Connections, Pride, and Spirit (CPS) Day
Connections, Pride, and Spirit (CPS) Day is an opportunity for our school community to learn about equity and inclusion through workshops, performances, and play. These unique and varied offerings were unified around the theme: Homeland. We thank all of our tremendous speakers and the students and faculty who worked hard to make CPS Day a meaningful and fun expression of our values. Here are a few of the 47 of offerings:
- 13TH: VIEWING AND DISCUSSING THE FILM
- 1 IN 4: DISCUSSING SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS
- ADL: CLASSROOM OF DIFFERENCE INTRODUCTION
- AFRO-CUBAN POLYRHYTHMS
- AMERICAN DREAM: ONE FAMILY'S STORY OF IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.
- AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: HIP HOP, THE MEDIA, & MASS INCARCERATION
- AN EXPLORATION IN GENDER
- AN IMMIGRANT'S EXPERIENCE: THE MEMORY OF HOMELAND
- CARIBBEAN STEEL
- COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS POLICING
- HOMELAND AS A MIND STATE: TALES FROM THE DIASPORA
- HOW TO BE A PHILANTHROPIST
- I HEAR AMERICA TALKING
- INDIAN CULTURE: LEARNING THROUGH GAMES
- INSIDE THIS PLACE, NOT OF IT: EXAMINING ABUSES IN WOMEN'S PRISONS
- INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE
- JUSTICE FOR OUR LIVES ART PROJECT
- KNITTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
- LIVING IN BETWEEN
- MINORITIES IN TODAY'S AMERICA
- MORE THAN JUST A PIECE OF LAND
- MY NARRATIVE: MUSIC, PROTEST, POLITICAL ADVANCEMENT, & BLACK POWER
- RACISM & DISNEY: UNDERSTANDING U.S. RACISM THROUGH THE "MAGIC" OF DISNEY
- RETHINKING LEADERSHIP FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR
- RICE CAKE: BEYOND FOOD
- SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE
- STORIES OF HOME
- THE INCARCERATED STATES OF AMERICA
- THE LANDSCAPE OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN OAKLAND
Thank you to our guests who shared their time and expertise with us:
- Brandon Lee, co-founder and President of Training for Transformation, LLC.
- Christy Godinez, Director of Student Inclusion, Leadership and Civic Engagement at Lick-Wilmerding High School.
- Derek Smith, steel pan, vibraphone, and percussion musician and teacher at Solano Community College and East Bay Center for the Arts.
- Gyasi Ross, author, speaker and storyteller. Gyasi comes from the Blackfeet Nation and resides on the Port Madison Indian Reservation near Seattle.
- Jasiri X, Hip Hop artist and activist.
- Jules Greene, Diversity and Inclusivity Coordinator and an 8th History Teacher at Hillbrook School.
- Manny Guisa, Assistant Program Manager for Scholar Support for the A Better Chance (ABC) Program.
- Marley Pierce, Program Manager for Lick-Wilmerding High School’s Center for Civic Engagement.
- Mitch Bostian, Head of The Berkeley School.
- Colin Douglas, Grammy Award winning percussionist and drummer .
- Isabel Detre, Sierra Luce, and Emily Miller knit (and find others to knit) hats, scarves, blankets, and sweaters for homeless men, women, and children.
- Oree Original Daniel Aguilera Jimenez, artist and activist.
- Holly Joshi, Executive Director at MISSSEY, a youth serving non-profit dedicated to providing direct services and advocacy for survivors of commercial sexual exploitation.
- Robin Levi (p ’19), women's human rights attorney with an emphasis on marginalized women, and most recently focused on human rights abuses against people in women's prisons.
- Lisa Marie Rollins, Resident Artist with Crowded Fire Theater and Artist-in-Residence at BRAVA Theater for Women in San Francisco
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