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Spring 24 events at/by the Santa Rosa Intercultural Center
Hip Hop Writing Workshop with Bocafloja
Friday, February 9, 2024 4:00-5:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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A creative writing workshop exploring the poetics of Rap & Spoken Word through a historical revision of the Global South as cohesive front of knowledge production.
Bocafloja is a Mexican born Interdisciplinary artist of afro-indigenous descent based in the US. Music, Documentary Filmmaking, Literature and Photography are some of his mediums of creation. His body of work addresses topics such as the Global South, Decoloniality, Immigration, Critical Race Theory and the African Diaspora in Latin America. Rolling Stone magazine and Billboard named him as part of the 50 most relevant Hip Hop artists in the history of Spanish language Hip Hop.
Bocafloja: Concierto Intimo/ Intimate Concert
Friday, February 9 | 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Bertolini Student Activities Center
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Join us in this intimate concert with opening by Rasquaches and concert by Bocafloja. Free event, parking $4
Bocafloja is a Mexican born Interdisciplinary artist of afro-indigenous descent based in the US. Music, Documentary Filmmaking, Literature and Photography are some of his mediums of creation. His body of work addresses topics such as the Global South, Decoloniality, Immigration, Critical Race Theory and the African Diaspora in Latin America. Rolling Stone magazine and Billboard named him as part of the 50 most relevant Hip Hop artists in the history of Spanish language Hip Hop.
From Ally to CoConspirator
Tuesday, February 27 | 3-5pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center
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This is part of a series of events lead by the Queer Resource Center in partnership with Positive Images. For more information please email: qrc@santarosa.edu
Art as Resistance
Wednesday, March 13 | 1-2:30pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Together, communities & artists have asked, how can art be a tool for social change? Art, and more specifically, public art has been vital in resistance movements throughout the world, sharing messages of struggle and triumph with a broader audience. Here in Sonoma County many women of color are creating public and accessible art that is challenging hegemonic narratives of this region and its peoples. In this panel, local artists will share with us the ways in which they use art to illustrate narratives of resistance, joy, culture, and community situated within the context of social justice and social change.
Part of Women's History Month series of events. For more WHM events visit: https://events.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month-2024
WOLM "The Marrow Thieves" All Our Relations Reading Group
Thursday, March 28 | 5-7pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Dr. Churchill and Dr. tom facilitate the All Our Relations Reading Group to provide opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the public to read texts and join in conversation about issues in Native American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and all areas that allow us to explore our connectedness with all our relations. This semester, we are excited to feature the young adult novel "The Marrow Thieves" and the sequel "Hunting by Stars" by Cherie Dimaline (Métis)
Abolition April with Katie "KD" Dixon
Tuesday, April 9 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Virtually: Our House/QRC Petaluma Jacobs 116
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Have you heard the headlines? Join us for a presentation on abolition April and Recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Come hear from Katie "KD" Dixon about the ongoing sexual violence committed by guards inside the prisons. Tuesday April 9, 2024. From 12-1:30pm. In Person at the @qrcsrjc Queer Resource Center, Pioneer Hall 380, Santa Rosa or Join us for a zoom watch at Our House/QRC Jacobs 116, Petaluma. Scan the QR Code to register or register at https://bit.ly/3IJQAOF
Art Journaling and Reflection on WOLM with Amanda Ayala
Wednesday, April 10 | 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Join Artist Amanda Ayala as we center our inherent creativity and brilliance to think together and reflect on themes in The Marrow Thieves (this year's Work of Literary Merit, WOLM). All supplies included, you are welcome to bring your favorite art supplies if you like!
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.
Denim Day SAAM Workshop
Wednesday, April 24 | 12:00 - 1:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Come early to get lunch! Learn about resources, consent, how to take action to create safer communities for all. Denim Day, observed on a Wednesday in April, originated as a response to a rape conviction overturned by the Italian Supreme Court, promoting awareness and activism against victim blaming and myths surrounding sexual violence by wearing jeans in solidarity. This event will be made up of a presentation, discussion, creative project, and food :). In collaboration with Verity; Student Health PEERS; Queer Resource Center.
"Unseen" Film Screening and Q&A with protagonist, co-writer and director
Monday, April 29 | 12:00 - 2:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Join us for the film screening of “Unseen” along with an opportunity to engage with pedro, the film’s protagonist & co-writer, & Set Hernandez, the director. Film synopsis: Most people dream of a better future. Pedro, an aspiring social worker, is no different. But as a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces political restrictions to obtain his college degree, secure a job as a health care provider, and support his family. As he finally graduates, uncertainty looms over Pedro. What starts as a journey to provide mental health for his community ultimately transforms into Pedro’s path towards his own healing.
Poetry Reading with Dan Lau
Tuesday, May 7 | 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Dan Lau is a poet, a nonprofit arts administrator at Kundiman, and an editor at Foglifter, a queer literary journal and press
in collaboration with EOPS. This event is part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. For more events like this, visit https://intercultural.santarosa.edu/APIhm
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WOLM "The Marrow Thieves" All Our Relations Reading Group
Thursday, April 25 | 5:00 - 7:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Dr. Churchill and Dr. tom facilitate the All Our Relations Reading Group to provide opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the public to read texts and join in conversation about issues in Native American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and all areas that allow us to explore our connectedness with all our relations. This semester, we are excited to feature the young adult novel "The Marrow Thieves" and the sequel "Hunting by Stars" by Cherie Dimaline (Métis)
Fall 23 events
SanaciÓn con hierbas (evento en espaÑol)
Miercoles, 27 de septiembre | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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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.
Selena Night: Baile
Friday, September 29 | 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Venga y balile para celebrar a una artista que nos motiva a disfrutar la vida. Tendremos premios para las tres personas que mejor se visten como Selena o Los Dinos.
Come and dance to celebrate an artist that motivates us to enjoy life! We will have prizes for the top three people dressed as Selena or Los Dinos.
Undoing Foundational Fairy Tales One Children's Book at a Time- With Dr. Siu
Tuesday, October 10 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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In this talk, Dr. Siu offers a full reading of her book, Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It's Over! and reflects on the dangers of foundational fairy tales, their origins, and the need to contest them with the power of our stories.
Window Sill Planting
Wednesday, October 17 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Come learn how you can grow your own herbs with almost no space, just grow them on your window sill.
Your Dystopia, My Reality: The Power of Perspectives in Imagined Futures
Wednesday, October 25 | 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Typically, plot and theme of dystopia expresses and highlights cultural anxieties and is often grounded in "reality" without elements of fantasy or speculation or "what ifs" in order to comment, sometimes indirectly, about society and its fears. But for BIPOC, system oppression and manipulation is already part of the experience. Instead this genre is an opportunity to use story as medicine as they mean to revivify a state of being, to repair a culture, give a sense of place, soothe one's mental state, and/or give a strength that allows one to persevere and survive. Event recording here: https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/rec/share/cQ-hHl1IfYaquXjQE34RGSRz-EFCHF2rfVspWHSfZhTjLqg7dpMd26MMI_m3IeJE.1i_BepPXsFl_nJ30
Method Sampling, Film Screening and Q&A
Thursday, November 2 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Method Sampling is the principle used by an Oakland, CA globetrotting orchestra which fuses hip-hop and classical music to magical effect. JooWan Kim, its Korean born composer, believes that any paradigm shifting change only happens by sampling and reframing differences that spark innovation. To test his hypothesis, Kim meets a disabled choreographer who revolutionized modern dance, a self-taught Black mycologist who wrote the first books on Cordyceps cultivation, and a tiny house builder with a shipbuilding background who looks at houses as inverted boats. In addition, he meets the Italian Critical Theorist, Fabio Vighi, to explore how Method Sampling may allow society to overcome the challenges it faces today. There will be a Q&A following the film with JooWan Kim and co-producer Christopher Nicholas.
Critical Literacy, with Professor Jason Seals
Wednesday, November 8 | 12:20 - 1:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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critical literacy as a strategy for personal empowerment and social change-- in educational spaces and larger society. Critical Literacy is a social-political effort to challenge traditional approaches to teaching, learning, and engaging language.Join Dr. Jason Seals & the Santa Rosa Intercultural Center as we engage in an informal conversation with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
ITSU & AISES welcoming event
Thursday, November 9 | 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Join Student clubs "Inter-Tribal Student Union" and "American Indian Science Engineering Society" as we have a community building event with watching a film, sharing food, and making space to be.
Wintertime Storytelling Session
Tuesday, November 14 | 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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Wintertime storytelling session includes a history of oral tradition within Indigenous cultures in US and Canada. Origin stories, ghost stories, bigfoot stories, oral history, oral tradition, supernatural and more.
CULTURAL FIRE: RESTORING RELATIONS
Wednesday, November 15 | 11:30am - 12:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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The Honorable Ron W. Goode, Chairman of the North Fork Mono Tribe, teaches and speaks internationally on cultural burning. Joined by Dr. Erica Tom and students, this event will explore the power of restoring our relationship to the land, plants, animals, ourselves, and each other.
Elsie Allen Pomo Basket Collection: Songs, History, and Videos of Pomo Basketweavers.
Tuesday, November 21 | 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
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A collaboration between Linda Aguilar (Elsie Allen Granddaughter), Rachel Minor, SRJC Multicultural Museum Supervisor/Curator, and Lori Laiwa Thomas, Native American Studies Instructor-Ethnic Studies. A discussion will take place about Allen family narratives, the history about the multicultural museum at SRJC, and rare video footage of Pomo weavers from the Mendocino County area, including Elsie Allen, her mother, Annie Burke, and more.
All Our Relations Reading Group: Deer Woman, An Anthology
Tuesday, October 10 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Thursday, November 30 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm
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Dr. Churchill and Dr. Tom facilitate the All Our Relations Reading Group to provide opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the public to read texts and join in conversations about issues in Native American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and all areas that allow us to explore our connectedness with all our relations. This semester, we are excited to feature the young adult novel The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (Métis), scholarship on The Marrow Thieves by PhD Candidate Melissa Horner (Métis/Anishinaabe), Dr. Joaquin Muñoz (Pascua Yaqui), and Dr. Robert Petrone, and Deer Woman: Anthology, edited by Elizabeth LaPensée and Weshoyot Alvitre.
22-23 School Year
Details added as they come
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Kyle Mays
- Thursday, Feb 2, 2023. 12-1:15
- Part of Black History Month. More detials forthcoming
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Eric Atkinson
- Thursday, Feb 9, 2023. 12-1:15
- Part of Black History Month. More details forthcoming
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All Our Relations Reading Group
- Feb 27, 12- 1:30
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Disability & Innovation, with Haben Girma
- Thursday, March 2, 2023
- 11:30am -12:30pm
- Virtual event
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Wintertime storytelling with Lori Thomas
- Thursday, March 2, 2023
- 4-7pm
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Native American Health with Brijit Aleman
- 3/15 10-11
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Chairman Ron Goode
- April. Time and date TBD
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First Foods of the Season with Lori Thomas
- May 4, 2023
- 3-6pm
Past Events 2022-2023:
La Ruta del Son y Huapango Huasteco
Weds Oct 12 |10:30 -12:00 pm
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SR Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380, and virtual. Zoom link to come.
History Instructor Laura Larqué and Ethnic Studies instructor Dr. Moises Santos will lead a lecture on the music of La Huasteca. They will discuss the roots and cultural influences of the Huasteca’s Son and Huapango.The cultural wealth of the Huasteca music has a long history of different ethnicities collaborating to create one of the most diverse and beautiful musical genres in Mexico.Come and learn about the six different regions in which La Huasteca is played, danced, and enjoyed. Learn a few zapateados and the double meaning of many Huasteca songs.Santa Rosa campus, Bertolini Student Activities Center
Undocumented Student Action Week
Oct 17-21
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For a list of events, visit https://dream.santarosa.edu
Sanacion con Hierbas
Miercoles, 14 de Sept | 6:00 pm - 7:30pm.
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Evento en espanol. Evento en persona.
Hierbas que nos Apoyan
En el tiempo que estaremos juntos habrá oportunidad de compartir nuestras conexiones con hierbas. El enfoque será alrededor de hierbas que ayudan a reducir la ansiedad, estrés, depresión, insomnio, y que apoyan el sistema nervioso. También hablaremos acerca de las diferentes formas de consumir hierbas y recursos que existen en obtener hierbas. El uso de hierbas es una forma ancestral de apoyar nuestro bienestar y eso es parte de la inspiración de este compartimiento con la comunidad.
Santa Rosa Campus. SR Intercultural Center Pioneer 380
Simon Silva: “Creating Sustainable Equity Through the Arts”
Wednesday & Thursday, Sept 21-22
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The lecture/workshop reveals to individuals a clarity and truth about the arts that has remained unknown for decades. He reveals all of the important easily applicable benefits of the arts that will be a requirement in the new economy. Things like enhanced communication skills, improvisation, being introspective, developing better questions and understanding that mistakes are capable of producing new and exciting opportunities. Silva says, “we were all born with genius level capacities to draw, think, learn and to question.” He believes that society has imposed a discrimination against our children simply because they are children and we stop developing what’s already naturally there. He believes the arts are an important component of everyone’s education but they need to be taught correctly. By doing so, we can develop and nurture what’s organically already there . This will give everyone a greater degree of success in the 21st century job market
September 21, Wednesday
Time
Campus
9:00 am -10:00 am
Lecture
Santa Rosa, Bertolini Student Activities Center
10:30 am- 11:30 am
Art Workshop
Santa Rosa, Bertolini Student Activities Center
1:30 pm -3:30 pm
Lecture & workshop
Santa Rosa, Analy Hall rm 714
6:00 pm-7:00 pm
Art workshop
Southwest Center, Rm 112
September 22, Thursday
Time
Campus
11:00 am-12:00 pm
Lecture
Petaluma, Student Engagement and Success Center
12:00 pm-1:00pm
Art Workshop
Petaluma, Student Engagement and Success Center
4:30pm-6:00pm
Meet & Greet hosted by LFSA
Santa Rosa, Bertolini Student Activities Center
Participants will have the opportunity to purchase Simon Silva's art and get it signed. While supplies last.
Latinx Carpa: Student Talent Show
Thursday, Sept 29 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 PM
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In person: Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus
You may also join South County students in the SRJC Petaluma Student Engagement & Success Center Thursday, Sept 29 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 PM for the livestream interactive watch party. We will provide refreshments and an opportunity to be active audience members.
Latinx Carpa is a talent show mainly for students. Carpa means “tent” in Spanish. It was a type of traveling theater very popular in México in the early 20th century featuring a mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy, song and dance. If you have a talent or want to participate you are invited for a night of burlesque, music, dance, magic and perhaps movie clips. For more information and to register to participate go to https://lfsa.santarosa.edu/latinxcarpa
Stand and Deliver: SRJC Theater Production
7:30 pm on Sept 30, Oct 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2022
2:00 pm on Oct 2, 8, 9, 2022
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Based on the screenplay by Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca.
Adapted for the stage by Robert Bella.Directed by Elizabeth Dale.
Assistant Director/Cultural Advisor: Anakarina Swanson.Studio Theatre
Based on a true story and an Academy-Award nominated film, Stand and Deliver celebrates Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at an East LA high school who transforms his students' lives with his unorthodox teaching methods. This production features SRJC Theatre Arts alumnus Danny Banales in the lead role, and is dedicated to Sonoma County's own Jaime Escalante, Maestro Roberto Ramirez.
for tickets:
Online -or- call (707) 527-4307
Alejandro Jimenez: "Poetry as the Means We Need"
Tuesday, Oct 4 | 10:30 am -12:30 pm
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SR Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380.
Virtual viewing via Instagram Live.
https://www.instagram.com/srjcinterculturalcenter/
Join us as we welcome renown poet, Alejandro Jimenez. Alejandro will share with us an hour of poetry reading from his unique work (10:30 -11:30am), followed by an hour poetry workshop (11:30-12:30). You can attend one or the other or both. Workshop: "Two tongues, two languages". In this workshop, we will explore the languages we carry in our tongues. It will ask the participants to think beyond the immediate benefits and repercussions of being bilingual. We will explore the power, the resistance created when we hold on to our language(s); when we give new meaning to words, when we create new words, when we write in a way that our family understand us, when we do not conform. What does it mean to be bilingual in an era of anti-latinx rhetoric and sentiments? The crux of this workshop is on how our tongues are not a burden but a necessary tool to reclaim ourselves.
ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ is a formerly-undocumented immigrant, poet, writer, and educator from Colima, Mexico, living in New Mexico. He is the 2021 Mexican National Poetry Slam Champion, he is a two-time National Poetry Slam Semi-Finalist (US), multiple time TEDx Speaker/Performer, and regional Emmy-nominated poet. He was featured in TIME Magazine as one of 80 Mexican artists shaping contemporary Mexican culture. His work centers and touches on cultural identity, immigrant narratives, masculinity, memory, and the intersections of them all.
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Monday, October 10
11:00 am - 3:00pm
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Visit https://nac.santarosa.edu/event/srjc-indigenous-peoples-day-0 for more information and full schedule
21-22 School year (June - July)
Campus Hubs For Social Justice
Monday, August 16, 10-11am & Wednesday, August 18, 5-6pm
Learn more about the new Intercultural Center in Santa Rosa and "Our House" in Petaluma. Both centers serve as important hubs for antiracism and social justice work at SRJC.
Vaccine Panel *traducción en español
Join us Thursday, September 23 from 5-6 pm. Questions/ concerns over the COVID vaccine? Get your questions answered by experts in the field.
Panel of experts: Dr. Kismet Baldwin, Dr. De Von Jackson, Dr. Brian Prystowsky, Zeke Guzman
Can't make it, send your questions ahead of time to: studenthelthservices@santarosa.edu
Live captioning (CART) provided in English, and event translated in Spanish
Acompáñanos el jueves, 23 de septiembre de 5-6pm. Tiene preguntas o dudas sobre la vacuna del COVID? Expertos médicos le contestaran cualquier duda sobre la vacuna contra el COVID
Expertos incluyen: Dr. Kismet Baldwin, Dr. De Von Jackson, Dr. Brian Prystowsky, Zeke Guzmán
Si no puede asistir, made sus preguntas a: studenthelthservices@santarosa.edu
El evento estará completamente traducido en español por interpretes profesionales. Subtítulos en tiempor real en inglés.
Indigenous People's Day
Oct 11th 11am - 3pm
Join the SRJC Native American Faculty & Staff Association and Native leaders in our local community for a virtual gathering.
Coming out Across Intersections hosted by Yosimar Reyes
Wednesday, October 13. 11am -12pm
Yosimar Reyes, nationally-acclaimed poet and public speaker, will lead the discussion around the nuances of “Coming Out” as it relates to intersectional identities, with a focus on their own experience within Mexican/Chicanx/Latinx Queer Identities. This will be an incredible discussion and we invite folks to join us from 11a.m. to 12pm..
Yosimar Reyes is a nationally acclaimed poet and public speaker. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Eastside San Jose, Reyes explores the themes of migration and sexuality in his work. Yosimar is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, named as one of “13 LGBT Latinos Changing the World” by The Advocate, and Remezcla included Reyes on their list of “10 UP and Coming Latinx Poets You Need to Know”.
MURAL CONVERSATION WITH MARIA DE LOS ANGELES
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.
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Spring 24 events at/by the Santa Rosa Intercultural Center
Hip Hop Writing Workshop with Bocafloja
Friday, February 9, 2024 4:00-5:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
A creative writing workshop exploring the poetics of Rap & Spoken Word through a historical revision of the Global South as cohesive front of knowledge production.
Bocafloja is a Mexican born Interdisciplinary artist of afro-indigenous descent based in the US. Music, Documentary Filmmaking, Literature and Photography are some of his mediums of creation. His body of work addresses topics such as the Global South, Decoloniality, Immigration, Critical Race Theory and the African Diaspora in Latin America. Rolling Stone magazine and Billboard named him as part of the 50 most relevant Hip Hop artists in the history of Spanish language Hip Hop.
Bocafloja: Concierto Intimo/ Intimate Concert
Friday, February 9 | 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Bertolini Student Activities Center
Join us in this intimate concert with opening by Rasquaches and concert by Bocafloja. Free event, parking $4
Bocafloja is a Mexican born Interdisciplinary artist of afro-indigenous descent based in the US. Music, Documentary Filmmaking, Literature and Photography are some of his mediums of creation. His body of work addresses topics such as the Global South, Decoloniality, Immigration, Critical Race Theory and the African Diaspora in Latin America. Rolling Stone magazine and Billboard named him as part of the 50 most relevant Hip Hop artists in the history of Spanish language Hip Hop.
From Ally to CoConspirator
Tuesday, February 27 | 3-5pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center
This is part of a series of events lead by the Queer Resource Center in partnership with Positive Images. For more information please email: qrc@santarosa.edu
Art as Resistance
Wednesday, March 13 | 1-2:30pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Together, communities & artists have asked, how can art be a tool for social change? Art, and more specifically, public art has been vital in resistance movements throughout the world, sharing messages of struggle and triumph with a broader audience. Here in Sonoma County many women of color are creating public and accessible art that is challenging hegemonic narratives of this region and its peoples. In this panel, local artists will share with us the ways in which they use art to illustrate narratives of resistance, joy, culture, and community situated within the context of social justice and social change.
Part of Women's History Month series of events. For more WHM events visit: https://events.santarosa.edu/womens-history-month-2024
WOLM "The Marrow Thieves" All Our Relations Reading Group
Thursday, March 28 | 5-7pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Dr. Churchill and Dr. tom facilitate the All Our Relations Reading Group to provide opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the public to read texts and join in conversation about issues in Native American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and all areas that allow us to explore our connectedness with all our relations. This semester, we are excited to feature the young adult novel "The Marrow Thieves" and the sequel "Hunting by Stars" by Cherie Dimaline (Métis)
Abolition April with Katie "KD" Dixon
Tuesday, April 9 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Virtually: Our House/QRC Petaluma Jacobs 116
Have you heard the headlines? Join us for a presentation on abolition April and Recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Come hear from Katie "KD" Dixon about the ongoing sexual violence committed by guards inside the prisons. Tuesday April 9, 2024. From 12-1:30pm. In Person at the @qrcsrjc Queer Resource Center, Pioneer Hall 380, Santa Rosa or Join us for a zoom watch at Our House/QRC Jacobs 116, Petaluma. Scan the QR Code to register or register at https://bit.ly/3IJQAOF
Art Journaling and Reflection on WOLM with Amanda Ayala
Wednesday, April 10 | 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Join Artist Amanda Ayala as we center our inherent creativity and brilliance to think together and reflect on themes in The Marrow Thieves (this year's Work of Literary Merit, WOLM). All supplies included, you are welcome to bring your favorite art supplies if you like!
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.
Denim Day SAAM Workshop
Wednesday, April 24 | 12:00 - 1:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Come early to get lunch! Learn about resources, consent, how to take action to create safer communities for all. Denim Day, observed on a Wednesday in April, originated as a response to a rape conviction overturned by the Italian Supreme Court, promoting awareness and activism against victim blaming and myths surrounding sexual violence by wearing jeans in solidarity. This event will be made up of a presentation, discussion, creative project, and food :). In collaboration with Verity; Student Health PEERS; Queer Resource Center.
"Unseen" Film Screening and Q&A with protagonist, co-writer and director
Monday, April 29 | 12:00 - 2:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Join us for the film screening of “Unseen” along with an opportunity to engage with pedro, the film’s protagonist & co-writer, & Set Hernandez, the director. Film synopsis: Most people dream of a better future. Pedro, an aspiring social worker, is no different. But as a blind, undocumented immigrant, Pedro faces political restrictions to obtain his college degree, secure a job as a health care provider, and support his family. As he finally graduates, uncertainty looms over Pedro. What starts as a journey to provide mental health for his community ultimately transforms into Pedro’s path towards his own healing.
Poetry Reading with Dan Lau
Tuesday, May 7 | 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Dan Lau is a poet, a nonprofit arts administrator at Kundiman, and an editor at Foglifter, a queer literary journal and press
in collaboration with EOPS. This event is part of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. For more events like this, visit https://intercultural.santarosa.edu/APIhm
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WOLM "The Marrow Thieves" All Our Relations Reading Group
Thursday, April 25 | 5:00 - 7:00pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
Dr. Churchill and Dr. tom facilitate the All Our Relations Reading Group to provide opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the public to read texts and join in conversation about issues in Native American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and all areas that allow us to explore our connectedness with all our relations. This semester, we are excited to feature the young adult novel "The Marrow Thieves" and the sequel "Hunting by Stars" by Cherie Dimaline (Métis)
Fall 23 events
SanaciÓn con hierbas (evento en espaÑol)
Miercoles, 27 de septiembre | 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- 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.
Selena Night: Baile
Friday, September 29 | 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- Venga y balile para celebrar a una artista que nos motiva a disfrutar la vida. Tendremos premios para las tres personas que mejor se visten como Selena o Los Dinos.
- Come and dance to celebrate an artist that motivates us to enjoy life! We will have prizes for the top three people dressed as Selena or Los Dinos.
Undoing Foundational Fairy Tales One Children's Book at a Time- With Dr. Siu
Tuesday, October 10 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- In this talk, Dr. Siu offers a full reading of her book, Christopher the Ogre Cologre, It's Over! and reflects on the dangers of foundational fairy tales, their origins, and the need to contest them with the power of our stories.
Window Sill Planting
Wednesday, October 17 | 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- Come learn how you can grow your own herbs with almost no space, just grow them on your window sill.
Your Dystopia, My Reality: The Power of Perspectives in Imagined Futures
Wednesday, October 25 | 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- Typically, plot and theme of dystopia expresses and highlights cultural anxieties and is often grounded in "reality" without elements of fantasy or speculation or "what ifs" in order to comment, sometimes indirectly, about society and its fears. But for BIPOC, system oppression and manipulation is already part of the experience. Instead this genre is an opportunity to use story as medicine as they mean to revivify a state of being, to repair a culture, give a sense of place, soothe one's mental state, and/or give a strength that allows one to persevere and survive. Event recording here: https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/rec/share/cQ-hHl1IfYaquXjQE34RGSRz-EFCHF2rfVspWHSfZhTjLqg7dpMd26MMI_m3IeJE.1i_BepPXsFl_nJ30
Method Sampling, Film Screening and Q&A
Thursday, November 2 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- Method Sampling is the principle used by an Oakland, CA globetrotting orchestra which fuses hip-hop and classical music to magical effect. JooWan Kim, its Korean born composer, believes that any paradigm shifting change only happens by sampling and reframing differences that spark innovation. To test his hypothesis, Kim meets a disabled choreographer who revolutionized modern dance, a self-taught Black mycologist who wrote the first books on Cordyceps cultivation, and a tiny house builder with a shipbuilding background who looks at houses as inverted boats. In addition, he meets the Italian Critical Theorist, Fabio Vighi, to explore how Method Sampling may allow society to overcome the challenges it faces today. There will be a Q&A following the film with JooWan Kim and co-producer Christopher Nicholas.
Critical Literacy, with Professor Jason Seals
Wednesday, November 8 | 12:20 - 1:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- critical literacy as a strategy for personal empowerment and social change-- in educational spaces and larger society. Critical Literacy is a social-political effort to challenge traditional approaches to teaching, learning, and engaging language.Join Dr. Jason Seals & the Santa Rosa Intercultural Center as we engage in an informal conversation with students, faculty, staff, and community members.
ITSU & AISES welcoming event
Thursday, November 9 | 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- Join Student clubs "Inter-Tribal Student Union" and "American Indian Science Engineering Society" as we have a community building event with watching a film, sharing food, and making space to be.
Wintertime Storytelling Session
Tuesday, November 14 | 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- Wintertime storytelling session includes a history of oral tradition within Indigenous cultures in US and Canada. Origin stories, ghost stories, bigfoot stories, oral history, oral tradition, supernatural and more.
CULTURAL FIRE: RESTORING RELATIONS
Wednesday, November 15 | 11:30am - 12:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- The Honorable Ron W. Goode, Chairman of the North Fork Mono Tribe, teaches and speaks internationally on cultural burning. Joined by Dr. Erica Tom and students, this event will explore the power of restoring our relationship to the land, plants, animals, ourselves, and each other.
Elsie Allen Pomo Basket Collection: Songs, History, and Videos of Pomo Basketweavers.
Tuesday, November 21 | 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Santa Rosa Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380
- more info
- A collaboration between Linda Aguilar (Elsie Allen Granddaughter), Rachel Minor, SRJC Multicultural Museum Supervisor/Curator, and Lori Laiwa Thomas, Native American Studies Instructor-Ethnic Studies. A discussion will take place about Allen family narratives, the history about the multicultural museum at SRJC, and rare video footage of Pomo weavers from the Mendocino County area, including Elsie Allen, her mother, Annie Burke, and more.
All Our Relations Reading Group: Deer Woman, An Anthology
Tuesday, October 10 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Thursday, November 30 | 4:00 - 5:30 pm
- more info
- Dr. Churchill and Dr. Tom facilitate the All Our Relations Reading Group to provide opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and the public to read texts and join in conversations about issues in Native American Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, and all areas that allow us to explore our connectedness with all our relations. This semester, we are excited to feature the young adult novel The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (Métis), scholarship on The Marrow Thieves by PhD Candidate Melissa Horner (Métis/Anishinaabe), Dr. Joaquin Muñoz (Pascua Yaqui), and Dr. Robert Petrone, and Deer Woman: Anthology, edited by Elizabeth LaPensée and Weshoyot Alvitre.
22-23 School Year
Details added as they come
- Kyle Mays
- Thursday, Feb 2, 2023. 12-1:15
- Part of Black History Month. More detials forthcoming
- Eric Atkinson
- Thursday, Feb 9, 2023. 12-1:15
- Part of Black History Month. More details forthcoming
- All Our Relations Reading Group
- Feb 27, 12- 1:30
- Disability & Innovation, with Haben Girma
- Thursday, March 2, 2023
- 11:30am -12:30pm
- Virtual event
- Wintertime storytelling with Lori Thomas
- Thursday, March 2, 2023
- 4-7pm
- Native American Health with Brijit Aleman
- 3/15 10-11
- Chairman Ron Goode
- April. Time and date TBD
- First Foods of the Season with Lori Thomas
- May 4, 2023
- 3-6pm
Past Events 2022-2023:
La Ruta del Son y Huapango Huasteco
Weds Oct 12 |10:30 -12:00 pm
SR Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380, and virtual. Zoom link to come.
History Instructor Laura Larqué and Ethnic Studies instructor Dr. Moises Santos will lead a lecture on the music of La Huasteca. They will discuss the roots and cultural influences of the Huasteca’s Son and Huapango.The cultural wealth of the Huasteca music has a long history of different ethnicities collaborating to create one of the most diverse and beautiful musical genres in Mexico.Come and learn about the six different regions in which La Huasteca is played, danced, and enjoyed. Learn a few zapateados and the double meaning of many Huasteca songs.Santa Rosa campus, Bertolini Student Activities Center
Undocumented Student Action Week
Oct 17-21
For a list of events, visit https://dream.santarosa.edu/events-workshops
Sanacion con Hierbas
Miercoles, 14 de Sept | 6:00 pm - 7:30pm.
Evento en espanol. Evento en persona.
Hierbas que nos Apoyan
En el tiempo que estaremos juntos habrá oportunidad de compartir nuestras conexiones con hierbas. El enfoque será alrededor de hierbas que ayudan a reducir la ansiedad, estrés, depresión, insomnio, y que apoyan el sistema nervioso. También hablaremos acerca de las diferentes formas de consumir hierbas y recursos que existen en obtener hierbas. El uso de hierbas es una forma ancestral de apoyar nuestro bienestar y eso es parte de la inspiración de este compartimiento con la comunidad.
Santa Rosa Campus. SR Intercultural Center Pioneer 380
Simon Silva: “Creating Sustainable Equity Through the Arts”
Wednesday & Thursday, Sept 21-22
The lecture/workshop reveals to individuals a clarity and truth about the arts that has remained unknown for decades. He reveals all of the important easily applicable benefits of the arts that will be a requirement in the new economy. Things like enhanced communication skills, improvisation, being introspective, developing better questions and understanding that mistakes are capable of producing new and exciting opportunities. Silva says, “we were all born with genius level capacities to draw, think, learn and to question.” He believes that society has imposed a discrimination against our children simply because they are children and we stop developing what’s already naturally there. He believes the arts are an important component of everyone’s education but they need to be taught correctly. By doing so, we can develop and nurture what’s organically already there . This will give everyone a greater degree of success in the 21st century job market
September 21, Wednesday
| Time | Campus | |
9:00 am -10:00 am Lecture | Santa Rosa, Bertolini Student Activities Center | |
10:30 am- 11:30 am Art Workshop | Santa Rosa, Bertolini Student Activities Center | |
1:30 pm -3:30 pm Lecture & workshop | Santa Rosa, Analy Hall rm 714 | |
6:00 pm-7:00 pm Art workshop | Southwest Center, Rm 112 |
September 22, Thursday
| Time | Campus | |
11:00 am-12:00 pm Lecture | Petaluma, Student Engagement and Success Center | |
12:00 pm-1:00pm Art Workshop | Petaluma, Student Engagement and Success Center | |
4:30pm-6:00pm Meet & Greet hosted by LFSA | Santa Rosa, Bertolini Student Activities Center |
Participants will have the opportunity to purchase Simon Silva's art and get it signed. While supplies last.
Latinx Carpa: Student Talent Show
Thursday, Sept 29 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 PM
In person: Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus
You may also join South County students in the SRJC Petaluma Student Engagement & Success Center Thursday, Sept 29 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 PM for the livestream interactive watch party. We will provide refreshments and an opportunity to be active audience members.
Latinx Carpa is a talent show mainly for students. Carpa means “tent” in Spanish. It was a type of traveling theater very popular in México in the early 20th century featuring a mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy, song and dance. If you have a talent or want to participate you are invited for a night of burlesque, music, dance, magic and perhaps movie clips. For more information and to register to participate go to https://lfsa.santarosa.edu/latinxcarpa
Stand and Deliver: SRJC Theater Production
7:30 pm on Sept 30, Oct 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 2022
2:00 pm on Oct 2, 8, 9, 2022
Based on the screenplay by Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca.
Adapted for the stage by Robert Bella.
Directed by Elizabeth Dale.
Assistant Director/Cultural Advisor: Anakarina Swanson.
Studio Theatre
Based on a true story and an Academy-Award nominated film, Stand and Deliver celebrates Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at an East LA high school who transforms his students' lives with his unorthodox teaching methods. This production features SRJC Theatre Arts alumnus Danny Banales in the lead role, and is dedicated to Sonoma County's own Jaime Escalante, Maestro Roberto Ramirez.
for tickets:
Online -or- call (707) 527-4307
Alejandro Jimenez: "Poetry as the Means We Need"
Tuesday, Oct 4 | 10:30 am -12:30 pm
SR Intercultural Center, Pioneer 380.
Virtual viewing via Instagram Live.
https://www.instagram.com/srjcinterculturalcenter/
Join us as we welcome renown poet, Alejandro Jimenez. Alejandro will share with us an hour of poetry reading from his unique work (10:30 -11:30am), followed by an hour poetry workshop (11:30-12:30). You can attend one or the other or both. Workshop: "Two tongues, two languages". In this workshop, we will explore the languages we carry in our tongues. It will ask the participants to think beyond the immediate benefits and repercussions of being bilingual. We will explore the power, the resistance created when we hold on to our language(s); when we give new meaning to words, when we create new words, when we write in a way that our family understand us, when we do not conform. What does it mean to be bilingual in an era of anti-latinx rhetoric and sentiments? The crux of this workshop is on how our tongues are not a burden but a necessary tool to reclaim ourselves.
ALEJANDRO JIMENEZ is a formerly-undocumented immigrant, poet, writer, and educator from Colima, Mexico, living in New Mexico. He is the 2021 Mexican National Poetry Slam Champion, he is a two-time National Poetry Slam Semi-Finalist (US), multiple time TEDx Speaker/Performer, and regional Emmy-nominated poet. He was featured in TIME Magazine as one of 80 Mexican artists shaping contemporary Mexican culture. His work centers and touches on cultural identity, immigrant narratives, masculinity, memory, and the intersections of them all.
Indigenous Peoples' Day
Monday, October 10
11:00 am - 3:00pm
Visit https://nac.santarosa.edu/event/srjc-indigenous-peoples-day-0 for more information and full schedule
21-22 School year (June - July)
Campus Hubs For Social Justice
Monday, August 16, 10-11am & Wednesday, August 18, 5-6pm
Learn more about the new Intercultural Center in Santa Rosa and "Our House" in Petaluma. Both centers serve as important hubs for antiracism and social justice work at SRJC.
Vaccine Panel *traducción en español
Join us Thursday, September 23 from 5-6 pm. Questions/ concerns over the COVID vaccine? Get your questions answered by experts in the field.
Panel of experts: Dr. Kismet Baldwin, Dr. De Von Jackson, Dr. Brian Prystowsky, Zeke Guzman
Can't make it, send your questions ahead of time to: studenthelthservices@santarosa.edu
Live captioning (CART) provided in English, and event translated in Spanish
Acompáñanos el jueves, 23 de septiembre de 5-6pm. Tiene preguntas o dudas sobre la vacuna del COVID? Expertos médicos le contestaran cualquier duda sobre la vacuna contra el COVID
Expertos incluyen: Dr. Kismet Baldwin, Dr. De Von Jackson, Dr. Brian Prystowsky, Zeke Guzmán
Si no puede asistir, made sus preguntas a: studenthelthservices@santarosa.edu
El evento estará completamente traducido en español por interpretes profesionales. Subtítulos en tiempor real en inglés.
Indigenous People's Day
Oct 11th 11am - 3pm
Join the SRJC Native American Faculty & Staff Association and Native leaders in our local community for a virtual gathering.
Coming out Across Intersections hosted by Yosimar Reyes
Wednesday, October 13. 11am -12pm
Yosimar Reyes, nationally-acclaimed poet and public speaker, will lead the discussion around the nuances of “Coming Out” as it relates to intersectional identities, with a focus on their own experience within Mexican/Chicanx/Latinx Queer Identities. This will be an incredible discussion and we invite folks to join us from 11a.m. to 12pm..
Yosimar Reyes is a nationally acclaimed poet and public speaker. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Eastside San Jose, Reyes explores the themes of migration and sexuality in his work. Yosimar is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, named as one of “13 LGBT Latinos Changing the World” by The Advocate, and Remezcla included Reyes on their list of “10 UP and Coming Latinx Poets You Need to Know”.
MURAL CONVERSATION WITH MARIA DE LOS ANGELES
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.
Click on the event title for more information.
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.
