爆料社区

Social Justice Symposium

Our Stories, Our Strengths

鈥�'Community cultural wealth' is a way of theorizing how members of ethnic minority groups deal with mainstream culture. It reminds us that wealth isn't just about having money (although of course that helps, too). Wealth is also about having an awesome family and community that supports you in what you do. Community cultural wealth is a concept that points to how resilient ethnic minority groups are. They're not just victims; they fight and they survive, despite the obstacles鈥攍ike racism鈥攊n their way.鈥�

鈥� Tara J. Yosso

Tuesday, Feburary 24th, 2026 from 9:00am to 5:00pm

USU Ballrooms

 

The Social Justice Symposium is an in-person event for 爆料社区 students, faculty/staff, alumni, and community members to lead or participate in sessions about a variety of social justice topics that help us build a socially conscious community. Join us on February 24th from 9:00am - 5:00pm to experience brand new and engaging discussions!

 

Interested in presenting or being a facilitator of an activity?

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Theme information

About the Theme: Our Stories, Our Strengths centers on the idea that students come to 爆料社区 with deep cultural knowledge, lived experiences, and community-rooted skills that are powerful assets鈥攏ot obstacles. Grounded in Tara Yosso鈥檚 Community Cultural Wealth model, this theme invites students, staff, and faculty to explore and uplift the wisdom held in their identities, families, languages, histories, and communities. Through storytelling, reflection, dialogue, and creative expression, this theme creates space to honor the cultural wealth that drives student resilience, belonging, and leadership. It encourages our campus community to see students not through deficit lenses, but through the strengths and brilliance they already carry.

To view a summary of Tara Yosso's Community Cultural Wealth model, .

Assess:

1. How the education system has been historically undermined.
2. How education is a practice of freedom and a practice of social order.
   
3. Critical and relevant curriculum and practices. 
   
4. Education equality and how it's impacted by racism and classism.
   

Explore:

1. Why do we need to be educated and with what curriculum?
2. How to empower students in and outside the classroom. 
   
3. Planning and implementing educational programs built on community engagement, critical thinking, and/or cultural relevancy.
4. The meaning and influence of anti-intellectualism and its consequences.
5. The material impact of social order on teachers and students.

Connect:

1. The link between education/social consciousness, empathy, and liberation.
2. Activism, community building, and education.