You're Skating on Native Land: Affirming Youth of Color in Educational and Community Spaces through Skate Pedagogy

The Dr. Porter Lee Troutman, Jr. Center for Multicultural Education Invites You to Join Us for a Two-Day Event February 28-29, 2024

Wednesday, February 28 | Day 1: Community-Building Workshops, Film Screenings, & Panel Discussion

4:00-4:30 p.m.

Skate Merch Raffles, Community-Building Activities, and Community-Embedded Partners’ Information and Services Sharing

4:30-5:15 p.m.
Formal welcome and academic context setting with Dr. Noah Romero, and local context setting  with Lauren Meza, aka Bash, from Death Drop Roller Skate Shop, and Richie Savage, Haikya Nuwu Skateboards brand/artist

5:15-7:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion featuring Douglas Miles, Sr., Founder of Apache Skateboards and the Apache Skate Team, Dr. Noah Romero, Lauren Meza, aka Bash, from Death Drop Roller Skate Shop, Richie Savage, Haikya Nuwu Skateboards brand/artist, & more!

7:30-8:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Day 1 Accessibility info: 

Language: There will be American Sign Language Interpreters (ASL) for all Day 1 activities.

Food: We will have beverages, pizza, sandwiches, and cookies during Day 1 activities, and beverages and snacks during Day 2 activities. 

Bathrooms: On Day 1, on the second floor of the UNLV Student Union, a gender neutral bathroom is available just down the hall from the event location–coming from the Ballrooms, walk down the long hall, turn the corner (to the right) after passing the men’s and women’s bathrooms; Another gender neutral bathroom is located on the first floor of the UNLV Student Union near the Maryland Parkway entrance to the Student Union directly adjacent to the men’s and women’s bathrooms.

Planning Committee:
Claudia Chiang-Lopez, CSIEME Doctoral Student, UNLV
Douglas Miles, Sr. Apache Skateboards
Dr. Danielle Mireles, Assistant Professor of CSIEME, UNLV
Dr. Norma A. Marrun, Associate Professor of CSIEME, UNLV
Dr. Noah Romero, Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, Hampshire College
Dr. Christine Clark, Professor of CSIEME and Senior Scholar in Multicultural Education, UNLV

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This program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.