College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

CAHSS Social Justice Colloquium

26th Annual Social Justice Colloquium Theme: Social Justice in the Real World: From Theory to Practice

Our theme for the 26th Social Justice Colloquium is “Social Justice in the Real World: From Theory to Practice.” We have a week of exciting events, exhibits, and presentations designed to engage in thoughtful discussions.  

Schedule of Events:

  • Thursday, March 9, 2023:  In conversation with Josina Makau: Community-Building, Kinship, and Social Justice in the Real World  | 5-6 pm, Building 70 |
  • Thursday, March 9, 2023: VPA Visiting Artist Series: Jessica Wimbley: Biomythography as a Visual Arts Practice | 6-8 pm, Building 70 |
  • Tuesday, March 14, 2023:  Art As Resistance with Elizabeth Blancas | 12:30-1:30 pm, Otter Student Union, Room 210 |
  • Thursday, March 16, 2023: CSUMB Alumni Panel: featuring Alma Cervantes, Alie Jones, Nat Rojanasathira, Samatha Saldana, and Stevie Rae Stephens | Moderator: Nadia Pulu | Alumni & Visitors Center, Building 97, 6-7pm | Registration for Zoom link, event will be hybrid with in-person attendance encouraged (link disabled)
  • Thursday, March 16, 2023:  26th Annual Social Justice Colloquium Keynote Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran | Alumni & Visitors Center, Building 97, 7-9 pm | Registration for Zoom link, event will be hybrid with in-person attendance encouraged: Link Disabled

All events are Free & Open to the Public!  See all event details below.

Josina Makau

Jessica Wimbley

Elizabeth Blancas

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Jennifer Kim-Anh Tran

 

26th Annual Social Justice Colloquium Acknowledgements

The 26th Annual Social Justice Colloquium was made possible in part through CSUMB Special Event Funding, the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and partnerships & collaborations with:

  • College of Business
  • Humanities and Communication
  • Music and Performing Arts
  • Psychology
  • Social, Behavioral Sciences and Global Studies
  • Visual and Public Art
  • World Languages and Cultures

26th Annual Social Justice Colloquium Committee:
Angelica Muro, Phuong Nguyen, Estella Porras, Ernest Stromberg, Daniel Summerhill, Angie Tran, and Maria Villasenor.

More About the Social Justice Colloquium

The Social Justice Colloquium was initiated in 1997 by Dr. Gerald Shenk (US Historian) and Dr. Angie Tran (Political Economist) from the CAHSS School of Social, Behavioral, and Global Studies. It has grown to be a collaborative effort across the college spanning a week or more of guest speakers in keynote, plenary, public, and classroom workshops across the college community. The goals:

  • To combine teaching and scholarship in support of specific curricular offerings.
  • To address topics and issues uniquely significant to the diverse students, faculty, staff and administration at CSUMB and to our constituent communities in the Monterey Bay region.
  • To erase the artificial academic line that has been drawn between what is scholarly and what is personal.
  • To offer CSUMB students faculty and staff the opportunity to engage in scholarly conversation with recognized scholars and experts from outside the campus.
  • To invite all members of the CSUMB constituent communities to explore critically current issues of social justice in their historical, local, and global contexts.

This annual event has been funded each year since 1997 by the campus’ special events funding pool, coupled with contributions of staff and faculty time, talent and funds from campus departments. A dedicated fund would stabilize the funding for the event, thus enabling the campus to enhance its ability to bring thought leaders on the social justice issues of our time into conversation with campus and community members and afford focused guest lectures and workshops in our classes across the curriculum. Recent expansion of the program to be across the college and in multi-disciplinary venues and expressions realizes the college’s mission and enriches our contribution to the campus and community.

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