Welcome Address

Walter Turner | College of Marin Umoja Equity Institute Coordinator; Faculty & Chair Social Science Department

Stormy Miller Sabia, Ed.D | College of Marin Director of Student Services – Student Accessibility Services and Psychological Services 

Jonas Center

Clockwise, a poetry reading

Kim Shuck, Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita

Jonas Center

Keynote

Black Students and Belonging in the Midst of Anti-DEI Legislation

Kevin Cokley, Ph.D. | University of Michigan, Psychology Professor, University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor

Jonas Center

Morning Sessions:

Black Voices for Mental Health Equity 

Khalid White, Ed.D.

Collaborating with 1st Generation College Students: Honoring Stories of Raices y Resistencia

Ana Frias-Bravo, LMFT

Affirmation in Action: Shaping Trans Inclusive Schools, Workplaces, and Communities
Ari Sifuentes, LMFT
Mavi Pilloton, M.Ed 

How Lived Experience Informs Professional Work in Athlete-Centered Therapy and Mental Fitness Coaching  

Lisa Bonta Sumii, LCSW, CMPC 

Rising Scholars Program for Current and Formerly Incarcerated Students

Susan Rahman

Mark De Hart 

Nathalie Fomperosa 

Sara McEvoy 

Karina Ochoa 

Capri Price 

Equity through Access: Putting the Power of Art in the Hands of Educators

Cary McQueen, Art with Impact

Reflection Spaces: 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.  

Noonday Address

Pathways to Housing First Institute 

Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D

Jonas Center

Afternoon Sessions:

Return to the Motherland: UMOJA Ghana Student Panel

College of Marin Umoja Students, Facilitated by Dimond Alexander 

Jonas Center

Pathways to Housing First Institute, Continuing Q & A
Sam Tsemberis, Ph.D

Destigmatizing Menstrual Stigma as an Act of Social Justice
Carmen McNeil, Ph.D, Period of Empowerment

AAPI Youth Rising
Johann Webber, AAPI Youth Rising Finance Director in training 

Taryn Hwang, AAPI Youth Rising Editor in Chief in training 

Harnessing the Power of Micropractices for Self and Collective Care

Eva Jo Meyers 

COM IVC Organic Farm Tour 

Tealy Gapinski
IVC Farm

Reflection Space with Latajah Lasssus 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.  

Welcome Address

Walter Turner | College of Marin Umoja Equity Institute Coordinator; Faculty & Chair Social Science Department

Stormy Miller Sabia, Ed.D | College of Marin Director of Student Services – Student Accessibility Services and Psychological Services 

Jonas Center

Poetry

Linda Noel 

Jonas Center

Keynote

Toward Our Liberation & Healing: The Role of Chicana/o/x Indigenous Psychology

Manuel Zamarripa, PhD, LPC-S 

Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology and Community Wellness 

Jonas Center

Morning Sessions:

Writing to Remember: Creative Writing for Gratitude, Mental Health, Healing and Connection with Ancestors

Aimee Suzara

Community Care Plan Workshop

Tea Perales

Activate your Mental Health Equity Sweet Spot: Turn today’s theories, research, and data points into personal and practical mental health expressions

Saeeda Hafiz, B.B.A, Certified Yoga Instructor & Holistic Health Educator

Equity & Integrative Medicine

Tara Collins, MD, MPH, Marin County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

Toward Our Liberation & Healing: The Role of Chicana/o/x Indigenous Psychology 

Continued Q & A with Manuel Zamarripa, PhD, LPC-S 

Institute of Chicana/o/x Psychology and Community Wellness 

Reflection Spaces: 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.  

Noonday Address

Abolition and Mental Health First Oakland

Asantewaa Boykin, R.N., Co -Founder of Anti-Police Terror Project, Co-Creator of Mental Health First

Jonas Center

Afternoon Sessions:

Relationship Building in Organizational Spaces

Phoebe Smith, Restorative Practices

Celebrating Imaginative Diversity and Finding Wholeness in Collaboration

Craig Coss, College of Marin Fine Arts Instructor

Healed in Nature: Promoting Post-Traumatic Growth Using Ancestral Creative Arts Therapy

Latajah Lasssus

Marin County HIV/AIDS Overview and Review of Essential Services  

Marcelino Alcorta, MPH 

Caring for the Caregiver

Daniela Domínguez, Psy.D. & Gricelda Correa, On the Margins

Elevating Mental Health Through Participatory Budgeting: Community-Driven Innovations
Jahmeer Reynolds, Founder/Executive Director, Marin County Cooperation Team 

Giuseppe Dezza, Director, Espacio Comunicaciones 

Connie Mann, LMFT, Regional Director Behavioral Health, Marin County and Suicide Prevention Hotline 

Reflection Spaces 

Reflection Spaces are an opportunity to gather together, slow down, and allow time for processing of the symposium individually and in community through discussion, journaling, and deeper reflection.