2025 CCPA Fall Institute:

Rooted in Resilience: Education, Healing, and Community in Times of Change

San Diego State University

Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union (Map Link)

October 18, 2025

Official Schedule (Last Updated: October 14, 2025)

 

 

8:15 – 9:00 am

Check-In And Networking

Entry Courtyard

9:00 – 9:20 am

Welcome and Acknowledgements

Montezuma Hall

9:20 – 9:50 am

Keynote Speaker: Dr. LaWana Richmond

Montezuma Hall

10:00 – 10:50 am:

Presentation Block 1

Mata’yuum

Aztlan

Metzli

Union Templo Mayor

Theater

Mattering & AANHPI Students 

No Longer A New Professional

Integrated Student Success: Centering Voice as Resistance, Healing, and Institutional 

Hmong women navigating college through resistance 

Exploring Intrinsic and Extrinsic Barriers to Exercise Among Sedentary Older Adults with Mild-to-Moderate Depression

11:00 am – 11:50 am:

Presentation Block 2

Mata’yuum

Aztlan

Metzli

Union Templo Mayor

Theater

If You Want To Soar, Serve: The Case for Leveraging Volunteering for Professional Development

CALIFORNIA CHAT:

Student Parents Speak: Preliminary Findings from a Qualitative Study

Connecting to Ancestral Wisdom and Resilient Roots: Creating Healing, Nurturing and Resilient Spaces for Community and Connection

Bridging the Personal + Academic Support Gap: Finding Community in Your Institution

11:50 – 12:50 pm

Lunch

Montezuma Hall

Available Dining Locations:

South Campus Plaza
Everbowl
Eureka Burger
Wings N Things
Sushi One Half
Which Which
Broken Yolk Cafe
Carbonaros

Charles Bell Pavilion
Aztec Market
Subway

Prebys Student Union
Aztec Market
The Habit
Oggi’s Pizza
Primo’s

12:50 – 1:00 pm

Recognition of Award Recipients

Montezuma Hall

1:00 – 1:35 pm

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Aja Holmes

Montezuma Hall

1:45 – 2:35 pm:

Presentation Block 3

Mata’yuum

Aztlan

Metzli

Union Templo Mayor

Theater

Increasing Belonging: Place-Based Learning 

Living on Campus & Thriving: What It Takes To Be Resilient in Res Life

Students Using Spirituality as Form of Resistance

A.L.I.G.N. – Caring for Our Bodies in Academia: A Somatic Framework for Resilience and Resistance 

Places of Joy in the Middle of Darkness: the work of Deans of Students in 2025 

2:45 – 3:35 pm:

Presentation Block 4

Mata’yuum

Aztlan

Metzli

Union Templo Mayor

Theater

Pained Community and Identity: Designing Virtual Workshops for Chronic Pain and Illness 

Equity Embedded: How California Law Supports Systemwide Inclusion in Higher Education

Developmentally Focused Evaluations

You Already Know: Resilience as Energy Conservation

Our Policies Aren’t Being Followed: Providing Viable Solutions for Student Needs

3:45 – 4:50 pm

The Resilience Roundtable

Montezuma Hall

4:50 – 5:00 pm

Closing

Montezuma Hall