History of Themes

Year

Title

Co-Chairs

Spring 2024

A United Front – Organizing Across Divides

Cydney Gardner-Brown and Barghav Sivaguru

Spring 2023

Reclaiming Our Dreamspace

Katherine “Kat” Phan and Rouguiatou Diallo

Spring 2022

Thinking Beyond Borders and About Transnational Solidarity

Guillermo Herrera-Nimmagadda, Amina Johari, and Nausheen Rajan

Spring 2021

Accountability Before Unity

Clarke Wheeler, Sofia Ramirez, Harshita Rallabhandi, Liza Paudel, Fatima Khan, and Meghana Mungikar

Spring 2020

Political Representation in the Time of COVID-19

Spogmay Ahmed and Ashwin Warrior

Spring 2019

Who Will do the Work? Labor, People of Color, and the Future

Amn Nassir and Julieta Cuellar

Spring 2018

“What Wall?": Overcoming Real and Perceived Barriers

Lauryn Williams, Marcelo Norsworthy, and Seleeke Flinga

Spring 2017

Solidarity and Resistance: Connecting the Past, Present and Future

Milan Reed and Simone Webster

Spring 2016

Revolution and Reform:  Balancing Approaches to Envisioning and Implementing Institutional Change

Karli Bryant and Renato Rocha

Spring 2015

Seizing the Moment:  Social Activism and Policy-Making in the Wake of Ferguson

Shasti Conrad and Ricky Hurtado

Spring 2014

Amplifying Voices of Color: How to Be Heard When No One is Listening

Seyron Foo and Pierina Sanchez

Fall 2012

(Re)Balancing the Scales: Supporting Economic Mobility in Unequal Times

Chris Johnson and Angelo Sandoval

Fall 2011

The 40th Anniversary of the War on drugs and the Impact on Communities of Color

Christina Henderson and Kim Harris

Fall 2010

Perspectives on Policy Reform and the Impact on Communities of Color

Evan LeFlore and Diego Aragon

Fall 2009

Hope and Change:  Communities of Color and the New Administration

LaSean Brown and Lyan Pernala

Fall 2008

From the Margin to the Mainstream:  The Changing Face of Leadership

Andy Wong and Jessica Buendia

Fall 2007

Defining Leadership in Communities of Color:  Opportunity, Responsibility and Accountability

Audrey Diaz and Donna Meidl-Estacio

Fall 2006

The Changing Face of the US:  Citizenship, Identity and New Challenges for Communities of Color

Ronald Chatters, III and Eric Mikanda

Fall 2005

Serving Communities of Color - Re-evaluating our Responsibilities

Jessica Colón, Thu Nguyen, and Suman Sureshbabu

Fall 2004

Rising Through Education:  Forging Paths to Leadership, Scholarship, and Community Engagement

Fatema Gunja and Gillian Morejon

Fall 2003

Mobilizing Communities of Color:  Personal Actions, Political Change

Han Kang, and Claudia Flores-Somera

Fall 2002

Choices and Challenges:  A Journey Toward Change 

Dawn Hewett and Fernando Cazares

Fall 2001

Old Challenges, New Realities:  Progress for People of Color

Genevieve Aguilar and Eddie Gutierrrez

Fall 2000

From Access to Action:  Building Momentum for the New Millennium

Mark Ng and Maria Kirby

Fall 1999

No Specific Theme

Tasha Harris and Azad Oommen

Fall 1998

No Specific Theme

Planning Committee Members (no record of co-chairs)

Fall 1997

No Specific Theme

Working Groups (no record of co-chairs)

Fall 1996

No Specific Theme

Ed Bullard, Jeff Prieto, Veronica Rosales, and Hein Tran