When most people think about human trafficking, the first thing they think is that it doesn’t happen in our community. Not in Santa Rosa. Not in Rohnert Park. The reality is that it happens closer to home than you think. Data indicates that Sonoma County law enforcement agencies have investigated human trafficking cases in Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Cotati and Windsor, and that more than 200 cases have been filed by the local District Attorney’s office since 2011. 

In this presentation, human trafficking survivors, SSU Alum Elizabeth, and Lisa, along with members of the Sonoma County Trafficking Task Force, will be bringing awareness of trafficking in Sonoma County, the effects of human trafficking, and sharing their stories of hope and survival. Contact mo.phillips@sonoma.edu for questions.

Please join us for the SSU Center for Ethics, Law, and Society lecture series for a presentation of awards.

AAPI Student Support Group is devoted to Asian American And Pacific Islander Culture, identity, social life, academic, and professional development. It serves to strengthen friendships and build a system of support within and beyond the campus community. Join us last Wednesday of every month at 4:00 P.M. in The HUB Cultural Center. For more information Shelly, gomezs@sonoma.edu.

Join professors Professors Kim Hester-Williams (English and American Multicultural Studies), Theresa Burruel Stone (English), Don Romesburg (Women and Gender Studies), and Anthony Rizzuto (English)as they discuss “Whiteness” All students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend this lecture. This year’s common book is So you want to talk about race? All first-year students can pick-up a FREE copy of the book from the HUB Cultural Center.

Jocelyn Lehrer, ScD is Founder/Director of the Men’s Story Project and affiliated Senior Research Associate at the University of California-San Francisco Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Her research on masculinities, sexual assault, dating violence, sexual health, and mental health has been published in leading journals including Men & Masculinities, Pediatrics, Archives of Sexual Behavior and Journal of Adolescent Health. Her applied work includes serving as a consultant with MTV/VH1, UN Women, and the Stanford University Global Center for Gender Equality; serving as Senior Gender Advisor at the USAID Office of HIV/AIDS, leading program evaluation projects with HIV/GBV organizations in East Africa, and facilitating social support groups for women and LGBTQ+ youth who are living with HIV/AIDS. Jocelyn has been certified as a rape crisis counselor and given many trainings sponsored by groups such as the U.S. Dept. of Justice Office of Violence Against Women. Her awards include the UCSF Chancellor’s Award for Public Service, and her work has been highlighted on CNN, ABC, Fox, and other media. Jocelyn holds a doctoral degree from the Harvard School of Public Health (2004) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. She is Chilean-American and a native Spanish speaker. For more information and the ZOOM LINK, email mullera@sonoma.edu.

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berkeley College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

Join us as we show the film, CODA, and afterward, hear from a member of our Seawolf Community, as she shares her experiences living with a deaf parent. Free Pizza and beverages as we watch the movie. For more questions, contact mo.phillips@sonoma.edu.

Please join us for the SSU Center for Ethics, Law, and Society lecture series for a presentation by Anthony Wright (Sonoma State University).

Please join us for the SSU Center for Ethics, Law, and Society lecture series for a presentation by Will Fleisher (Georgetown).

Black and Brown in Blue is a lecture series aiming to build a bridge between the community and law enforcement for a more inclusive community environment. The program was designed to encourage open and honest dialogue in order to reduce barriers and misperceptions.

Assistant Sheriff Tanzanika Carter brings extensive leadership and diverse work experience to the Sheriff's Office as a 24-year-law enforcement veteran. She recently served as BART's commander for the Contra Costa area. She has trained and served in multiple assignments including as Field Training Officer, Detective, Hostage Negotiator, Chaplain Coordinator, Watch Commander and Zone Commander.

For more information about the Black & Brown in Blue Series, contact mo.phillips@sonoma.edu.

Alexandria Brown is a queer Black librarian, local historian, writer, and author of two books on the history Napa County, California’s marginalized communities. They have a BA with honors in Anthropology and Sociology, a Master’s of Library and Information Science, and a Master’s in US History. They are an Ignite award winning and Hugo award nominated writer and critic who covers speculative fiction and young adult literature for Tor.com, Locus Magazine, NPR Books, and elsewhere. They also write on topics such as queerness, Black history, librarianship, and pop culture. For more information and Zoom Link, email mullera@sonoma.edu.

Black Girl Rise is a workshop space for Black girls and women that focuses on what it means to each individual to be a Black girl, the struggles and challenges as well as the beauty and power of being a Black girl, and how to express these feelings and emotions through spoken word. Based on Porsche’s poem “Black Girl”, this workshop will explore the complexity of Blackness and girl/womanhood and give attendees a safe space to express their emotions through art while building a community of sisters.

For more information please contact Shelly, gomezs@sonoma.edu

Facilitated by Porsche Vue, The Poetic Activist.

Join professor Lauren Morimoto (Chair of Kinesiology) as she shares her perspective on this year’s Common Question, what is race? All students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend this lecture. This year’s common book is So you want to talk about race? All first-year students can pick-up a FREE copy of the book from the HUB Cultural Center.

Please join us for the SSU Cener for Ethics, Law, and Society lecture series for a presentation by Cynthia Boaz (Sonoma State University).

Blair Hopkins is a New Orleans based photojournalist and lifelong adult industry professional. As the Deputy Director of SWOP Behind Bars, she hosts and produces the podcast, All In A Day's (Sex) Work, and published a book of the same name. For more information, email mullera@sonoma.edu

Email Amber Muller at mullera@sonoma.edu for zoom link

The HUB Cultural Center
Led by HUB student interns, Trans & Gender Questioning group is a space for trans and gender questioning students to find support and community, learn information about trans- specific and affirming resources, and share experiences about gender. This group reoccurs every Friday. The first two weeks will be held via Zoom.

The HUB Cultural Center
Led by HUB student interns, Trans & Gender Questioning group is a space for trans and gender questioning students to find support and community, learn information about trans- specific and affirming resources, and share experiences about gender. This group reoccurs every Friday. The first two weeks will be held via Zoom.

The HUB Cultural Center
Led by HUB student interns, Trans & Gender Questioning group is a space for trans and gender questioning students to find support and community, learn information about trans- specific and affirming resources, and share experiences about gender. This group reoccurs every Friday. The first two weeks will be held via Zoom.

The HUB Cultural Center

Umoja Queens is SSU's mentorship group for students that identify as Black womxn within the Pan African Diaspora, to connect with staff/faculty that also identify as Black womxn. Since its inception in 2018, Umoja Queens has collaborated with the HUB to become an official SSU program in The HUB Cultural Center. For more information please email Jennifer Edens, edens@sonoma.edu and/or Erika Black, blacker@sonoma.edu

Email the alliance@sonoma.edu one week prior to each lecture to obtain the Zoom link and attendance instructions.

Featured Speaker: Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana, Rwandan Ambassador to the United

States; Liliane Pari Umuhoza, Tutsi Genocide Survivor and founder, Women’s

Genocide Survivors Retreat; and Ndahiro Bazimya, Tutsi Genocide Descendant

Join us for the 39th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series, “Persecution as a Political Weapon: Genocide Through the Ages” This lecture series has brought many outstanding Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators and rescuers, as well as leading scholars in the field to SSU. Perhaps the most powerful aspect of this series is the personal eyewitness accounts of Holocaust survivors and more recently survivors of the Rwandan, Cambodian, and Bosnian genocides. Our audience is challenged to face the difficult reality of man’s brutality and inhumanity, and to reflect on the common and varied causes of genocide. We also bear witness to the astounding human capacity for resilience. Students are encouraged to consider issues of individual accountability and what each of us can do to prevent genocide.

The HUB Cultural Center
Led by HUB student interns, Trans & Gender Questioning group is a space for trans and gender questioning students to find support and community, learn information about trans- specific and affirming resources, and share experiences about gender. This group reoccurs every Friday. The first two weeks will be held via Zoom.

The HUB Cultural Center 

The Women of Color Collective (WOCC) is a weekly community building and discussion space co-facilitated by WOC faculty from CAPS and staff from the HUB. Share and be inspired by our collective stories as WOC SSU students. Connect, support, empower and share resources and kinship as we navigate the joys and challenges of our beautiful, intersectional experiences. This group is for all Cis and Trans women, as well as non-binary SSU students who are comfortable in a space that centers on the experiences of women. We invite you to join us for lunchtime discussions every Wednesday from 12-1 in The HUB Cultural Center. You are always welcome here. Please email Isa Avilar-Saiter, avilai@sonoma.eduor Shelly, gomezs@sonoma.edu, for more information.

Email the alliance@sonoma.edu one week prior to each lecture to obtain the Zoom link and attendance instructions.

Featured Speaker: Ellen Kennedy, Ph.D., World Without Genocide

Join us for the 39th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series, “Persecution as a Political Weapon: Genocide Through the Ages” This lecture series has brought many outstanding Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators and rescuers, as well as leading scholars in the field to SSU. Perhaps the most powerful aspect of this series is the personal eyewitness accounts of Holocaust survivors and more recently survivors of the Rwandan, Cambodian, and Bosnian genocides. Our audience is challenged to face the difficult reality of man’s brutality and inhumanity, and to reflect on the common and varied causes of genocide. We also bear witness to the astounding human capacity for resilience. Students are encouraged to consider issues of individual accountability and what each of us can do to prevent genocide.

The HUB Cultural Center

Join us for a brief history of Japanese American heritage focusing on personal stories. This is an opportunity for those who identify with being Japanese American to share stories and connect with others. While this event is focusing on Japanese American Heritage, people with all backgrounds are welcome to come share their stories as well! If you have something that reminds you of your culture or home feel free to bring it with you as well as your stories.

Salazar 2016

What some deem "the end times" have been the "all-the time" times for LGBTQ people in the U.S. Bañales (AKA Missy Fuego) will serve as your tour guide through 90s San Francisco, sharing reflections and insights into embracing the identity of the queer radical in the United States, Bañales was a 2016 Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Best LGBT Debut Fiction for her novel Life Is Wonderful, People Are Terrific. For more information, contact WGS Professor Don Romesburg at don.romesburg@sonoma.edu

The HUB Cultural Center
Led by HUB student interns, Trans & Gender Questioning group is a space for trans and gender questioning students to find support and community, learn information about trans- specific and affirming resources, and share experiences about gender. This group reoccurs every Friday. The first two weeks will be held via Zoom.

The Student Center Ballroom A

As part of Disability Awareness Month, come discover how addressing sex and disability improves sex for all of us, regardless of disability status. Nationally recognized Disability Rights advocate, Gary Karp, will give a talk about disability, intimacy and relationships. Whether you identify as a person with a disability, love someone who does, or just want to talk about sex, this workshop is for you. For more information visit The HUB website or contact Lauren Stewart at stewartla@sonoma.edu

The HUB Cultural Center

Umoja Queens is SSU's mentorship group for students that identify as Black womxn within the Pan African Diaspora, to connect with staff/faculty that also identify as Black womxn. Since its inception in 2018, Umoja Queens has collaborated with the HUB to become an official SSU program in The HUB Cultural Center. For more information please email Jennifer Edens, edens@sonoma.edu and/or Erika Black, blacker@sonoma.edu

Email the alliance@sonoma.edu one week prior to each lecture to obtain the Zoom link and attendance instructions.

Featured Speaker: Irfan Mirza, Activist and Chair, Bosnian American Institute

Join us for the 39th Annual Sonoma State University Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series, “Persecution as a Political Weapon: Genocide Through the Ages” This lecture series has brought many outstanding Holocaust and genocide survivors, liberators and rescuers, as well as leading scholars in the field to SSU. Perhaps the most powerful aspect of this series is the personal eyewitness accounts of Holocaust survivors and more recently survivors of the Rwandan, Cambodian, and Bosnian genocides. Our audience is challenged to face the difficult reality of man’s brutality and inhumanity, and to reflect on the common and varied causes of genocide. We also bear witness to the astounding human capacity for resilience. Students are encouraged to consider issues of individual accountability and what each of us can do to prevent genocide.

Salazar 2016

Herrera, a Mexican writer, activist and filmmaker, will explore what it means to be a queer artist on social media. Taking lessons from the past to navigate the double-standards of censorship, he discusses how he embraces the worst parts of these platforms to deliver queer messaging to a wider audience than ever before. For more information, contact WGS Professor Don Romesburg at don.romesburg@sonoma.edu.

The HUB Cultural Center
Led by HUB student interns, Trans & Gender Questioning group is a space for trans and gender questioning students to find support and community, learn information about trans- specific and affirming resources, and share experiences about gender. This group reoccurs every Friday. The first two weeks will be held via Zoom.