Schedule

7 p.m., Council Chamber, Fowler Student Center
Keynote Event
Puerto Rico as Resistance: Past and Present

Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, scholar of Latin American and Caribbean history and global anarchist networks, and Aurora Santiago Ortiz, scholar of decolonial feminism and grassroots mutual aid movements

• American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. For additional information about accessibility, please consult the Event Details page.
• No registration is required. This event will not be streamed.
• Reception and book signing to follow in the Beth Miller Lounge/Council Chamber foyer. Some of the speakers’ books will be available for purchase.

9:45–11:15 a.m., Council Chamber, Fowler Student Center
Branching Out: Community Organizing Beyond Campus

Moderator: Magalí Rabasa, L&C associate professor of Hispanic studies and director of ethnic studies
Jennifer Anderson, L&C ’19, Anakbayan Portland
Garrett Felber, Free Society People’s Library
Sriya Chinnam, Sunrise Movement PDX

11:45 a.m.– 1 p.m., Council Chamber, Fowler Student Center
Race Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Student Research Showcase

Moderator: Deenie Bulyalert ’27, RWS co-chair
Meilin Beloney ’26, former RWS co-chair, “Stories from the Borderlands: On Family, Growing Up, and Mixed-Race Identity”
Jazmín Contreras ’26, “Quantifying Language Coverage Gaps in FEMA IPAWS Natural Disasters Alerts”
Blaise Harrison ’25, “Engineering Space: Philosophies of Pedagogy and Physicality in CORE Activist Training Camps”
Christiana San Diego ’27, “Typhoon Haiyan and Hurricane Katrina: Civil Society’s Response to the Disproportionate Impacts of Climate Disasters on Communities of Color”

1:45– 3:15 p.m., Watzek Library 245
Sewing Resistance: A Patch-Making and Mending Workshop

Facilitated by Kayla Antonevich, a local fashion designer behind the slow fashion brand 0 mph, and co-founder of Pretty Torn Studio (@prettytorn), a slow fashion store and and sewing studio in the Alberta Arts District

Engage in political expression through patch-making, and resist consumerism through craftivism. This workshop is an opportunity to make patches or mend an article of clothing through patching. Patch-making and mending supplies will be provided. Participants are also invited to bring an article of clothing to patch. No prior experience necessary. Limited space.

7 p.m., Council Chamber, Fowler Student Center
Keynote Event
The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook

Scot Nakagawa, organizer, political strategist, and social movement analyst 

• American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. For additional information about accessibility, please consult the Event Details page.
• No registration is required. This event will not be streamed.
• Reception to follow in the Beth Miller Lounge/Council Chamber foyer.

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Black Box, Fir Acres Theatre
Stepping In: A Filipino Folk Dance Workshop

Facilitated by students from Kapamilya Filipino Student Club. No experience necessary. 
Tinikling is a traditional Filipino folk dance representing both tikling birds in pre-colonial race traps and agricultural workers’ experience under Spanish imperialism. Dancers hop, step, and twist through bamboo poles to music and rhythmic clapping.

12:45–1:45 p.m., Council Chamber, Fowler Student Center
Grassroots Resistance in the Northwest: The Immigrant Worker Community

Moderator: Jorge Orozco-Roller, L&C graduate student, graduate assistant in the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement
Presentation by Mauro Castillo, volunteer program coordinator, and Emileni Lopez, coordinator of research and education, at PCUN, an advocacy organization empowering Latinx working families in Oregon 

3:30–4:30 p.m., Smith Hall, Albany Quadrangle
Fashion Show: Embodied Resistance

Celebrating the power in our embodied presence, this event is a showcase for participants to share their personal styles and narratives of who they are. Fashion has always been more than fabric–it’s a language of resistance, connection, creativity, and care. Whether wearing garments passed down through generations of DIY-ing an outfit with the materials accessible to you, the art we curate in an outfit can make our histories and community ties visible as we resist erasure. Fashion can express collective strength amidst struggle and help grow a sustainable and equitable future. As part of this year’s Sowing Resistance symposium, students and community members will showcase what fashion as resistance means to them. 

7 p.m., Agnes Flanagan Chapel
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. We invite you to learn more about the history of Race Monologues.

Doors open at 6:40 p.m. First-come seating. Doors will be closed at 7 p.m., and latecomers will not be admitted.