Program At A Glance | LEAD Summit XI

Friday, September 30, 2022

Tentative program schedule: times may be subject to change. Check back for updates.

Continental Breakfast – Distribution of Packets – Optional Course Credit Registration
Live Entertainment (Performance Stage ) - Saludo Artistico featuring MARTIN ESPINO "Sounds of Ancient Mexico"
Live Entertainment (Performance Stage) - Luis Adrián Cruz - Ganador Absoluto de La Voz Mexico 2017

Color Guard Presentation / Pledge of Allegiance
Air Force Junior ROTC, West Covina High School
Jesus Acuña-Perez, Capt. (ret) USAF, Senior Aerospace Science Instructor, West Covina High School
National Anthem - Vicky Tafoya, Lead singer of Vicky Tafoya and the Big Beat, Penrose Records
Himno Nacional Mexicano - Luis Adrián Cruz - Ganador Absoluto de La Voz Mexico 2017
Invocation - Very Rev. Msgr. Gerard M. Lopez, STL, Vicar General, Diocese of San Bernardino

Grand Marshals:

Cynthia Barajas, Brown Berets
Historical Mexican / Mexican American / Chicano
Community of Casa Blanca - Riverside, California
Dr. José Angel Gutiérrez, Professor, Attorney, Activist
and 2019 LEAD Summit Padrino de Honor

Dr. Jolene Koester (video message)
Interim Chancellor, California State University System
Dr. Robert Nava
Vice President for Advancement & Executive Director for CSUSB Philanthropic Foundation, California State University, San Bernardino
Dr. Chinaka S. DomNwachukwu
Dean, James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education, California State University, San Bernardino

Introduction / Moderator - Dr. Judy Rodriguez Watson, Senior Vice President of the J. R. Watson & Associates Development Corp., and 2011 LEAD Summit Madrina de Honor
Featured Speaker: Cheech Marin, Actor, Director, Comedian, Author, and Chicano Art Collector

Presentation made possible by the President's DEI Board which strives to host events and speakers that inspire campus dialogue and support the DEI Strategic Plan - https://www.csusb.edu/diversity-equity-inclusion/events

Live Entertainment (Performance Stage) - Luis Adrián Cruz - Ganador Absoluto de La Voz Mexico 2017
Coffee Provided

Introduction / Moderator - Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, Co-Founder of Chicano and Latino Studies at California State University-Long Beach, and President of the California-Mexico Studies Center
Dr. Silas Abrego, Member, Board of Trustees (2015-2021), The California State University
Luis C. Garza, La Raza Magazine Photographer and Curator of Autry Museum “La Raza” Exhibition

Introduction / Moderator - Alberto Juárez, Adjunct Professor, Political Science & Chicano Studies, Pasadena City College & LA Mission College
Paula Crisostomo, Retired Educator, and 1968 Lincoln High School Student
Rachael Ochoa Cervera, Retired Educator, and 1968 LA City College Student, Roosevelt High School Grad (Go Rough Riders)
Victoria Castro, Retired LAUSD Teacher, Principal and School Board Member, and 1968 Cal State LA Student

Live Entertainment (Events Center Stage) - Saludo Artistico featuring Vicky Tafoya and the Big Beat
Lunch Provided (Events Center - Rear)

Introduction / Moderator - Dr. Margarita Machado-Casas, Professor & Chair, Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education, San Diego State University, and Director of Transnational Educational Exchange and Intercultural Relations for LEAD Global Network
Dr. Barbara Flores, Professor Emerita, Department of Teacher Education & Foundations, College of Education, California State University-San Bernardino
Dr. Alberto M. Ochoa, Professor Emeritus, Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education, San Diego State University
Dr. Ellen Riojas Clark, Professor Emerita, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, College of Education and Human Development, 2015 LEAD Summit Madrina de Honor

Introduction / Moderator - Rev. Richard Estrada, Justice Now Minister at The Historic Church of the Epiphany, and Former Associate Pastor of Our Lady Queen of Angels “La Placita” Church
Featured Speaker: Rosalío Urias Muñoz, Chicano Journalist and Activist

Live Entertainment (Performance Stage) - Luis Adrián Cruz - Ganador Absoluto de La Voz Mexico 2017
LEAD Cake and Coffee Provided

Introduction / Moderator - Prof. Armando Vazquez-Ramos, Co-Founder of Chicano and Latino Studies at California State University-Long Beach, and President of the California-Mexico Studies Center
Dr. Rita M. Cepeda - Chancellor Emeritus San Jose/Evergreen Community College District
Dr. José B. Cuéllar (Dr. Loco), Musician, Anthropologist and, Professor Emeritus of Latino Studies. San Francisco State University
Esther Alonso Gómez, doctoral candidate - National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Binational Academic Liaison and Dreamers Study Abroad Program research team - California-Mexico Studies Center
Isabel Medina Ruiz, doctoral candidate - National Autonomous University of Mexico, and Binational Academic Projects Coordinator and Dreamers Study Abroad Program research team - California-Mexico Studies Center

* Sessions schedule subject to change. Please check back to see the most up to date schedule of events.