students are shared by educators and school counselors.

• 6 – 8 p.m. | “IYA” The Ex’celen Remember: Dinner and Reading Fundraiser

  • Presented by:
    Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
    Santa Clara County
    Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area
    ConXión to Community
    SJSU Gathering of Academic Indigenous and Native Americans (GAIN)
    Amuh Mutsun Tribal Band
    SJSU Native American Student Organization
    Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation

    Location: ConXion to Community, 749 Story Rd, #10, San Jose, CA

    Event description: For more than 12,000 years the Esselen cared for the most bountiful land of this continent. Today it is subject to a multi-billion dollar agricultural industry. Brought together by the land, an Esselen family reunites, but is weighed down by 250 years of colonization and the memories that haunt them. This show was inspired by Louise J. Miranda Ramirez and written by Luis xago Juárez. 

    Dinner begins at 6 p.m.; Reading begins at 7 p.m.

November 5

• 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos. The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos shares the compelling story of the activist and leader, and the farmworker movement of the 1960s and 1970s. It features reproductions of historic and personal photographs with text in English and Spanish. It will detail Huerta’s life from her early influences, through the United Farm Workers’ grape boycotts and landmark agreements with grape-growing conglomerates. Immerse yourself in the full experience by downloading the Dolores Huerta bilingual mobile app, designed to accompany the exhibition. It features more than a dozen videos with Ms. Huerta. This free app is available for iOS and Android. Search “Dolores Huerta” in the App Store or on Google Play.

    “It is a privilege for the Santa Clara County Library District to host an exhibition from a distinguished organization like the Smithsonian about a remarkable woman such as Dolores Huerta,” said County Librarian Jennifer Weeks. “At a time when women were expected to only play a domestic role, Huerta and her colleagues sacrificed their own well-being to challenge the system and create a better life for farmworkers. She coined the popular phrase, “Yes, we can!/¡Sí, se puede!” and yes, they did!”

• 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | The Body and the Accrual of Daily Slights: A Somatic Movement Approach to Clearing Microaggressions

  • Presented by: SJSU College of Humanities and Arts

    Facilitator: Dr. Shannon Rose Riley, SJSU Department of Humanities 

    Location: SJSU Student Union Meeting Room 2A (2nd Floor)

    Event Description: Experiencing microaggressions constitutes a form of trauma—and where do we internalize such forms of aggression? Where do they hit home? In and through the lived body. Indeed, new research on the embodied experience of oppression shows that the body is implicated in both sides of the transmission of microaggressions.

    This 75-minute workshop provides some basic concepts in the embodied experience of oppression and the possibilities for engaging somatic movement work related to embodied racial justice in order to explore our capacities for personal and collective healing. Individually, in pairs, and as a group, participants will explore breathing, visualization, and basic movement patterns, including rocking, humming, and self-referencing, all of which can be used to clear daily microaggressions that otherwise can accrue in the body and foster a sense of dis-ease. I will share what I call the “Microaggression Somatic Assessment Form,” which will allow you to continue to track over time the impact of microaggressions on your body and what works for you to clear those energies. 

    This work draws from Sondra Fraleigh’s Eastwest Somatics, Rae Johnson’s body-centered approach to working with oppression, Resmaa Menakem’s understanding of racialized trauma and the role of the body in collective healing, and my own experience as a survivor of childhood domestic abuse, as a scholar on issues of embodiment, and my more recent professional work as a Registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist.

November 6

• 1 – 5 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos.

November 7

• 1 – 5 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos.

• 11 a.m. – Noon | Perinatal Equity Initiative

  • Presented by: Santa Clara County Department of Public Health

    Facilitator: Kamilah Davis, MSW, PPSC, CPSS

    Zoom Registration: "Perinatal Equity Initiative"

    Event Description: This presentation will focus on the Black maternal health crisis, including racism as a root cause. We will share national and local data, and community efforts to remedy the issue, and highlight our program, the Perinatal Equity Initiative. Black women have historically had some of the worst birth outcomes in this country and this is due to structural racism. The Perinatal Equity Initiative was established to address this ongoing crisis.

    Black families across the nation, compared to other racial groups, are most likely to experience maternal and infant mortality – the root cause of these disparities is institutional racism. Join us on November 7 to learn more about the Black Maternal Health Crisis, what local public health departments are doing to intervene, and how you can be a part of the solution.

• Noon – 1:30 p.m. | Explore Your Language Learning Personal History

  • Presented by: SJSU Writing Center

    Facilitators: Michelle Hager, Director, SJSU Writing Center and Amy Russo, Coordinator, SJSU Writing Center

    Zoom Registration: "Explore Your Language Learning Personal History"

    Event Description: Everyone has a unique language learning history. In this workshop, attendees will share and discuss their own experiences with language. How does language (including accents and/or dialects) bring us together? How does it create barriers? How does it shape our own growth and identity? During our time together, you will create a personal language history that will help you reflect on your experiences. Students, staff, faculty, and community members are encouraged to join us in this reflective exercise.

• 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Delano Manongs Park: Naming a Landmark for the FilAm Community

  • Presented by: LEAD Filipino

    Facilitators: Daniel Lazo

    Location: Open San Jose, 38 S. 2nd Street, San Jose, CA

    Event Description: In this slideshow presentation, we will go over how we named “Delano Manongs Park” for a new neighborhood park in San José, CA. We will discuss the context and historical significance of the Delano Manongs, including a brief introduction to what motivated the community to submit this name. We will also go over the process in getting community and political support through campaign work and grassroots organizing. Many local municipalities operate differently, but our story on how we got this name may provide a framework on using data and community power to make change.

    There will be a breakout session for small group discussions and we will close with a Q&A portion.

• 4 – 6 p.m. | Intergroup Dialogue: A Path to Cross-Race Understanding

  • Presented by: SJSU Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

    Facilitators: Dr. craig John Alimo, Director of Social Justice Education, SJSU ODEI

    Location: SJSU Admin Building Room 103: Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training Room (7th street and San Fernando) 

    Event Description: Intergroup Dialogue in Higher Education (IGD) is a promising and research-based approach that invites people from across different social groups to engage in dialogue about social inequality. Inter-racial dialogues using IGD structure and techniques have shown to reduce bias, increase empathy, and encourage participants to move to action. Join us for this session to learn more about IGD, SJSU's IGD program, IGD's benefits and limitations as a path for cross race understanding.

• 5 – 6:30 p.m. | The Transformation of Black Women

  • Presented by: Natalie McBride, SJSU MFA Student

    Location: MLK Library room 225 (2nd floor), 150 East San Fernando St., San Jose, CA

    Event Description: Let’s shake the table family! This performance and presentation will consist of selected readings of personal essays: 'The Black Woman's Manifesto', 'The Divine Feminine','Who Does Your Mind belong to?' and 'I KNOW You Lied'. These creative think pieces are based on the research surrounding the psychological, emotional and spiritual transformation of Black women in the United States within the last 150 years. It is also based on the unique yet relatable women of Natalie McBride’s family, statistical data and social discussions of today dealing with negative attitudes, patriarchal suppression and marginalization of Black women and girls.

    It is a dynamic and very honest presentation that is intended to bring light to the condition of our grandmothers’ past psychological status and how this generation is overturning conditioning that no longer serves the best interest of Black women. All can learn from this riveting performance and the dynamic think pieces, therefore all are welcome and encouraged to attend!

November 8

• 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. | Election Day: Voting Centers Open

  • View the complete list of voting centers throughout the county.

    Visit the SJSU Elections website for more information.

    Location:
    SJSU Voting Center
    Event Center, Room 1035
    290 South 7th Street, San Jose, CA

• 1 – 9 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos.

• 9 a.m. | Overcoming Barriers and Transforming Communities - The Intersection of Mental Health and Race

  • Presented by: Momentum for Health

    Facilitator: Dr. Stacy Richardson, LMFT, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Momentum for Health

    Zoom Registration: "Overcoming Barriers and Transforming Communities"

    Event Description: The purpose of the panel will be to discuss the challenges people of color face as they seek mental health services from access to care, stigma and involvement in the criminal justice system.

    Panelists:

    Quentin Brooks
    Assistant Manager, Sub-Acute Residential Treatment (SART)

    Kareeb Harbin
    Associate Director, Crossroads

    Adrian Juarez
    Associate Director, Medical Services

    Diana Medrano
    Program Manager, East Side Outpatient

    Sara Morales
    Program Manager, Addictions Treatment; Addiction Treatment Services Outpatient

    Suzie Sardona
    Program Manager, Full Service Programs (FSP) Adult

    David Mineta
    CEO and President

• 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Angelica Cortez - Don’t Talk About It, Be About It: Art off the Canvas

  • Presented by: SJSU Community and Government Relations and LEAD Filipino

    Location: Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), 510 S. First St., San Jose, CA

    In-Person Registration: "Keynote Speaker: Dr. Angelica Cortez"

    Event Description: Angelica’s talk will bring together the multiple and various parts of her identity and life story - how she transmuted being Queer, the only child of a single teenage mother, a Pinay woman of color and the influences of a highly conservative family into shaping her ethos, praxis and community-based scholarship and entrepreneurship of the people. The dialogue will address the importance of culturally responsive and relevant education, grassroots leadership development and economic empowerment for minoritized communities during today’s social revolution.

    Agenda:

    4:45-5:25 p.m. — Mixing & Mingling

    5:30 p.m. — Opening Performance

    5:35 p.m. — Keynote Speech and Conversation

    6:30 p.m. — Reception

November 9

• 1 – 9 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos.

• 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. | From the Ashes: A Documentary Screening and Fireside Chat Centering Black Maternal Mental Health

  • Presented by: Santa Clara County Public Health Department, Supporting Mamas and Santa Clara County Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative

    Zoom Registration: "From the Ashes"

    Event Description: We invite you to join us for a documentary screening and conversation on maternal mental health in the Black community. Constructed with service providers in mind (but, open to all), we hope that this offering informs your practice and supports you in providing culturally-competent and equitable care. To learn more about the film, please visit From The Ashes Film website.

• 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Song for Cesar: The Art, Music, Theater, and Poetry of the Movement

  • Presented by: SJSU Chicano/a Studies Department, MLK Library and SJSU Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center

    Facilitators: Dr. Maria Luisa Alaniz, SJSU Department of Chicano/a Studies

    Location: SJSU Morris Daley Auditorium

    Event Description: The film focuses on the role of art, theater, poetry, and music in the UFW and Chicano Movement. The event includes a discussion with the producer and director: Andres Alegria and Abel Sanchez.  

    The film makers capture the critical role of artists, actors, poets, and musicians in the movement and includes film footage of many events that demonstrate the power of creativity and innovative art forms that inspire and contribute to organizing efforts.  

    The film was inspired by Maya Angelou, a friend of Abel Sanchez. She told Abel that the story of the musicians, artists and poets who elevated the movement must be shared. She implored him to finish the film with the goal of educating future generations of the power of protest, solidarity, and perseverance coupled with artistic inspiration. 

    The goal of this event is to educate and inspire as more than ever there is a need to organize for human rights and social justice. Ultimately the film provides an illustration and example of how talent, creativity, and self-sacrifice sustain a movement. The film is a tribute to the legacy of those who came before us and inspires us to emulate their courage, passion, and commitment.

• 6 – 7 p.m. | We Keep Us Safe: Co-Creating Community Safety

  • Presented by: East Side Parents for Peace

    Facilitators: Darcie Green, Parent & Health Advocate, Camille Llanes-Fontanilla,  Parent & Community Member and Maria Noel Fernandez, Parent & Silicon Valley Rising Campaign Director

    Location: Coming soon

    Event Description: In June of 2022, a shooting occurred inside of a library in East San Jose in the presence of children, community and library staff. Families heartbroken and angered by mass shootings across the Country and gun violence in our neighborhoods said, "ENOUGH!" and came together to affirm the sacredness of our children, uplift our community and affirm that we cannot answer violence with violence. This event is a continuation of this conversation and a continued demand to invest in the communities most impacted by violence in ways that do not center police violence as a response to violence in the community and that do not deepen racial inequities and racial injustice.

    Black and Brown communities are disproportionately harmed by the police and by the police's response to reported crime. Research has found that Black people are more likely to be victims of violent crime in general while crimes against Black and Latinx people are less likely to be solved. Black residents are also seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted of a crime and Latinx immigrants often fear reporting a crime they have experienced. Latinos are killed by police at nearly double the rate of White residents and in California are 44 percent more likely to be perceived as armed by police. Black people are still more likely to be killed by the police than any other group. From protests over the murder of George Floyd, to Breonna Taylor, from Andres Guardado to Uvalde Texas, communities across the country have demanded a change. We know more police does not equal more safety.  We know the over-policing of black and brown communities does not lead to better outcomes.  How do we secure safety without centering policing? How do we achieve safety for all in ways that don't further harm, marginalize and traumatize black and brown communities? If not the police, then who?

    Join us for this conversation on the policies and actions we can take to co-create safety. Join us as we learn in community about what actually keeps us safe and the ways we can achieve safety together through improving our social conditions, centering our relationships and commitment to racial justice.

• 7 – 8 p.m. | When Police Dogs are Weapons. Who is injured and Who dies

  • Presented by: Asian Law Alliance

    Facilitators: Richard Konda, Director, Asian Law Alliance and Aram James, Former Santa Clara County Public Defender

    Zoom Registration: "When Police Dogs are Weapons"

    Event Description: The use of canines against the African American population from enslaved people to the civil rights movement to the Black Lives Movement to Today.   What has changed and What has remained the same.  

    What can we do as a community to end canine violence against Black and Brown communities?  

    A sixty minute panel discussion led by Aram James, retired Santa Clara Deputy Public Defender and co-founder of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability and Richard Konda, Executive Director of the Asian Law Alliance and co-founder of the Coalition for Justice and Accountability. 

    Check out “The Shocking Truth about Police Canines” to really get a sense of why this is an issue that must be addressed.

    The source of the information for this panel discussion is the Pulitzer Prize winning 2020 article, Mauled when Police Dogs are weapons.

November 10

• 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos.

• 5 – 6 p.m. | Amplifying APSC: Stories of Incarceration with Peejay Ai

  • Presented by: SJSU Center for Asian and Pacific Islander Student Empowerment (CAPISE) and Asian Prisoner Support Coalition (APSC)

    Facilitators: Dr. Jinni Pradhan, Program Director, SJSU CAPISE, Kayla Le, SJSU Student, Forensic Science & Biology concentration, Asian and American Studies minor

    Zoom Registration: "Amplifying APSC"

    Event Description: When discussing mass incarceration in the United States, the Asian and Pacific Islander prisoner population is often left ignored and underrepresented. In order to combat this erasure, the Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) is dedicated to provide direct support to API  prisoners and to raising awareness about the growing number of APIs being imprisoned, detained, and deported. Join us on Zoom as we talk with Peejay Ai—APSC’s Community Advocate—in a conversation about his story as a former juvenile lifer, as a former ICE detainee, and as APSC’s Community Advocate today.

    Panelist: Peejay Ai, Community Support Advocate, APSC

• 5 – 6 p.m. | Y'all Better Call Saul: Why Tenants need the right to legal counsel in eviction cases

  • Presented by: Sacred Heart Community Services 

    Facilitators: Christopher Logan, Organizing Manager for Housing Action Committees, Sacred, Heart Community Services, Elizabeth Agramont-Justiano, Anthony Pham, Emily Zimmerman, Trevor Modesto and Karina Montoya

    Location: Coming soon

    Event Description: Come enjoy tacos and a workshop about the fight to implement guaranteed legal representation for all evictions in San Jose. Our project centers around racial justice as one of the major themes by addressing the systemic inequalities relating to race and ethnicity relating to housing. San Jose has a rich and vibrant diversity of ethnicities, being home to large populations of Latino, Black, and Asian ethnic groups. Increasing renting prices, that far exceed family incomes, are driving communities out to bring in corporations and individuals with no interest in San Jose’s rich history and diversity. Evictions are one of the methods that landlords use to push tenets out. Our proposed solution is to ensure that everyone facing eviction court has free legal representation.

• 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. | SLASC Presentation with the SJSU King Library Anti-Racism Assessment Working Group

  • Presented by: SJSU Special Libraries Association Student Chapter (SLASC)

    Facilitators:
    Tina Kremzner-Hsing,SJSU Student, Masters of Library Science
    Adriana Poo, Senior Librarian Assistant, MLK Library
    Neil Ordinario, Library Technology Coordinator, MLK Library
    Anamika Megwalu, Associate Librarian, MLK Library
    Erika Johnson, Institutional Repository Coordinator, MLK Library
    Sharesly Rodriguez, Senior Assistant Librarian, MLK Library
    Sharon Thompson, Student Technology Training Coordinator, MLK Library
    Sylvia Guel Ruiz, Executive Assistant to the Dean, MLK Library
    Christina Mune, Associate Dean, MLK Library

    Zoom Registration: "Anti-Racism Assessment Working Group"

    Event Description: This fall SJSU SLASC has curated a series of events dedicated to engaging active members in the library and information science community who work on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The acronym is ubiquitous, but we hope to ground the abstract goals of DEI in concrete terms by asking professionals with practical experience how they approach these issues. We have invited the SJSU King Library's Anti-Racist Assessment Working Group to speak with library students (and anyone else who is interested!) about local initiatives towards identifying and addressing areas in our libraries that need greater diversity, inclusivity, equity and access. 

    The description of the Working Group is as follows: "The death of George Floyd Jr. and national black lives matter protests prompted a few SJSU library employees to strongly encourage the library administration to act and address issues of race and racism within the organization. As a result, in the summer of 2020, the University Library began a series of training sessions provided by DeEtta Jones and Associates to consult and assist in addressing issues of racism. Furthermore, the SJSU library administration polled library employees to assess the priority of addressing policies and practices, resulting in the creation of the Anti-Racism Assessment Working Group (ARAWG). The goal of the working group is to advance the Anti-Racism Action Plan's action items."

November 11

• 5:30 – 10 p.m. | American Indian Heritage Celebration

  • Presented by: Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, Santa Clara County, Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, ConXión to Community, SJSU Gathering of Academic Indigenous and Native Americans (GAIN), Amuh Mutsun Tribal Band, SJSU Native American Student Organization and Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation

    Location: ConXion to Community, 749 Story Rd, #10, San Jose, CA

    Event Description: The American Indian Heritage Celebration returns on November 11 – 13, 2022 at ConXion in San Jose, CA and features: 

    - Free admission
    - Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area Prayer, Blessing, and Land  Acknowledgement
    - American Indian and Alaskan Native Veterans Honoring
    - California Indian Night organized by the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area
    - Cultural Performances
    - Dance Exhibitions
    - Powwow
    - Frybread
    - Kids Fun Zone
    - Raffles
    - American Indian Arts and Crafts Vendors

    Guest appearances all three days by:

    - Arvol Lookinghorse (Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe)
    - Billy Mills (10k Olympic Gold Medalist)
    - Supaman

November 12

• 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos.

• Noon – 11 p.m. | American Indian Heritage Celebration

  • Presented by: Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, Santa Clara County, Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, ConXión to Community, SJSU Gathering of Academic Indigenous and Native Americans (GAIN), Amuh Mutsun Tribal Band, SJSU Native American Student Organization and Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation

    Location: ConXion to Community, 749 Story Rd, #10, San Jose, CA

    Event Description: The American Indian Heritage Celebration returns on November 11 – 13, 2022 at ConXion in San Jose, CA and features free admission, Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area prayer, blessing, and land acknowledgement, American Indian and Alaskan Native veterans honoring, food, fun for kids, and so much more.

• 1 p.m. | SJSU Men’s Basketball vs. Bethesda

  • Location: Provident Event Center at SJSU

    Event Description: Come support the Spartan Men’s Basketball Team as they take on Bethesda University.

November 13

• 1 – 5 p.m. | Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s New Bilingual Exhibition; Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos

  • The exhibition will be on display at Gilroy Library from Saturday, November 5, 2022 to Monday, January 23, 2023.

    Presented by: Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD)

    Location: Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth Street, Gilroy, CA

    Event Description: (Press Release) The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) is honored to present the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service’s new bilingual exhibition, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/Revolución en los Campos.

• Noon – 8 p.m. | American Indian Heritage Celebration

  • Presented by: Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley, Santa Clara County, Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area, ConXión to Community, SJSU Gathering of Academic Indigenous and Native Americans (GAIN), Amuh Mutsun Tribal Band, SJSU Native American Student Organization and Ohlone Costanoan Esselen Nation

    Location: ConXion to Community, 749 Story Rd, #10, San Jose, CA

    Event Description: The American Indian Heritage Celebration returns on November 11 – 13, 2022 at ConXion in San Jose, CA and features free admission, Muwekma Ohlone Tribe of the San Francisco Bay Area prayer, blessing, and land acknowledgement, American Indian and Alaskan Native veterans honoring, food, fun for kids, and so much more.

• 2 p.m. | SJSU Women’s Basketball vs. CSU - Fullerton

  • Location: Provident Event Center at SJSU

    Event Description: Come support the Spartan Women’s Basketball Team as they take on Cal State Fullerton in their first home game of the season.