4th Annual Ethnic Studies Summit
5/20/2026
12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Conference Rooms A & B - Hinson Campus Center
This year's 4th Annual Ethnic Studies Summit brings together our college community to highlight topics of race and ethnicity, and how they intersect with gender, labor, indigeneity, colonialism and more. Participants will engage with student research and poster board presentations, participate in an interactive and collective discussion with their peers and hear from keynote speaker Caitlyn “Katie” Keli’ia’a, Ph.D.
Agenda
12:30-1:30 p.m.: Welcome and Keynote from Caitlyn “Katie" Keli'ia'a, Ph.D. in History from UCSC
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"Refusing Settler Domesticity: Native Women's Labor Histories in the Bay Area"
1:30-2 p.m.: Lunch and Student Posters
2-3 p.m.: Ethnic Studies in Action- Panel and Discussion
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Arshi Kaur (She/Her) Sikh Student Coalition
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Juliette Leyva (they/he/she) Fourth Year Puentista, Pride Center Intern
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Mextape Angel Luna (He/Him) CYLC, Returning Student, Men of Color
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Nate Tan, Comparative Ethnic Studies Professor
3-3:30 p.m.: Closing