Projects and Events

College-Wide Project Leaders

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling woman with short locs wearing a mustard-yellow blouse and large patterned earrings, standing in front of a dark wood-paneled background.

Tiffany Caesar
Chair, 55th Anniversary Commemoration Chair
Assistant Professor, Africana Studies
Email: tiffanycaesar@sfsu.edu

 

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a person with long locs wearing glasses, a white top, and a large statement necklace, standing outdoors with greenery in the background.

Crystal Edwards
Studio 68 Director
Africana Studies, Assistant Professor
Email: cledwards@sfsu.edu

 

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man wearing a suit jacket, white shirt, and patterned bow tie, looking at the camera against a plain light background.

Abul Pitre
All-College Assessment Coordinator
Chair, Africana Studies
Email: apitre@sfsu.edu

55th Anniversary of the 1968 Student Strike

The College of Ethnic Studies commemorated the 55th anniversary of the historic 1968–69 Third World Liberation Front student strike through special events, educational programming, exhibits, and community storytelling that honor the movement’s enduring legacy.

Explore the 55th Anniversary Celebration

The 1968 SFSU Student Strike Oral History Archive

The Voices of Truth to Power Student Oral Histories archive preserves the firsthand stories of participants in the historic 1968–69 San Francisco State College student strike that led to the creation of the nation’s first College of Ethnic Studies. Through interviews, transcripts, and multimedia storytelling, the collection highlights the power of cross-racial solidarity, activism, and student-led social change.

Explore the Student Oral Histories Archive

Race, Empowerment and Justice Project

The Race, Empowerment, and Justice (REJ) Project at SFSU supports faculty development in the College of Ethnic Studies in teaching, research, and creative projects.  Within the College of Ethnic Studies, the Race, Empowerment, and Justice (REJ) Project supports faculty, units, departments and the college with projects that are extramurally funded.

Learn more about this initiative