Join the Campaign for College Opportunity as we kick off our 20th year with our first-ever summit, celebrating the Campaign’s advocacy, coalition building and voice in creating greater college opportunity for underrepresented, minoritized students. The 2023 Vision and Action For Equity Summit is a free convening featuring 20+ of California’s and the nation’s top higher education leaders, policymakers, legal experts, academics, philanthropic partners, students, and advocates discussing how the state can lead the nation in advancing racial equity in higher education.
Friday, December 8th, 2023
9:30 am – 7:00 pm
South Park Center City View Penthouse
1149 South Hill Street Los Angeles, CA 90015
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Kicking off our 20th Year with Vision & Action for Equity
Welcome
Enjoy breakfast while we start the day off with remarks from President Michele Siqueiros and our philanthropic partners, the College Futures Foundation, on how we can set a vision and create an action plan for advancing racial and ethnic equity in California and nationwide in a post-affirmative action world.
Michele Siqueiros
President
Elizabeth Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Chief Program & Strategy Officer, College Futures Foundation
Opening Plenary
Join the country’s legal experts for a discussion on the impacts of the Supreme Court’s decision on race-conscious college and university admissions and how higher education institutions can continue to ensure a racially/ethnically diverse student body.
Michele Siqueiros
President
Bonnie Kwon, J.D.
Policy Officer, Kellogg Foundation
Thomas Saenz, J.D.
President & Senior Counsel, MALDEF
David Hinojosa, J.D.
Director of the Education Opportunities Project, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Vincent Pan
Co-Executive DirectorChinese for Affirmative Action
Lisa Holder
PresidentEqual Justice Society
RELATED: Overview of the Supreme Court Decision on Race-Conscious Admissions
Morning Plenary
Moderated by Ballmer Group Executive Director Nina Reyvor, education leaders will discuss how we can create strong pathways to college by addressing barriers in affordability and the role of math curriculum and the professional development of teachers in college preparation.
Nina Revoyr
Executive Director, Ballmer Group
Marlene Garcia
Executive Director, California Student Aid Commission
Sameer Gadkaree
President & CEO, The Institute for College Access & Success
Pamela Burdman
Executive Director, Just Equations
Tommy Chang, Ed.D.
CEO, New Teacher Center
RELATED: Greater Equity in Higher Education Through Math Opportunity
Lunch Plenary
Learn how college and university leaders can rethink college admissions for equity by implementing holistic review and reevaluating their practices in recruitment, including demonstrated interest, legacy admissions, and early decision practices.
Max Espinoza
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mamie Voight
President & CEO, Institute for Higher Education Policy
Youlonda Copeland-Morgan
Former Vice Provost, UCLA
Michael Bastedo, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Dean of Research, University of Michigan Marsal Family School of Education
Gary Orfield, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor & Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project at UCLA
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Afternoon Plenary I
Moderated by Cosumnes College President Edward Bush, hear from top community college equity leaders in California about how to redesign placement and transfer pathways for greater student success across racial/ethnic groups.
Jessie Ryan
Executive Vice President
Edward Bush, Ph.D.
President, Cosumnes College
Sonya Christian, Ph.D.
Chancellor, California Community Colleges
Mike Muñoz, Ed.D.
Superintendent-President, Long Beach City College
Kerry Franco
President and Chief Deputy of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation
Afternoon Plenary II
Join the board chairs of the California Community Colleges, University of California, and California State University governing bodies to discuss the highly-anticipated update to our 2018 watershed publication, “Left Out: How Exclusion in California’s Colleges and Universities Hurts Our Values, Our Students and Our Economy,” highlighting the racial/ethnic and gender disparities between California’s students and state higher education leadership and how that hurts student success.
Michele Siqueiros
President
Shaun Harper, Ph.D.
Provost Professor and Executive Director, USC Race and Equity Center
Autumn Alaniz-Wiggins
Student Body President, California State University, Chico
Casey Chang
Student Member, California Community College Board of Governors
Carlos Rodriguez
Student, University of California, Los Angeles
Richard Leib, J.D.
Chair, University of California Board of Regents
Wenda Fong
Chair, California State University Board of Trustees
Amy Costa
President, California Community Colleges Board of Governors
Reception & Awards
Network with other professionals and advocates as we recognize trailblazers that are championing college access and success with an equity-first mindset.
REMARKS
Jacob Fraire
President, ECMC Foundation
Max Espinoza
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
HONORING
Michele Siqueiros
President
Estela Mara Bensimon, Ph.D.
University Professor Emerita & Founder, Center for Urban Education
Marc Berman
Assemblymember, D-23
The Education Trust-West
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