Students of Color Conference History

1990 - Present

• April 19-21, 1990: ​​​​You’ve Got the Power.Yakima

• April 11-13, 1991: Lifting As We Climb.Everett

• April 9-11, 1992: Future Shock Revisited: Strategies for Change

• April 15-17, 1993: Standing on Common Ground.Vancouver

• April 14-16, 1994: And Still I Rise. Spokane

• April 13-15, 1995: Emerging Voices. Seattle

• March 21-26, 1996: Rising Above It All. SeaTac

• April 9-12, 1997: Educate, Organize, Activate.Yakima

• April 30- May 1, 1998: Faces of Leadership.Fife

• 1999: Conference cancelled

• April 27-29, 2000: Honoring Our Past and Shaping Our Future. Kelso

• April 11-13, 2001: Quest for Change. Yakima

• April 11-13, 2002: Leadership for Change. Olympia

• April 24-26, 2003: Building Foundations for Change. Yakima

• May 6-8, 2004: I, You, We: Strengthening our Communities. SeaTac

• May 5-7, 2005: Keepin’ It Real and Givin’ It Back. Yakima

• April 20-22, 2006: Faces of Diversity: From College to Community. SeaTac

• April 12-14, 2007: Diversity in Action: Openin’Minds, Makin’ Changes! Yakima

• April 2008: Color Outside the Lines. Cancelled

• April 16-18, 2009: Uniting Colors, Shaping the Future! Yakima

• April 22-24, 2010: Generation of Change: We are the Future! Yakima

• April 14-16, 2011: Stand Up, Speak Out, Education is Liberation! Yakima

• April 19-21, 2012:Forever Strong! Honoring Our Past, Empowering Our Future! Yakima

• April 11-13, 2013: Awakening Your Inner Scholar: Legacy, Resilience, Action! Yakima

• April 17-19 2014: I AM: Living Social Justice Through Creative Resistance. Yakima

• April 23-25, 2015: #25yearsofpeoplepower. Yakima

• April 21-23, 2016: This Is Our Time, Truth Redefined. Yakima

• April 6-8, 2017: Cultivate Our Truth with Unity and Resilience. Yakima

• April 12-14, 2018: Radical Love: Activism Ignited. Yakima

• April 18-20, 2019: WE ARE: Empowered by our Past Forging our Future. Yakima

• April 23-25, 2020: Calling all Changemakers: 30 Years of Unapologetic Activism (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

• April 15-16, 2021: Hear Our Voices: Resilience Empowered Change (Virtual)

• April 21 -22, 2022:"CANCEL MISINFORMATION: REGAIN TRUTH"( Virtual)

• 2023: Conference cancelled

• April 18-20, 2024: Joyful Reunion: Celebrating Ourselves, Transforming Our Communities. Auburn

• April 3-5, 2025: In LaK'ech Ala K’in: You Are My Other Me, Tu Eres Mi Otro Yo. Auburn 

• April 30 - May 1, 2026: Rooted in Resistance, Growing toward Liberation. Hybrid