Participants will understand the concepts of Ethnic Studies and structural racism; identify the effects of structural racism on BIPOC communities and how to approach Ethnic Studies through multiple disciplines, including English.

Participants will engage with Puente’s culturally affirming mindsets and practices central to supporting marginalized students through each stage of their college journey, including setting goals, navigating required coursework, and building community networks that will continue to support them along the way.

Participants explore approaches to honor linguistic justice via departmental, curricular, and pedagogical choices; study sample lessons; and begin an inquiry process into their own practice.

Participants will learn about the historical STEM legacies that students can connect with through their cultures, how to increase STEM access for students, and how to build community around STEM justice on their campuses.

Participants will reflect upon their own educational and professional journeys, share strategies for building and accessing communities of support, and learn strategies for implementing and sustaining equitable administrative practices.

Puente trainers root the flow of session activities in the why, offering a clear rationale for the practices/approaches they share with their audiences.

Participants will engage in an examination of math trauma and resilience, and learn how we can reframe math conversations in counseling sessions and the classroom. No math will be conducted, but participants will be asked to reflect on their math autobiographies as a method to connect with and engage with students, along with other useful messaging techniques that foster and reinforce math-itude and cariño.

Participants learn linguistic justice applications and assessment strategies designed to engage and center minoritized students and the cultural wealth they bring to academia.

Participants learn approaches to equitable grading and assessment, and explore options for peer-driven support and empowerment.

Participants will understand the concepts of Ethnic Studies and structural racism; identify the effects of structural racism on BIPOC communities and how to approach Ethnic Studies through multiple disciplines, including English.

Participants will be invited to draw upon their own lived experiences, including history, identity, and culture to surface adaptive and restorative practices for coping with stressors. Participants will be welcomed to engage in self and community care through mindfulness practices.

Participants learn to recognize ableism and its impact on students and educators; reflect on their current practices with a disability justice lens; and begin to identify accessibility moves to incorporate into their practice.

Participants will be guided through an exploration of ways to engage in self and community care; resource themselves, their colleagues, and students; and strengthen the bonds of community in their division.

Continued exploration of linguistic justice in action in the classroom. Participants continue redesigning an artifact from their own practice, whether it’s a departmental document, syllabus, lesson, or single assignment, and participate in peer review and support.

Participants learn strategies to foster Math Success in a post-AB 1/705 era, including pedagogical and curricular resources, and begin redesigning an artifact from their own practice.

Participants will build community as a group; learn about equitable approaches to peer education; and deepen their understanding of themselves as equity leaders on campus

Participants will deepen their understanding of the intersections of ableism with other justice movements, learn about the disability justice theory of crip time, and consider how these theories can not only shape their classroom assignments but also allow them to invite students into a reimagining of their classroom structure.