This is the week! Evergreen will hold its annual Equity Symposium on Wednesday, April 15.  Each year, the Equity Symposium creates space for our community to come together toward the common goal of growing our knowledge and skills in the areas of equity, social justice, and liberation. This year, the theme is Fires Rising: Igniting Resilient Movements.  

Join us as we rise together to learn from the fires of the past and tend to the flames that ignite and sustain us.  

  

Event Schedule 

  

Wednesday, April 15 

  • 10:00am-12:00pm in The House of Welcome: Opening Plenary with Mapuche Educator Silvia Calfuqueo Lefio and documentary filmmaker Kelly Baur  

  • 12:00pm-1:00pm Community lunch in the House of Welcome catered by Coalescence Event Services featuring locally sourced ingredients prepared by Chef Lela 

  • 1:00pm-5:00pm in Purce Hall: Student, staff, and faculty-led Concurrent Workshop Sessions.  Learn more about workshops here: 2026 Equity Symposium 

  • 7:00pm-9:00pm* Keynote with Community Organizer, Author, and Co-Founder of United We Dream Cristina Moreta Jimenez    

*Symposium keynote is free and open to the public, RSVP HERE. 

 

NEW THIS YEAR! 

Thursday, April 16 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. is Community Reflection Day 

Debrief your Symposium experience and generate ideas for carrying the learning forward! 

ACCESSIBILITY 

The Equity Symposium Planning Team strives to center the needs of our diverse community by hosting inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have accessibility needs, please contact us at socialjusticecenter@evergreen.edu.  

  

We look forward to sharing this day of learning and being in community with you!  

  

The Equity Symposium Planning Team