LEAD Summit 2025 Program
"Telling Our Stories - Our Way, Our Voice:
Latino Representation in the Arts, Media, and Education"
LEAD Summit XIV
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Santos Manuel Student Union – South
California State University, San Bernardino
Program Detail
8:00 AM: Check-In / Live Music / Web Cast Live Interviews
8:45 AM: Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM: Procession / Performance - " Raíces y Resistencia: Storytelling as Legacy and Liberation"
9:15 AM: Welcome Remarks / Bienvenida
9:45 AM: Morning Featured Speaker - “Visions in Color: Artivism, Aesthetics, and Identity”
10:15 AM: Break / Un Cafecito & Vendor / Exhibits Fair
10:30 AM: Panel - “Curriculum Justice: Centering Latino Voices in Education”
11:15 AM: Dr. Tomás Rivera Featured Panel - “La Palabra as Power: Spoken Word, Música, Poetry, Literature, and the Politics of Voice”
12:00 PM: Lunch & Networking - Vendor / Exhibits Fair
12:45 PM: Afternoon Featured Speaker - “The Golden Age of Rock & Roll: Celebrando the Eastside Sound and Beyond”
1:15 PM: Capstone Presentation – “Telling Our Stories - Our Way, Our Voice”
2:00 PM: Concluding Remarks & Acknowledgements / Despedida