Program is tentative and subject to change.
8:00 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Ceremony
9:15 a.m.
Opening Keynote
When We Win, Do We Have to Lose?: Opportunities, Questions, and Contradictions in K-12 Ethnic Studies
Wayne Au | Rethinking Schools
We are in the midst of an unprecedented movement for K-12 Ethnic Studies in the United States, with various schools, districts, and states supporting Ethnic Studies courses, graduation requirements, state standards, and/or administrative departments. The momentum and relative success of K-12 Ethnic Studies has raised critical questions and issues with implementation, such as: Should we have Ethnic Studies state standards? Can or should Ethnic Studies be brought to scale and grown for an entire district? In this keynote talk, Dr. Wayne Au will consider these and other questions with the audience, reflecting on his own experiences working on Ethnic Studies implementation with schools and districts.
10:10 a.m.
Session 1
Valley High School Art Exhibit
Leatherby Libraries Hall of Art, 1st Floor
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Lupe Lopez | Indigenous Women Rising
Practical Approaches to Building an Ethnic Studies Curriculum and Program
Ron Espiritu
Africana Studies as a Movement: Teaching, Learning, and Diversifying Curriculum at Chapman University
Quaylan Allen, Africana Studies Design Team
Spiritual Therapy
Christina Martinez
Youth Participatory Action Research by Valley High School Ethnic Studies Students
Ben Vazquez, Valley High School Students
Retention Rates of POC in Predominantly White Institutions: Lack of Institutional Supports
Troy Allen, Lucile Henderson | Black Student Union
¡Santa Ana No Se Vende, Se Ama y Se Defiende!
Idalia, Sarai, Laura, Mextli, Maria, Kayleigh | TU Santa Ana
Finding Your "Why": Preparing Teachers and Faculty to Engage With the Ethnic Studies Curriculum
Marie Nubia-Feliciano | The Colégas Group
Bridging Research and Community Organizing
Carolyn Torres | Chicanxs Unidxs de Orange County
Countering Deficit Paradigms Through a Historical Analysis of Xicanx Educational Resistance
Norma "Mictlani" Gonzalez, Jose "Tuli" Gonzalez | XITO
Pathways Toward Creating More Gender Inclusive Elementary Classrooms: Leveraging Critical Literacy to Support Conversations about Gender Diversity (TK-6)
Courtney Farrell, Jamaica Ross
Dismantling the "Dis" in Disability: Bridging the Gap Between Critical Pedagogy and Special Education through Disability Studies and Critical Race Theory
Miruna Ouatu-Lascar
Community Action Teams with Youth Justice Coalition (YJC)
YJC LOBOS (Leading Our Brothers & Sisters Outside the System)
11:30 a.m.
Session 2
Valley High School Art Exhibit
Leatherby Libraries Hall of Art, 1st Floor
Voicing the Voiceless: The Power of Grassroots Media in Social Movements
Itz Happenin Radio
Critical Pedagogy and Student Voice Through Media Production
Steve Goodman, Raelene Holmes-Andrews | Educational Video Center
Healed People, Heal People: Grassroots Healing and Transformative Justice
Leslie Guardado
Youth Participatory Action Research by Loara High School US History and Ethnic Studies Students
Jose Paolo Magcalas, Loara High School Students
The Importance of Cultural Clubs and Diverse Curriculum on Chapman's Campus: Creating an Encouraging Atmosphere for POC
Troy Allen, Lucile Henderson | Black Student Union
La Educación a Través de la Participación: VeLA y la Transformación de su Comunidad
Vecindario Lacy en Acción (Idalia Ríos, Concepción Rodríguez, Érica Heras, Yanely Matute, Maricela Castro, Dionicia Robles, Verónica Juárez y niños de VeLA
Self and Education
Kyler Asato, Daniel Leon-Barranco
The People's History of Orange County
Kevin Cabrera, Heritage Museum of Orange County; Linn Lee, Teacher SAUSD; Lupe Bernabe and Karen Resendiz, Godinez High School
Culturally Humanizing Pedagogy: Conscientizacao and Reading the World
Norma "Mictlani" Gonzalez, Jose "Tuli" Gonzalez | XITO
Resisting and Dismantling the Dominant Narrative: Ethnic Studies in Elementary Classrooms
Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath | CA-NAME
Muslims in America: Featuring the Chapman Muslim Student Association and Edina Lekovic
Hakeem Wakil, Muslim Student Association; Edina Lecovic
Countering Assimilation in the Land of Mickey Mouse: Strengthening Latino/a Identities Through Ancestral Study Abroad
Julián Jefferies, Blanca Rojas, Miguel Martinez
12:45 p.m.
Lunch / Spoken Word
Attallah Piazza
Summit lunch is generously provided by Chapman's Student Government Association
2:00 p.m.
Session 3
Critical Media Projects in Motion: Analysis of Controversial Issues through New Literacies and Multimodal Production
Noah Asher Golden, Emmery Llewellyn, Katelyn Carbajal
Parent Ethnic Studies: A Community Education Model
Guadalupe Cardona, Ndindi Kitonga | ARE
What's in a Name: MEChA's Past, Present, and Future in Student Activism
Ruben Espinoza | Latinx & Latin American Studies, Chapman University
Youth Participatory Action Research by Santa Ana High School Ethnic Studies Students
Carah Reed, Santa Ana High School Students
Countering the Gendered and Racialized Curriculum of University Classrooms: Learning From the Voices of Chapman Students of Color
Miguel Zavala, Nathaly Del Real, Daniel Leon-Barranco, Cailin Zarate
Poetry and Storytelling to Create Healing Spaces
Jeremy Michael Vazquez
A Day of Imagination: Connecting Parents and Educators Through Storytelling
Patty Meza, Suzie SooHoo, Amy Ardell | Padres Unidos
That's Not Relatable: Radical Teaching on Race and Intersectionality in Writing
Cynthia Guardado, Luivette Resto, Leslie Guardado
Building Alliances Through Care and Dialogue
Joey Liu, Doug Havard, Rocio Garcia
50 Years of El Plan de Santa Barbara: The Past, Present, and Future of Chicana/o/x Studies
Sean Arce | XITO
Research to Advocacy to Social Justice to Policy to Curriculum Change: Unconstitutional Deportation of U.S. Mexicans in the 1930s
Christine Valenciana, Francisco Balderrama
Mathematics for Social Justice: Reading and Writing the World With Mathematics
Cathery Yeh
Community and Youth Organizing
Carlos Pereira | Resilience OC
Film Screening: Moving in Place
Young Puerto Ricans share their experiences navigating life on and off the island amidst its ongoing crisis and diaspora. They unpack the complexities of Puerto Rican identity and loyalty - and the difficult decision of whether to stay on or leave Puerto Rico - especially in the devastating wake of Hurricane María.
3:20 p.m.
Closing, Awards, and Recognition
Program is tentative and subject to change.
