Past Events
Spring 2022
April 13
No-No Boy Performance
Performer:
Julian Saporiti: Portland based singer, songwriter, and scholar researching in Asian American History.
Emilia Halvorsen: musician, embroidery artist, and law student in Portland, Or.
March 22
Discussing "The Border Within" By Dr. Phi Su
Speakers:
Dr. Phi Su: visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Williams College. Previously, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Division of Social Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. In the research and teaching, I draw on these threads to think about im/mobilities, intersectional identities, and inequality.
Feburary 24
CPP Day of Remembrance with Frank Abe
Speakers:
Frank Abe: author, advocate and storyteller.
Fall 2021
October 15
How We Got Here: Awareness. Advocacy, and Allyship with Transgender Athletes
Speakers:
Jenna Weiner, Ryan Socolow, Emet Marwell, Shane Diamond, and Yeja Dunn.
Spring 2021
May 4
Interethnic Solidarity and Civil Rights: A Discussion and Performance about the Real History of Cinco de Mayo as an American Tradition
Speaker:
Dr. Jessie Vallejo: Associate Professor at Cal Poly Pomona, Music Department, Ethnonusicologist and Mariachi Muscian.
CPP Mariachi Los Broncos: student performers
April 25
Representation and Advocacy in Music
Speaker:
Maestro Anthony Parnther: music director and conductor.
April 16
Bad ASS Aunties: Auntie Sewing Squad Caring for Communities in Need and Building Community During a Pandemic
Speaker:
Kristina Wong, Valeria Soe, Dr. Karen Chow, and Dr. Chissy Lau
April 13
Navigational Leadership and Climate Justice
Speaker:
Dr. Maya Soetoro: consultant on the International Team at the Obama Foundation and a Faculty Specialist at the University of Hawai'i.
April 7
Navigating Leadership: An Internal Journey in Context
Speaker:
Dr. Sharon J. Washington: consultant, Education Leader.
March 18
Racial Microaggressions: Using Critical Race Theory to Respond to Everyday Racism
Speaker:
Dr. Daniel G. Solorzano, Dr. Lindsay Perez Huber, Dr. Luis G. Garcia, Dr. Jose M. Aguilar-Hernandez
Feburary 25
Being an UndocuAlly
Speaker:
Dr. Belinda Lum: Sociology professor at Sacramento City College.
Feburary 23
Controlling the Image of the Black Swan: Race, Gender, Class and the Discours around Black Women's Bodies in Ballet
Speaker:
Sekani Robinson PhD candidate at the University of Santa Barbara.
Feburary 19
BLM and JLA: Redress Campaigns Continue
Speaker:
Phil Tajitsu Nash, Esq.: Joins from the Asian Americans Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland.
Fall 2020
November 10
Post Election Conversations: Now What?
Speakers:
Julia Huang: CEO of Intertrend
Kristina Wong: Comedian, Elected representative
Sedelta Oosahwee: Senior Program/Policy Analyst/Specialist National Education Association
October 23
Cold War 2.0?: Historical Perspecctive on Chinese American Scientists and US-China Relations
Speaker:
Dr. Zuoyue Wang: Department of history professor at Cal Poly Pomona.
October 15
The Continuing Significance of Affirmative Action
Speakers:
Dr. Janelle Wong, professor at University of Maryland, and Dr. Mary Kunmi Yu Danico, professor at Cal Poly Pomona, discuss the stigma and challenges of fighting for equality.
October 9
Race is More Than Checking a Box on a Form: How Filipino Americans Navigate Racial Identity
Speaker:
Dr. Anthony Ocampo: will share findings from his book The Latinos of Asia: How Americans Break the Rules of Race, which has been cited in The New Yorker, NBC, NPR, Public Radio International, and a variety of local and international news outlets.
October 6
Latino Males, Violence and Healing in the Barrio
Panel Speakers/Moderator:
Dr. Ismael Huerta: a committed educator, youth advocate, mentor, consultant and motivational speaker.
Dr. Hector Verdugo: is an Associate Executive Director of Homeboy Industries, which provides training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women.
Dr. Alvaro Huerta: moderator and an Associate Professor in Urban & Regional Planning and Ethnic & Women's Studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Spring 2020
Feburary 6
Pau Hana Sessions Cal Poly Pomona
Guests:
Pau Hana Sessions: creative media platform run by three social scientists that focuses on curating place-based educational experiences between artists and communities
G ala Rae: also known as Jasmine Rae Gatdula, is a Cal Poly Pomona student who is majoring in Music
Fall 2019
September 28
Live Podcast of They Call Us Bruce with Helen Zia
Panel Speakers:
They Call Us Bruce: a podcast run by Jeff Yang, who is an Asian American writer, journalist, and businessman and Phil Yu a Korean American blogger also known as "Angry Asian Man"
Helen Zia: a Chinese American journalist and activist for Asian American and LGBTQ rights
Spring 2019
March 29
Resistance, Resiliance, & Action
Panel Speakers:
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Jonnie Owens: Community Relations Coordinator at Cal Poly Pomona
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Faye Wachs: Sociology Professor at Cal Poly Pomona
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Shayda Kafai: Ethnic and Womens Studies Professor at Cal Poly Pomona