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Green & Gold Speaker Archive

The Green and Gold Speaker Series features scholars, artists, writers, and thought leaders whose work resonates with a number of communities across the campus.

We invite you to explore our archive of past featured speakers to learn more about various topics aligned with diversity, social justice, equity, and becoming a more inclusive campus.

Environmental Justice

mustafa-santiago-ali_600x300.jpgDr. Mustafa Santiago Ali is a renowned thought leader, international speaker, policy maker, community liaison, trainer, and facilitator. Ali uses a holistic approach to revitalizing vulnerable communities and has worked with more than 500 domestic and international communities to secure environmental, health, and economic justice.

Reparatory Justice

February 6, 2023

weber.jpegShirley N. Weber is California’s first Black Secretary of State and only the fifth African American to serve as a state constitutional officer in California’s 170-year history. In 2020, as a member of the California State Assembly, Weber authored AB 3121, which established a nine-person Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, with a Special Consideration for African Americans Who are Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States.

Tribal Justice

November 15, 2022

abby-abinanti.jpgChief Judge Abby Abinanti is an enrolled member of the Yurok tribe and first CaliforniaTribal woman to be admitted to the California bar. Since 2007, she has served as Chief Judge of the Yurok Tribal Court where she has been instrumental in developing the Yurok Children's Code, the Yurok Family Code, and the Judicial Ordinances.

victorio-shaw.png Chief Judge Victorio Shaw is an Indian Child Welfare Act specialist who also works for the protection of Indian children at the Indian Child and Family Preservation Program. He is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and is a descendant of Karuk, Yurok and Apache Mescalero people. As the longest tenured member on the Board of Trustees of California Indian Legal Services (C.I.L.S.), he has helped many families create and preserve healthy family structures.

Disability Justice

September 12, 2022

habengirma_headshotamll.pngHaben Girma returned to Sac State as the first featured speaker for the 2022-23 Green & Gold series. As the first Deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School, Girma advocates for equal opportunities for people with disabilities in higher education and beyond. Haben has received global accolades and many honors such as White House Champion of Change, the Helen Keller Achievement Award, and the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for her disability justice work. Her best-selling book, Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, was the 2022 -23 One Book

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Zaylore Stout

April 11, 2022

Employment attorney focusing on sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, and author of Our Gay History in 50 States. zaylore-stout.jpg

Zach Norris

October 19, 2021

Zach Norris

Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Human Rights Activist, Criminal Justice and Community Empowerment Advocate, and author of Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment.

Haben Girma

Matika Wilbur

February 25, 2020

Disability rights advocate, first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law, and author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard.

No recording available

Matika Wilbur

Matika Wilbur

November 5, 2019

Creator of Project 562, a multi-year national photography project to document 562 federally recognized tribes in the United States.

Dr. Nazia Kazi

Nazia Kazi

September 17, 2019

Assistant Professor and author of Islamaphobia, Race, and Global Politics.

Dr. Bettina Love

February 18, 2019

Bettina Love

Associate Professor, Hip Hop scholar and author of We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom 

Zahira Kelly

Zahira Kelly

2018 Event was cancelled due to air-quality related campus closure.

Social media influencer and commentator on AfroLatinx identity and Anti-Blackness in Latinx communities.

Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza

September 18, 2018

Co-founder of Back Lives Matter

Gabby Rivera

Gabby Rivera

April 19, 2018

Author of YA novel Juliet Takes a Breath and writer for MARVEL's America series featuring their first queer Latina superhero.

No recording available

Dr. A.D. Carson

A.D. Carson

February 12, 2018

Assistant Professor of Hip Hop and the Global South at University of Virginia in Charlotesville - submitted a 34-track rap album as his dissertation.

No recording available

Dr. Miguel Gallardo

Miguel Gallardo

September 22, 2017

Psychologist, Professor, and author of Developing Cultural Humility: Embracing Race, Privilege, and Power

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