San Diego City College Annual Social Justice and Education Conference

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03/21/2024

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03/14/2023

Thursdays Sessions:

11:10-12:35 PM
1. Nyisha Green Washington
Reproductive Justice
2. Laila Aziz
Police Accountability

12:45-2:10 PM
1. Mitchelle Woodson
The Criminalization of Homelessness
2. Asma Abdi, Cheryl Coney, Jessica Córdova, Mikey Knab
Social Justice Careers Panel

03/14/2023

Wednesdays Sessions:

11:10-12:35 PM
1. Roberto D. Hernández
Zapatismo and Transborder Indigenous Organizing
2. Keomi Tarver
Movement as Liberation

12:45-2:10 PM
1. LaWana Richmond
Afrofuturism
2. Kitty Harris
Ghana Saved My Life

03/13/2023

8th Annual
Social Justice & Education Conference

Closing Speaker:
Mariah Jameson
Wed. March 16
2:20-3:45 PM
MS-162

Mariah Jameson is a community activist, Scholar, and Mother of two. She has attributed her love for all things Social Justice to her work in the community and advocating for Former Foster Youth. In 2018, Mariah was awarded The Blue Heart Foundations Guardian Scholar Award, which is given to a former foster youth and current student who is an advocate for others and role model to their community. Although 13 years of her childhood were spent in the foster care system, Mariah has never allowed her past to dictate her future. She was born and raised in Southeast San Diego and graduated from Lincoln High School. Mariah Jameson is a first-generation college graduate, she attended San Diego City College and served as the UMOJA Club President for 3 years before transferring to Clark Atlanta University where she earned her bachelor’s and in May of this year, a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration of Mental Health. After being accepted into an Advanced Standing Master’s program, Mariah began to explore different elements of Social Work including research and is on staff with Rise Research and Evaluation, which affirms Social Justice while focusing on the intersection of culture and wellness. While currently completing her master’s degree, Mariah has worked vigorously to implement Mental Health Peer Support services on campus after several tragedies occurred and ultimately succeeded after gaining the attention of the campus’ President, Dr. French. Mariah has identified a deep need for mental health services across a variety of settings including foster care, college students, people experiencing homelessness. She intends to meet this need by obtaining a clinical license and providing space for other clinicians to serve the community. (All while dismantling the Foster Care system!)

03/13/2023

8th Annual
Social Justice & Education Conference

Featured Speaker:
Ruha Benjamin
Thur. March 16
9:35-11 AM
MS-162

Ruha Benjamin is Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, and author of the award-winning book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, among many other publications. Her work investigates the social dimensions of science, medicine, and technology with a focus on the relationship between innovation and inequity, health and justice, knowledge and power. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholar Award and the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton. Her most recent book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, was born out of the twin plagues of COVID-19 and police violence, and offers a practical and principled approach to transforming our communities and helping us build a more just and joyful world.

03/13/2023

8th Annual
Social Justice & Education Conference

Featured Speaker:
Jared A. Ball
Wed. March 15
9:35-11 AM
MS-162

Jared A. Ball is a Professor of Communication and Africana Studies at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. and author of The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power (Palgrave, 2020 / 2nd Edition, 2023). Ball is also host of the podcast “iMiXWHATiLiKE!”, co-founder of Black Power Media which can be found at BlackPowerMedia.org, and his decades of journalism, media, writing, and political work can be found at imixwhatilike.org. Ball has also been named as one of 2022’s Marguerite Casey Foundation’s Freedom Scholars.