CFA’s Equity Conference 2023, “Co-conspiring for an Equitable Future: Building the Social Justice Bridge,” will focus on anti-Blackness and anti-indigeneity in the CSU. The event is running now through Saturday.
It’s not too late to register!
“Equity Conference is one of the few conferences where I am guaranteed to learn something new, and to be pushed to think about something in a new way,” said Talitha Matlin, Equity Conference tri-chair and CSU San Marcos librarian. “It’s a week where faculty, counselors, coaches, and librarians can all gather to focus on how we can center anti-racism and social justice in the CSU and beyond; and with 29,000 of us on 23 campuses, that translates into a lot of potential change for the state! I also love that Equity Conference is a place where we can bring new folks into the work CFA does, who can become our co-conspirators as we ‘Build the Social Justice Bridge.’”
Remaining sessions include:
Thursday, 1 to 2:30 p.m., “Crutches and Spice,” Imani Barbarin describes ableism as having always been the best way to perpetuate white supremacy under the guise of “progress for the disability community”.
Thursday, 3 to 4:30 p.m., “Finding Our Way to Community Justice Strategies,” CFA Vice President of Lecturers, South, Monishia “Moe” Miller provides strategies to engage communities in reconciliation and healing, to address conflict and historical, trauma-based division.
Thursday, 5 to 6:30 p.m., “Singing Our Way to Freedom: A Film and Discussion,” Paul Espinosa chronicles the life of Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez from his humble beginnings as a farmworker in Blythe, California, to the dramatic moment when he received one of his nation’s highest musical honors at the Library of Congress in Washington,…
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