Students can learn more about how they can connect and engage with our centers. Please see the schedule below and attached, and send students our way! Staff and faculty are also welcome to join and learn how you can connect and support our centers. Tour the centers and meet the staff. Fun activities and food provided (while supplies last). Monday: Check out what the Santa Rosa Intercultural Center has to offer and screen print a tote bag Tuesday: Find out how you can get involved with the Black Leadership and Opportunity Center and learn how to make your own body scrub Wednesday: Learn about the great work happening at the Queer Resource Center while you relax making bracelets Thursday: Connect with all the resources available at the Native American Center and join us for button making

Join MEChA de SRJC and enjoy making community and eating ice cream

Please join us to welcome our new Native American Center Coordinator, John “JD” Duran, Sicangu Lakota, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, to our SRJC family. The formal program will begin at 12:30 pm.

In honor of Bisexual Awareness Week, the Queer Resource Center is giving away bisexual themed bracelets and buttons. Learn about common misconceptions about bisexuality, its common definition, and lived experiences of bisexual people.

This 1.5 hours dye workshop seeks to highlight and preserve ancestral Mesoamerican fiber art traditions. Participants will learn the chemistry involved in using botanical dyes to dye fibers. We will make yellow, purple, and red with botanical dyes and learn about other plants in our environment that can give us a dye. Each participants will receive one bandana to dye. You can also bring a clean small all-natural cotton or wool fiber item to dye such as a bandana, mask, scarf, small hand bag, or something small made of all natural fibers. Participants can also bring jars to take dye water home if they wish. If you plan to bring a whole class, please email intercultural@santarosa.edu to make sure we have enough space.

The Backstrap loom is one of the oldest technologies in the world and still used to this day. Students will participate in a 2 hour weaving workshop with the backstrap loom. Students will be introduced to the loom and its connection to culture and textiles from Mesoameria to the Andes. Students then will learn the basics of weaving on the backstrap loom, including how to set up the loom and how it connects to our body. Students then will have time to practice how to do plain weaving. Participants will get to keep the loom to continue practicing on their own. RSVP at intercultural@santarosa.edu for location. open to current students only

Venga y balile con música de cumbia. Este evento trendrá a DJ spooky. Este evento está abierto al público

More info to come

EMLS Students and Faculty: Join us to celebrate and honor the EMLS scholarships awardees and enjoy some free pizza!

Venga a aprender como sanar con hierbas, nuestro conocimiento ancestral de sanación debe continuar. Herbalista certificada, Josselyn Torres, dará este taller donde podrá aprender y compartir sobre el uso de hierbas.

Rachel Stewart, Ed.D. (she/her) currently works as a coordinator of the WorkAbility III program at Sacramento City College. She has over 15 years of experience working in the disability field, and recently received a doctorate in Educational Leadership from CSU Sacramento. Rachel's dissertation was focused on disabled student activism to create Disability Cultural Centers on college campuses. She will share the findings of her dissertation, providing ideas to transform Santa Rosa Junior College's Disability Cultural Center into a space of belonging, community, connection to resources, and resistance to ableism. Lunch and refreshments provided! Zoom link: https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/83150714030

Join us for American Sign Language Q&A and Deaf culture talk with VP of Student Services at SRJC. Snacks and refreshments provided. 

Erasure, dehumanization, and false dichotomies have convinced too many people that Palestinian life is unworthy. We resist this violence by seeing Palestinian history, culture, and life. In this workshop, we will analyze language being used by politicians and protestors and share resources for deepening your understanding of social and environmental justice. Led by Dr. Erica Tom. This event is part of SRIC's series "Dismantling False Narratives"

Join Artist Amanda Ayala as we center our inherent creativity and brilliance to think together and reflect on themes in Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World. Amanda will share high quality art materials with us to work with, all supplies included, you are welcome to bring your favorite art supplies if you like. To RSVP email etom@santarosa.edu. Amanda Ayala (she/ella) is an interdisciplinary Xicana Indigenous visual artist and maker who centers people targeted by oppression and acknowledges their brilliance. Amanda leads and facilitates workshops that combine artist liberation and social justice for people of all ages. She creates within community as a way to heal and transform society

This event has been postponed for a future date. To find out the new date, please email qrc@santarosa.edu. More on event: Join us for "Queer with Careers": Noble Folk, featuring Christian Sullberg, co-founder of Noble Folk Ice Cream & Pie Bar. Learn how Christian built a thriving, inclusive business that supports the queer community and local growth. Gain valuable insights to help turn your own passion into a business!

Come learn how to debunk 5 common myths about immigrants that circulate among Democrats and Republicans in our current political moment. Led by Dr. Michael Hale. This event is part of SRIC's series "Dismantling False Narratives"

In honor of UndocuWeek of Action, the Queer Resource Center is hosting queer professionals that will talk about their experience growing up undocumented, their path to DACA, and their professional development and education.

Common expressions such as “If I can do it, you can do it too,” “If you just work hard enough, you alone can achieve success,” and “Pick yourself up by your bootstraps and work hard for what you want, and you will succeed” reflect the "Pick Yourself Up by Your Bootstraps" Toxic Agency Myth. These phrases propagate a detrimental narrative that suggests success is solely a result of individual effort, particularly affecting marginalized students. This workshop aims to explore the implications of this myth, examine the socio-economic factors it disregards, and propose strategies for reframing the narrative. It will emphasize the need for an intrinsic mindset shift, advocate for enhanced institutional support, and promote educational equity as key components in addressing and overcoming these systemic challenges. Led by Bree Clark. This event is part of SRIC's series "Dismantling False Narratives".

In this presentation, we will examine the historical inequities in the US education system to emphasize that equity, rather than education alone, is the true path to success. Led by Dr. Purnur Ozbirinci. This event is part of SRIC's series "Dismantling False Narratives"

Elmaz will tell the story of meeting the Palestinian artists she writes about in "The Art Gallery." She will also speak about how all her work "is conversation with history which etches the collisions on every rock and road, riverbed and meadow; the earth holds the marks of migrations, escapes, exiles, alienations, aging and evolutions. In [her] poetry, in particular, the body and the earth exchange their positions and perspectives. The memories of war are on the skin as well as on the mesa, the exile is written in dust and cells." Elmaz Abinader has a memoir: Children of the Roojme, A Family’s Journey from Lebanon, and two books of poetry, In the Country of My Dreams…winner of PEN Oakland and This House, my Bones. Find recent work at Terrain and Michigan Quarterly Review etc. Elmaz teaches at Mills College at Northeastern University and was a co-founder of VONA/Voices. This event is part of SRJC's 2024 Work of Literary Merit "Colors of Nature". For more WOLM events visit: https://english.santarosa.edu/work-literary-merit

Únase a nosotros en una procesión a visitar algunos altares en el colegio. Al final de la procesión, nos espera una celebración con altares, actividades, recursos, y aperitivos. Participe en nuestro concurso de disfraz vistiéndose como catrina/ catrín. Traiga a toda la familia y amigos a celebrar el día de muertos. En collaboración con MEChA de SRJC. Join us for an in-person walking procession to visit some altars throughout campus. At the end of the procession, a celebration awaits us with altars, activities, resources, and snacks (at Bertolini Quad). Dress your best for the Catrina/Catrin showcase! Bring family & friends to celebrate Día de Muertos!

Join us as Eric Hernandez shares his story and the ways in which Lumbee Hoop Dancing holds an integral role in his life and that of others. This will be a combination of storytelling and performance.

Out in Tech employee shares their story about their experience as a LGBTIA2S+ identifying person in technology. Learn more about Out in Tech as well!

Between people arguing that "voting in America does not matter" and others saying, "vote as though your life and your democracy depends on it," students are receiving dramatically opposing messages. For a person who wants their voice heard, this workshop will investigate the question of whether voting is an effective tool for social change. Led by Dr. Michael Hale. This event is part of SRIC's series "Dismantling False Narratives."

Explore Native American tradition and spirituality during our Medicine Bag Workshop. Limited space, please RSVP for this event with JD at jduran2@santarosa.edu. This event is part of SRJC's Native American Heritage Month. For more events click here to go to the website.

The day after general US elections, SRJC Cultural Centers invite you to be in community with us as we learn different ways in which we can make a difference in our communities & bring about political change, beyond voting.

• 10 am - 12 pm: Zine Making Workshop: Learn how/make zines to share your story on the impacts of the elections/ world politics etc.
• 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm: Engaging with Community Orgs Meet/ engage with SRJC & local orgs making an impact in our communities and find out how you can get involved with them to bring about positive change.

Come join us for some laughs while we watch this classic film – refreshments included. This event is part of SRJC's Native American Heritage Month. For more events click here to go to the website.

Explore traditional Native American crafting and experience the fun of beadwork. Limited space, please RSVP for this event with JD at jduran2@santarosa.edu. This event is part of SRJC's Native American Heritage Month. For more events click here to go to the website.

Come join us while we watch a classic Native American film – refreshments provided. This event is part of SRJC's Native American Heritage Month. click here to go to the website.

Evento gratis. Concurso de Atole. Disfrute de tamales, atoles, pan dulce, musica, actividades de lotería, villancicos, y mucha mas diversión. Toda la familia es bienvenida. Estacionamiento gratis en Emeritus & Zumwalt Para mas información, comuníquese con Rafael Vázquez Guzmán 707-527-4589. En colaboración con MEChA de SRJC. Free event: Atole competition! Enjoy some tamales, atole, pan dulce, music, activities like lotería, posada songs, & lots more of fun! Bring the whole family! Free parking in Emeritus & Zumwalt. For more information contact Rafael Vázquez Guzmán 707-527-4589.