27th annual Campus and Community Dialogue on Race to be held Oct. 20-24

The 27 annual Campus and Community Dialogue on Race will be taking place at Cal Poly Humboldt, Oct. 20-24. CDOR is centered around bringing together students, faculty and staff to discuss topics around race. 

This year’s theme, dis/connecting to reconnect- everyday rest, refusal, resistances, is meant to platform and affirm cultural identities while creating a space for healing, learning and reflecting as a collective. The solidus (/) in CDOR’s theme is inspired from Asian American studies, representing duality and tension, while holding a space for both. 

“CDOR is important because it creates space for dialogue and awareness, giving a platform to those whose voices are often unheard yet vital to our communities. It uplifts counternarratives, honoring the richness and complexity of our shared experiences,” said Frank Herrera, the coordinator at the Social, Justice, Equity and Inclusion center. “We invite our broader community to join us in building understanding, challenging inequities, and transforming our world into a place of equity and belonging, where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.”

CDOR is a call to action while also being a call to pause, reminding us that healing and rest are acts of resistance. CDOR will be reflecting on stepping away and disconnecting from trends and overconsumption habits that shape our decisions. While these themes are crucial and necessary, there is a big emphasis in reconnection as reclamation by taking a step back from hustle culture and guilt from rest. 

Guest speakers

Micha Cardenas, a first generation Colombian American, is set to be one of the guest speakers at CDOR. Cardenas is an artist, author and professor of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her academic monograph Poetic Operations: Trans of Color Art in Digital Media was a co-winner of the Gloria Anzaldua Book Prize in 2022. Her use of digital technology is reimaging multicultural feminist artwork and notions of identity. 

Cardenas is set to speak on Oct. 22. 

adrienne maree brown is an author and activist who is passionate about deepening her healing. She is part of the Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, at the intersections of political education, community organizing, somatic and Black love. Brown will be focusing on “growing a garden of healing ideas,” that allow us to reimagine how we hold ourselves, loved ones and our communities accountable with nurturing honest relationships. brown is set to speak on Oct 23, Thursday at 12 to 1:30, location to be decided.

Times and locations for guest speakers and workshops will be available on the CDOR website: www.humboldt.edu/campus-dialogue-on-race