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Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies

Sowing Resistance
22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies
November 12–14, 2025

  • 22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies
    22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies
  • The four co-chairs of the symposium standing at a podium, smiling
    Ray Warren Symposium co-chairs giving remarks at the opening reception
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Two people in business attire seated and laughing, one holding a microphone, one holding a water glass
    Keynote speakers Aurora Santiago Ortiz and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo interact with the audience
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • All participants in the fashion show, posing in their outfits
    Student participants in Fashion Show: Embodied Resistance
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Students stand outside of a bus with books inside
    Students check out books from the Free Society People’s Library bookmobile
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • An audience listens to a panelist at the podium in Council Chamber
    Branching Out: Community Organizing Beyond Campus
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Students standing with the keynote presenter in the Beth Miller Lounge
    Symposium co-chairs and other students interact with keynote speaker Scot Nakagawa after his presentation
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Students standing directly in front of the stage in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel, holding hands and facing away from the audience
    Student presenters take the stage for Race Monologues in Agnes Flanagan Chapel
    Credit: Debbie Mukuka
  • A close up image of a student painting a patch that states: migration is a human right
    Making a patch at Sewing Resistance: A Patch-Making and Mending Workshop
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Students dancing in the Black Box Theatre
    Participants learn tinikling at Stepping In: A Filipino Folk Dance Workshop
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Students sitting at a table in the Council Chambers, one holding a microphone answering a question about their research.
    Students share their work at Race Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Student Research Showcase
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Person standing at podium in Council Chamber
    Emileni Lopez from PCUN at Grassroots Resistance in the Northwest: The Immigrant Worker Community
    Credit: Debbie Mukuka
  • Sign language interpreter to the left of presenter speaking at podium
    Keynote presenter Scot Nakagawa
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • A student walks down the runway while audience members sit nearby, clapping
    A student walking in Fashion Show: Embodied Resistance
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • A group of students with the keynote presenters in the council chambers, one holding a book by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
    L&C Puerto Rico Posse Scholars pose with keynote presenters Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and Aurora Santiago Ortiz
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Three panelists and the panel moderator sit at a table in the council chambers, the moderator speaking into a microphone
    Panelists in conversation at Branching Out: Community Organizing Beyond Campus
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Three symposium co-chairs standing at the posium in Council Chamber, and an ASL interpreter nearby
    Symposium co-chairs introducing The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook keynote presentation
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • A student being handed a book by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, while one of the symposium cochairs stands nearby
    Jorell Meléndez-Badillo at the reception following Puerto Rico as Resistance: Past and Present
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • A presenter speaks at the podium in the Council Chambers
    Jennifer Anderson BA '19 presenting at Branching Out: Community Organizing Beyond Campus
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Two people seated at a table with microphones, PCUN logo shown projected above them

    Grassroots Resistance in the Northwest: The Immigrant Worker Community

    Credit: Debbie Mukuka
  • Four individuals standing, enagaging in conversation
    L&C President Robin Holmes-Sullivan interacts with the keynote speakers at the symposium reception
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Fashion show participants stand in front of audience members, one holding a microphone and speaking
    Student participants in Fashion Show: Embodied Resistance answering audience questions
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • A student sitting on the stairs of the Agnes Flanagan Chapel stage, speaking into a microphone with a jersey laid on the stage next to them
    An intimate moment at Race Monologues
    Credit: Debbie Mukuka
  • The four symposium co-chairs with the Keynote presenters in the council chambers
    Symposium co-chairs with keynote speakers Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and Aurora Santiago Ortiz
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • The audience at Race Monologues listening to a student standing on stage in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel, speaking into a microphone
    A student addresses the audience at Race Monologues
    Credit: Debbie Mukuka
  • One of the Keynote presenters standing at the podium speaking
    Keynote speaker Jorell Meléndez-Badillo presenting at Puerto Rico as Resistance: Past and Present
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Individuals sitting at dinner tables listening to a speech being given by a person at the podium
    Reception guests listen to remarks and reflections by Jerry Warren, brother of Ray Warren
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • A student standing on stage in Agnes Flanagan Chapel, speaking into a microphone
    A student speaks at Race Monologues
    Credit: Debbie Mukuka
  • Close up of keynote speaker raising their right hand as they speak behind a Lewis & Clark podium
    Keynote speaker Aurora Santiago Ortiz addresses the audience
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Four symposium cochair students stand at a Lewis & Clark podium in from of a backdrop on a stage, tables with audience members
    Cochairs speaking at symposium reception
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Students dancing in the Black Box Theatre
    Participants learn tinikling at Stepping In: A Filipino Folk Dance Workshop
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • Students sit at desks with sewing supplies laid out on them, listening to the opening presentation of the workshop
    Introductory remarks at Sewing Resistance: A Patch-Making and Mending Workshop
    Credit: Claire Agatep
  • Student standing at the podium in Council Chambers, presenting their research
    Student presenting at Race Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Student Research Showcase
    Credit: Kevin Rivera Santos
  • A student standing on stage in the Agnes Flanagan Chapel, speaking into a microphone
    A student addresses the audience at Race Monologues
    Credit: Debbie Mukuka
22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies Photo Gallery

The recording of the keynote presentation by Scot Nakagawa is publicly available on the L&C YouTube page. The recording of the keynote presentation by Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and Aurora Santiago Ortiz will be shared here soon, but it will be accessible only to people with a Lewis & Clark login.


This year’s Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies calls for us to dig into our past, strengthen our connections, and branch out, building a new ecosystem for resistance. “Sowing Resistance” invites us to examine how our personal actions ripple beyond ourselves, touching our communities, our prójimo, and the world.

At this year’s symposium, we ask what it means to resist systems of oppression not only through protest, but also through presence, not only through grand actions and speeches, but also through quiet courage in daily solidarity. What does resistance look like in everyday life? How and where do we build coalition, community, and solidarity? How do we care across our differences?

Solidarity is a commitment. It is the refusal to let injustice go unnamed. It begins when we recognize how we are entangled with each other. It grows when apathy becomes empathy becomes action. It is the groundwork for resistance. There is no resistance without connection. No liberation without care. In that spirit, this symposium seeks to build community, foster education, encourage exchange of resources, help people draw strength from collective defiance against authoritarianism, and cultivate resistance to grow our world into what we want it to be.

This symposium is an invitation to think with intention, feel with compassion, listen with openness, resist with purpose, and imagine new roots grounded in dignity, woven in community, fighting against injustice. Join us in sowing seeds of resistance. 

Learn about this year’s symposium speakers, event schedule, and more.

2025-26 Student Cochairs

Deenie Bulyalert ’27, Elisabeth Ducusin ’27,  Jessica Gabriela Garcia Bocaletti ’27, and Aylén Martinez ’26

  • Aylen posing outside wearing a black long-sleeve shirt.

    As a cochair, we have been focused on connecting the ideas from the Lewis & Clark community to what’s happening in society right now. We’re hoping to start a fire that will bring everyone together and encourage the critical thinking we know our community is capable of.

    Aylén Martinez BA ’26
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    More about Aylén
  • Deenie posing outside wearing a black long-sleeved shit and silver necklace.

    Our theme is Sowing Resistance. We wanted to talk about the history or our roots and see how we can plant foundations that will last generations. It has been super cool to work on something so large like this, to feel like I am part of something that is making a difference in academia.

    Deenie Bulyalert BA ’27
    Grants Pass, Oregon
    More about Deenie
  • Gaby posing outside wearing a colorful plaid cape.

    I see the Ray Warren Symposium as more than just an academic event. It’s a space for teaching, for learning, and most importantly, for amplifying voices that are often underrepresented. It creates room for people to share their truths, their stories, and their lived experiences in ways that challenge, inspire, and connect.

    Jessica Gabriela “Gaby” Garcia Bocaletti BA ’27
    Guatemala and Maryland
    More about Jessica Gabriela “Gaby”
  • Five 

    L&C’s five academic student-led symposia reflect our commitment to inquiry, innovation, collaboration, and global engagement.

Past Events

November 19, 2025

2025 Ray Warren Symposium Art Exhibit Reception

Join us for a reception celebrating the Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies art exhibit, featuring work by Lewis & Clark community members.

Light refreshments will be provided.

This year’s exhibit is on display in the Watzek Library atrium from November 12-30.

Curated by L&C students Rain Damon-Espinas ’28, Nadia Khazei ’27, and Isabella Mercado ’27

November 14, 2025

Race Monologues: 22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies

Join us at the concluding event of the 22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies: Race Monologues

Each year a different group of L&C students writes an original series of personal narratives to share their feelings, experiences, and understandings of race, ethnicity, and identity.

Learn more about this year’s keynote speakers, art exhibit, and event schedule.

November 14, 2025

22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies Nov. 12-14, 2025

The 22nd Annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies calls for us to dig into our past, strengthen our connections, and branch out, building a new ecosystem for resistance. “Sowing Resistance” invites us to examine how our personal actions ripple beyond ourselves, touching our communities, our prójimo, and the world.

At this year’s symposium, we ask what it means to resist systems of oppression not only through protest, but also through presence, not only through grand actions and speeches, but also through quiet courage in daily solidarity.

This symposium is an invitation to think with intention, feel with compassion, listen with openness, resist with purpose, and imagine new roots grounded in dignity, woven in community, fighting against injustice.

Join us for three days of events–keynote presentations, panels, workshops, a fashion show, an art exhibit, and more–sowing seeds of resistance.

Events are free and open to the public unless other noted on the schedule.

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Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies is located in Miller Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 63

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fax 503-768-7379 

Director: Kimberly Brodkin

  • Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies
    Lewis & Clark
    615 S. Palatine Hill Road 
    Portland OR 97219