Ethnic Studies
5th Annual Ethnic Studies Summit 2026
This Year's Theme—Linguistic Justice: Acts of Cultural Resistance
Keynote Speaker Genny Lim
Genny Lim is San Francisco's poet laureate. She is also a playwright, performer, and educator who is the author of three poetry collections and the award-winning play Paper Angels, about Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island. Lim is also the co-author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, 2nd edition. On May 4, 2019, she participated in a live performance of Cover the Walls, for the Bay Area Book Festival. Cover the Walls is an original work from composer Ursula Kwong-Brown that was inspired by the poems of Angel Island’s detention barracks.
Join Us March 4 • 11 a.m.–3 p.m. • Room 5015
- Noon Refreshments and Cultural Performance
- 1 p.m. Opening poetry by Foothill Poet Laureate, Marvin Hernandez Flores
2–3 p.m. Community Workshops
Our annual event is meant to introduce and promote Ethnic Studies to our students so that they may walk away with a better understanding of how to apply Ethnic Studies to their education, apply it to their lives, and ultimately to take an Ethnic Studies course.
For more information, please contact Ulysses Acevedo at acevedoulysses@fhda.edu.
