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Proposal Submission
đź“Ł Call for Proposals: CDOR 2025
27th Annual Campus & Community Dialogue on Race
Theme: dis/connecting to reconnect – everyday rest, refusal, resistances
📅 October 20–24, 2025
đź•› Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, September 18 at 12:00 PM
đź”— Submit Your Proposal Here
A Community & University Collaboration
The Campus & Community Dialogue on Race (CDOR) is a unique space that brings together students, staff, faculty, and community members for a week of learning, connection, and action. This is more than a university event–it’s a shared dialogue between the campus and the wider community, grounded in racial justice, healing, and collective liberation.
We invite you to be part of it–not just by attending, but by contributing your voice, your story, and your ideas.
Who Can Submit?
Everyone is welcome.
Whether you’re a student sharing lived experience, a local organizer, a faculty researcher, a youth activist, or a community elder–your insight belongs here. We especially encourage first-time presenters and underrepresented voices.
Possible Topics (not limited to):
- Race, racism & cultural wealth
- Intersectionality, queer and trans liberation
- Immigrant justice, DACA, and refugee stories
- Health equity, mental health, and wellness
- Community organizing, coalition building, and abolition
- Restorative and transformative justice
- Anti-fascism and radical democracy
- Disability justice and neurodiversity
- Food sovereignty, housing insecurity, and reparations
- Media justice and challenging disinformation
- Creative resistance: art, poetry, music, storytelling
- Self-care, joy, and sustainable activist
Possible Formats:
- Workshops – Skill-building, healing, or exploratory
- Panels & Roundtables – Cross-sector and intergenerational dialogues
- Speakers & Lectures – Academic or community expertise
- Performances – Spoken word, theater, music, movement
- Art Installations or Film – Creative storytelling as resistance
- Story Circles / Counter-Storytelling – Lived experience shared with intention
- Movement or Healing Spaces – Somatics, dance, mindfulness, rest
Let your proposal reflect your unique approach, experience, or vision.
Support is Available
Need help developing your idea? We’re here to support you.
We will host a Proposal Workshop (date TBA) to guide participants through the process, answer questions, and foster collaboration.
For questions or accessibility needs, contact:
📧 CDOR – cdor@humboldt.edu
📧 Frank Herrera – fjh1@humboldt.edu
Submit Your Proposal by Wednesday, September 18 at 12:00 PM
This is our shared space. Let’s shape it together.
Bring your community. Bring your curiosity. Bring your vision.
Potential workshop ideas for generating topics (but are not limited to):
Race, racism and racial justice / Cultural Wealth / Intersectionality / Politics of health care / Reproductive justice / Coalition building across differences / Community organizing and activism / Intersectional feminism / Citizenship, border walls, xenophobia, and immigration justice / DACA and AB 540 / Refugees / Sanctuary movement / Deconstructing dehumanization, disposability, and othering / Poetry and art as resistance / Queer resistance / Ethnic studies in K-12 / Critical race theory / Fascism and anti-fascist movements / Radical democracy, voting rights, countering voter suppression / Active anti-racism and whiteness -- addressing white fragility, white rage, white privilege /Housing insecurity / Community accountability /Prison industrial complex / Restorative justice, transformative justice, abolition / Decolonization / Food sovereignty / Body positivity and body justice / Liberation theology / Alternative media / Independent media and challenging disinformation / Economic justice / Reparations / Accessibility and disability justice / Neurodiversity / Mental health / Self care, wellness, and sustainable activism