Equity Center Past Events
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- Spring 2019
- April: Student Equity Speaker Series: Nyle Di’Marco
- Fall 2019
- November: Student Equity Speaker Series in collaboration with American Language Department (AMLA): Reyna Grande
- November: College Application Assistance Lab Nights
- December: Equity Center Finals Frenzy
- Winter 2020
- January: Guest speaker: Edward Guzman, Harvard University Ph.D. Student
- Spring 2020
- March & April: Mt. SAC Scholarship Marathon
- April: Equity Center Open Mic Night
- May: Equity Center Loteria Night
- May: Community Conversation on the Killing of George Floyd in partnership with the Pride Center
- Fall 2020
- October: Student Equity Speaker Series: Morgan Vinson
- November: Post-Election Campus Conversations
- November: College Application Assistance Lab Nights
- Spring 2021
- March: Student Equity Speaker Series in collaboration with Associated Students: Dr. Bettina Love
- March & April: Mt. SAC Scholarship Marathon
- Fall 2021
- September: Latinx Heritage Month Kick-Off in partnership with El Centro
- October: I Got Flowers Today: Domestic Violence Awareness in partnership with Pride and Rising Scholars
- October: Mental Health Check-in with Social Workers
- October: Equity Center & Arise Guest Speaker: Being Mexipina with Rebecca Cepeda
- November: Student Equity Speaker Series: Dr. Joely Proudfit, Luiseño/Payómkawichum
- November: College Application Assistance Lab Nights
- Spring 2022
- March & April: Mt. SAC Scholarship Marathon
- May: Student Equity Speaker Series in collaboration with the School of Continuing Education: Duty Free Film Screening and Q&A with filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis and film star Rebecca Danigelis
- Summer 2022
- July: Indigenous Language Workshop in partnership with the First Peoples Native Center and El Centro
- Fall 2022
- September: Addiction and Recovery Workshop in partnership with Rising Scholars
- September: Suicide Awareness & Prevention Workshop in partnership with Rising Scholars
- October: Student Equity Speaker Series in collaboration with Dream: Rafael Agustin
- October: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Workshop(s) in partnership with Pride and Rising Scholars
- October: Equity Center Friends & Family Night
- October: Women of Color in STEM Panel in partnership with STEM Center
- October: Indigenous Peoples Day Tabling Event
- November: Student Equity Speaker Series in collaboration with First Peoples Native Center: Tazbah Chavez
- November: College Application Assistance Lab Nights
- November: First Peoples Native Center Grand Opening with Elder Robertjohn Knapp the Seneca Tubatulabal and Ohlone
- December: Finals Frenzy
- Spring 2023
- March: Human Trafficking Awareness in collaboration with Aspire, Mt. SAC Title IX, Rising Scholars, and Pride Center
- March: Student Equity Speaker Series: Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty, author of Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Justice and Healing
- April: Student Equity Speaker Series in collaboration with the Arise Program and Pride Center: Helen Zia
- April: Denim Day in collaboration with Title IX
- May: Mt. SAC Unites Against Ageism in collaboration School of Continuing Education
- May: Pueblo Indian Art History Workshop with First Peoples Native Center
- May: Native Uses of Southern California Plants Workshop with First Peoples Native Center
- May: Mt. SAC Mentor Conference 2023
- May: Human Trafficking Conference in collaboration with the Sociology Department
- June: Student Equity Speaker Series in collaboration with First Peoples Native Center: Charlene Teters
- Summer 2023
- July: First Peoples Native Center Inaugural Indigenous Theater Festival
- Fall 2023
- September: Open House
- September: Latin X Heritage Month Kick Off in collaboration with El Centro
- October: In Whose Honor? in collaboration with First People Native Center
- October: (Equity Speaker Series) Intersections of Identity with Dr. Anthony Ocampo in collaboration with ARISE
- October: Undocumented Students Week in collaboration with the DREAM program
- October: HBCU Caravan in collaboration with CBCSS
- November: (Equity Speaker Series) Augie Max Vargas
- November: Women of STEM in collaboration with the STEM program
- November: Decolonizing Thanksgiving Presentation with El Centro and First Peoples Native Center
- November: What Was Ours film in collaboration with The First Peoples Native Center
- November: Basket weaving with the First Peoples Native Center
- November: College Application Assistance
- December: Equity Center/ Multicultural Center hosts Fall 2023 Study Jam
- Winter 2024
- February:
- Tet and Lunar New year hosted by ARISE
- Stamped From the Beginning (Film) hosted by CBCSS
- College Days hosted by NextUP/REACH
- Valentine's Amor crafting hosted by El Centro
- February:
- Spring 2024
- February:
- 2/29 Welcome/Information Spring Social (Hosted by ARISE)
- March:
- 3/5 Meet and Greet for First Peoples Native Center Director
- 3/6 My Latinidad Series: What is my Latinidad? (Hosted by El Centro)
- 3/12 Student Health Wellness Workshop: Family Relationships
- 3/21 Scholarship Workshop #1 - Overview of Application & Question 1
- 3/26 Diné (Navajo) Language Workshop #1 (Hosted by FPNC)
- 3/26 Womens Empowerment Group (Hosted by Student Health)
- April:
- 4/2, 4/9 Womens Empowerment Group (Hosted by Student Health)
- 4/3, 4/11 Scholarship Marathon Workshops #2 and #3
- 4/16 Scholarship Marathon Assistance Night
- 4/16 Student Health Wellness Workshop: Managing Anger
- 4/16 Noche de Arte (Hosted by El Centro)
- 4/17 Student Equity Speaker Series w/ Foundation: Shirley Torres
- 4/30 Diné (Navajo) Language Workshop #2 (Hosted by FPNC)
- 4/30 The Forgotten Harlem & Queer Crafting (Hosted by CBCSS)
- May:
- 5/1 Language in Latinidad (Hosted by El Centro)
- 5/9 Student Equity Speaker Series w/ ARISE: Carol Chung
- 5/15 Suelta La Sopa Open Mic (Hosted by El Centro)
- 5/15 Research Showcase & Competition (Hosted by Sociology Department)
- 5/16 APAHM Luncheon and Speech Contest (Hosted by ARISE)
- 5/21 APAHM Film Screening: Blue Bayou (Hosted by ARISE & partners)
- 5/22 APAHM Film Screening: Liquor Store Dreams (Hosted by ARISE & CBCSS)
- June:
- 6/4 FPNC: Study with UCLA Wisdom Leaders
- 6/10-6/13 : Finals Frenzy Wellness Activities
- February:
- Fall 2024
- August:
- 8/26: Mocktail Mixer (CBCSS)
- 8/27: Popscile Pop-Off (CBCSS)
- 8/28: Wing Wednesday (CBCSS)
- 8/28: Fall Social (ARISE)
- 8/29: Game Night (CBCSS)
- 8/30: Black Staff/ Faculty Luncheon (CBCSS)
- September:
- 9/3-9/5: El Centro Spirit Week
- 9/4: El Centro Open House
- 9/9: Native Next Steps
- 9/10: Navigating College Workshop (CBCSS)
- 9/11: EC/MC Open House
- 9/12: Lowrider Lane with Guest Speaker John Ulloa
- 9/12: Porch Talk (CBCSS)
- 9/16: Latinx Heritage Month Kick-off ( El Centro)
- 9/19: Student Equity Speaker Series: Isabel Quintero
- 9/26: CA Native American Day (FPNC Welcome)
- October:
- 10/7: Student Equity Speaker Series: Mike Curato
- 10/7 & 10/10: Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships Workshops
- 10/8: Promise, Progress, & Payoff in Fiction Writing
- 10/9: Lunch & Learn: STEM & MESA
- 10/14: Butterfly Beading (FPNC & DREAM)
- 10/15: Indian Ceremonial Cultural Wear Watercolor Activity (FPNC)
- 10/15: Felting for Cosplay Workshop
- 10/16: Indigenous Music (FPNC)
- 10/17: Cosplay & Finding Your Identity Workshop #2
- 10/18: Indigenous Storytelling
- 10/28: HBCU Caravan
- 10/30: Spooky Campfire Stories
- November
- 11/4: Can You Hear the Plants Speak? (FPNC & Student Center)
- 11/6: Native American & Indigenous Heritage Month Opening Ceremony
- 11/6: Wisdom Wednesday
- 11/7: Dia De Muertos
- 11/13: Lunch and Learn ( Tutoring)
- 11/13: Wisdom Wednesdays (FPNC)
- 11/13: Surviving the Holidays (El Centro)
- 11/14: Thrift N Thrive (NEXTUP/ REACH)
- 11/18: Imagining the Indian (FPNC)
- August:
- Spring 2019