The SRJC Foundation is commissioning artist and alumna Maria De Los Angeles to create a mural for the Santa Rosa campus.

Come have a conversation with the artist about what you would like to see in the mural that reflects our community. The conversations will be welcoming and fun. The artist will create a safe and respectful space for a fruitful conversation that might inspire visual vocabulary and symbols for the mural design.

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 Native American History Month

Join us for events that center the experiences, lives, and history of Native folks. In collaboration with Sonoma State and SSU's the HUB Cultural Center, we have come together to provide a vast array of events. Click here for more info.

Going Beyond Land Acknowledgments

Friday, December 10th 9:30am - 12:30pm | to RSVP, email mhernandezlegorreta@santarosa.edu

Going Beyond Land Acknowledgements is an interactive 3 hour workshop for individuals seeking to grow their allyship with Native peoples. Participants learn about the strengths and limitations of land acknowledgments and explore concrete, action-oriented strategies for building connections with Native communities and organizations.

Texturas Marrón

Políticas raciales en Latinoamérica. Una conversación con Bocafloja

Diálogo y conversatorio que se adentra en la genealogía de la identidad racial referente a los estados-nación latinoamericanos. El mestizaje como proyecto político en los modelos de colonialismo interno de la región. Intercambio de saberes a partir de una óptica anticolonial desde las epistemologías del sur global.

Bocafloja es un artista interdisciplinario y curador radicado en New York; las películas documentales, música, literatura, fotografía, y el diseño, son algunos de sus medios de creación.

Miercoles, 23 de febrero, 2022 4:30-5:30 PM.

Evento en Español.

This event is part of SRJC's Black History Month series of events. For more events in the series, visit: https://santarosajuniorcollege.formstack.com/forms/bhmeventsregistration

Crossing Borders & Boundaries: Conversation with Bamby Salcedo

Join us in conversation with award-winning activist, community organizer, social justice advocate and professional, Bamby Salcedo. Salcedo will discuss her work from founding Trans Latin@ Coalition, to testifying before congress, and what she’s currently working on. Her work mediates intersections of race, gender, sexuality, age, social class, HIV+ status, immigration status, and more.

Bamby Salcedo is a prominent and celebrated transgender Latina activist, known all over the world for her passionate and productive social, political, and economic influence. As the President and CEO of the TransLatin@ Coalition, Bamby steadily leads this nationally recognized organization that advocates for and addresses the issues of transgender Latinas throughout the United States, as well as countless organizations whose efforts focus on critical topics that include immigration, HIV, at-risk youth, LGBTQIA+ issues, incarceration, and more. Bamby received her Master’s Degree in Mexican and Latin@ Studies from California State University, Los Angeles. She has developed the Center for Violence Prevention & Transgender Wellness, a multimillion, multipurpose, multiservice space for Trans people in Los Angeles. Thanks to her impassioned and impactful influence, Bamby has been invited several times by the White House to participate on a multitude of panels. Just recently, Bamby was invited to testify before Congress to speak on the Equal Rights Amendment with the ERA Coalition, for which Bamby serves as a board member. Bamby was humbly honored to participate in the hearing and always ensures that our elected officials learn firsthand how people are impacted by the policies and laws they create. To learn more about Bamby and her work, visit http://bambysalcedo.com.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

11 AM -12 PM PT

Part of SRJC's Woman's History Month. Funding provided by the SRJC Foundation Lawrence A. Bertolini Student Center Endowment

"You Want These Hands?" Tips & Tricks for Intercultural Conflict

Wednesday, March 16, 10:00am -11:30am |

This workshop will give hands-on skills and practical skills for identifying your and others' conflict styles

SRJC student participants will have a chance to enter into an opportunity drawing for a $25 gift card

Well-Being Wednesday: Keeping Calm During Midterms & Exams

Wednesday, March 16, 10:00am -11:30am |

A SAFE space to TALK, SHARE, and CONNECT with new people to IMPROVE mental health and RELEASE stress

SRJC student participants will have a chance to enter into an opportunity drawing for a $25 gift card

GOING BEYOND LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Tuesday, April 5th, 10:00am -1:00pm | To be added to the waitlist, email mhernandezlegorreta@santarosa.edu

Going Beyond Land Acknowledgements is an interactive 3-hour workshop for individuals seeking to grow their allyship with Native peoples. Participants learn about the strengths and limitations of land acknowledgments and explore concrete, action-oriented strategies for building connections with Native communities and organizations.

OUR OWN VOICES: SECOND CHANCE PANEL

Tuesday, April 12, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Hear from 5 past and present second chance students as they share how their experiences have shaped where they are today, including their time at SRJC. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions during this event. 

Part of Second Chance Month: https://intercultural.santarosa.edu/second-chance-month 

ARab? Middle Eastern? Muslim? South Asian? Mapping our Presence on Campus

Tuesday April 19, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Join SRJC Students, Staff, and Faculty as we discuss what it means to us to identity as part of the AMEMSA community in the United States and at SRJC. Centering our lived experiences within the vast and diverse ethnic and cultural groups known broadly as the “Middle East/AMEMSA”, we will discuss how social, historical, and familial contexts have impacted our notions of self, race, belonging, and our communities.

April holidays & Celebrations

Wednesday, April 20, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Please join AMEMSA in exploring a wide range of Middle Eastern holidays that take place this April! We will share the various ways Ramadan and Easter are observed and practiced in different parts of the Middle East, as well as discuss secular spring celebrations, festivals, and memorials.

Transfer panel

Thursday, April 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Getting ready to move: Ready for Transfer? Housing | Roomates | Mental Health | Environment

Come get prepared for your new environment, get other students first hand experience. We will have a panel with past SRJC students who have transferred. It will be a great place to ask questions and get personalized tips!

Panelists from: Out of State, UCs, CSUs, HBCU.

Participants will be entered into a drawing for a $25 grocery card

Bright as the Sun: A look at the lives of women in ancient egypt

A lecture by Dr. Heidi Saleh

Wednesday, April 27, 12:00 pm - 1:30pm

Ancient Egyptian women enjoyed more rights and freedoms than their counterparts in Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome. And even though women played a pivotal role in ancient Egyptian society, they have been traditionally overlooked and/or downplayed by modern scholars. Join us in a lecture that explores the lives and occupations of a wide spectrum of ancient Egyptian women from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. We will examine women Pharaohs as well as female servants and work to understand their full complexity as leaders and workers as well as wives, mothers, daughters, and sisters.

Sponsored by LFSA and HSI Lanzamiento

FILM SCREENING OF “VINCENT WHO?” AND CONVERSATION WITH CURTIS CHIN 

Hosted by Sheryl Cavales Doolan
Thu. April 28, 2022 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm 

In recognition of the 40th Anniversary of the Vincent Chin case, you are invited to a film screening of Vincent Who? and Q&A conversation with Director/Producer Curtis Chin. Vincent Who? recounts the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American who was murdered in Detroit at the height of anti-Japanese sentiments, by two white autoworkers who blamed Chin for the loss of their jobs. Vincent Chin’s killers were given a $3,000 fine and three years probation but no jail time. Outraged by this injustice, Asian Americans around the country united for the first time across ethnic and socioeconomic lines to form a pan-Asian identity and civil rights movement.

TALK STORY WITH DR. ROWENA TOMANENG PRESIDENT OF SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE

Hosted by Dr. Frank Chong
Wed. May 4, 2022 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm 

A first-generation immigrant from the Philippines and community college transfer student, Dr. Rowena Tomaneng has been a multicultural educator in the California Community Colleges for 25 years. Rowena is currently the President of San Jose City College (SJCC) in the San Jose-Jose-Evergreen Valley Community College District. Join us in an hour long talk story with Dr. Rowena Tomaneng about her career trajectory as an Asian American and Pacific Islander woman and her extensive leadership around social justice, student equity, and community engagement.

zoom link: https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/99425654299

DECOLONIZING ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MENTAL HEALTH 

Hosted by SRJC PEERS Coalition

Thu. May 5, 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm 

This presentation will explore the mental health impacts of the pandemic and the rise in API hate on the greater API community. The presentation will take a decolonial framework and lens on the mental health counseling field, address barriers to mental health service access, and present solutions to open up the mental health service access to the API community.

Transfer student mixer

May 11, 2022; 3-5pm

In-Person: Santa Rosa Campus Graduation Lawn (near Bertolini Quad)

Great Place to Find roomates and Friends. Come get to know other students that are transferring this fall and celebrate together with food and music. Claim your transfer medallion. Participants will be entered into a drawing for a $25 grocery card.

AAJC BYSTANDER INTERVENTION TRAINING

Hosted by Asian Americans Advancing Justice- LA

Thu. May 12, 2022 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

In collaboration with SSU

In response to the alarming surge in hate incidents targeting the Asian American community, Advancing Justice – LA, a leading legal and civil rights organization, is launching a bystander intervention initiative. The effort is designed to promote awareness and usage of bystander intervention methods. Intended to prevent verbal harassment from escalating into physical violence, these techniques offer everyday people the chance to assist victims and play a role in keeping their communities safe.