A Space for Us: BIPOC GTEP Elementary Affinity Group
Andreina Velasco, Asha Purohit, and Aitana Sandino
The BIPOC GTEP Affinity Group provides future Black and Brown educators with a space to connect, reflect, learn, heal, and act. We center our identities, lived experiences, needs, and struggles as BIPOC educators and work to build a sense of belonging, collective resilience, and transformational power.
Educating Young, Underrepresented Students About AI, Robotics, Wireless Communication, and the Intersection of Them
Dr. Banafsheh Rekabdar, Viking Robotics Society
We plan to help young, underrepresented high school students connect ideas of how STEM training in artificial intelligence, robotics, and wireless communication can help solve problems directly related to their communities. This will help increase the number of underrepresented students pursuing STEM degrees.
PIAAA Studies Initiative Field Trip: Social Sustainability Month
Yoorim Steinbach, Cultural Sustainability Volunteer Team
The Cultural Sustainability Volunteer Team will host a trip for PSU’s Pacific Islander, Asian, and Asian American (PIAAA) students. We’ll visit a Portland-based PIAAA center, cultural site, or museum to meaningfully collaborate and connect with local PIAAA community and leaders.
Exploring Barriers Post-pandemic Affecting PI Student Success, Academic Retention, and Extracurricular Recruitment
Motu Sipelii, PSU Pacific Islanders Club
This exploratory project will look into exploring barriers via an anonymous survey impacting academic retention, student success, and participation in extracurricular activities post pandemic affecting Pacific Islander students attending Portland State University.
Native American Student & Community Center Podcast, in partnership with KPSU
Carter Silago, KPSU
Hire students at Native American Student & Community Center to host produce a series podcasts related to the NASCC’s work and community utilizing existing KPSU resources to be aired and distributed on campus and online.
Mi Identidad en Color: Using Art to Tell the Stories of Latiné/x Students at PSU
Martín Alberto Gonzalez, Delicia Arellano
This project will provide Latiné/x students at Portland State University (PSU) an opportunity to express and document their experiences via art pieces that illustrate the various ways their identities have been affirmed and/or marginalized on campus.
Emotional Support Group for PSUs Students of Color
Nadine Sterling, T. Gedi
Students in PSU's STEM disciplines need a community where they are supported and given opportunities to hear from other students and professionals on how to deal with oppression in the STEM field.
Book Publishing Students Create Resources to Guide Ooligan Press in Publishing Books By and About Indigenous Peoples
Karina Agbisit, Ooligan Press
The book team producing Ooligan Press's Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley will produce resources for students publishing books by/about Indigenous peoples after visiting the Museum of the Oregon Territory and the Chachalu Center in Grande Ronde.
Development of a Year-Round Seminar Series on Equity
Amy Ly, Belonging, Dignity, and Justice Committee
A year-round, 1 credit seminar will be offered for all Master’s of Urban Planning Students to further their knowledge on equity and use these skills in their professional careers.
Engaging BIPOC Students in Creation of SSW Equity Office
Gita Mehrotra, Gabriela Sanoyo Guttierez
We are requesting funds to engage BIPOC students around their needs for a DEI office/position within the School of Social Work. Information will be gathered through a focus group and interviews with diverse BIPOC students across SSW academic programs.
Queer Students of Color Conference 2023
PSU Queer Resource Center, Joaquín Lopez, Hazel Zaman, Pesa Fritts, Madison Montgomery, Ruth Lee, Yoselin Aguirre
We created and began hosting QSOCC in 2011 as a free multi day conference that centers the work and experiences of Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color. Workshops, keynotes speakers, caucus spaces, community meals, and more, make this event special, and the students and community attendees make it great.
Rethinking Democracy: ReClaim and ReBuild
Joylyn Mutare
Starting 2018, Pro Joy Mutare has partnered with colleagues on campus, community members, and students to explore and analyze topics such as the ways history has shaped people's identity and how these identities determine people's everyday realities and outcomes.
Native Well Being through Art Therapy and Artistic Expression
Shani R. Johnson, Indigenous First Steps Cohort
The purpose of this project is to procure art supplies to be used for PSU’s Indigenous First Steps Native Wellbeing class being taught this spring to engage in Native Art Therapy exercises and to create artwork based on Native artists.
The Feminist of Color Spring Awards Ceremony
Cory Lira, The Feminist of Color Community Project
The Feminist of Color Spring Award Ceremony honors the achievements, lived experiences, and resiliency of students, faculty, and staff of color at Portland State University.