University of Redlands
3rd Annual Social Justice Conference
March 21, 2025 9am-5pm Orton Center, University of Redlands
Morning Session I
Health, Environment, & Culture Panel
Faculty Moderator: Samantha Sterba, Economics Room: Grove
Velen Vasquez, Healthcare Access/Undocumented Immigrant
Tala Kurup, Unearthed Stories of an Inherited Health and Hunger
Lane Eppenberger, Environmental Justice
Morning Session II
Institutions & Norms Panel
Faculty Moderator: Everette Davidove Room: Grove
Eli Rousso-Schindler, Public Nudity & Dress Codes
Ruins, Facets 0f Foster Care
Lexi Riffel, Manosphere
Planned Parenthood Generational Action Roundtable
Room: San Bernardino
Chloe Bullock, Sarah Benitez, Poppy Captain, Abigail Johnson
Legacy of Failure A Conversation
on Abuse and Silent Voices in the Redlands Unified School District
Room: Vineyard
Byran Whitehead, Britney Gonzalez, Samar Hyder
Keynote Speaker & Lunch
12:00pm-1:30pm
Imagining Liberatory Futures: Community-Led Research as a Path to Dignified Support for Sex Workers
Kimberly Fuentes MSW
Director of Research and Services at Sex Workers Outreach Project, Los Angeles
Afternoon Session I 1:45pm - 3:00pm
Faculty Moderator: Lillian Larsen, Religious Studies Room: Grove
Sam Negev, Discovering the Jewish Diaspora
Julian Santiago, Faith of the Hill, How Does Religion Contribute to Political Decisions About the Environment?
Catie Whitwood, Redrawing The Map of Religion & Children's Literature
Byran Whitehead, My Apology Letter o a Dead Woman
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Religion & Culture Panel
Understanding the School to Prison Pipeline
Faculty Moderator: Jennifer Tilton, Race and Ethnic Studies Room: San Bernardino
Lara Baden, Empire of Isolation: The Effects of School Suspensions On Our Society
Ben Fitchett, Isabella Anderson, Ella Suazo, Jordan Ford, Julia Maksymiw
Resilience & Protesting Roundtable
Ruins Rackley, Ivy Crane
Afternoon Session II 3:15-4:45pm
A People's History of the I.E. Panel
Faculty Moderator: Jennifer Tilton, Race and Ethnic Studies Room: Grove
Bryan Martinez, Mexican American Businesses or South Colton
Kayla Coria Domingues, Westside Rail History & Environmental Injustice
Armando Chavez, Mexican American Redlands Though My Family's Story
Neriah Winkler, How the Freeway Impacted Westside San Bernardino
Media & Culture Panel
faculty Moderator: Priya Jha, WGS Program Room: San Bernardino
Samar Hyder, Media Representations of Disability, Film and Fashion
Camille Parady, Feminism & Fetishism in Modern Art
Kendall Milo, Xenophobia & Racism in Western Media
Tairah Jackson, A Troupe of Thoughts
Byran Whitehead, Minstrelsy and Professional Wrestling: Racism, Nationalism, and Xenophobia in Hulk Hogan's America
Educational Equity Narrative Roundtable
faculty Moderator: Kathryn Tucker, Race and Ethnic Studies Room: Vineyard
Aya Celine Angeles, Cassandra Diaz, Vanessa Lujano, Hazel Easterday
Reproduction in Politics Panel
Faculty Moderator: Jennifer Nelson, WGS Program Room: San Bernardino
Lilia Alizadeh, Controlling Reproduction Navigating Abortion Access Challenges in the U.S. Through Latin American Strategies
Elena Cardosi, Reexamining The Relationship Between Female Bodies and Reproductive Medicine Culture, Political Movements & Technologies in the U.S. and Regions of Latin America
Lexi Riffel: The Development of Pro-Life Strategies