2025 UMOJA COMMUNITY XXI CONFERENCE

"Seeds of Change; Fields of Power"

November 6-8, 2025 | San Jose, California

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Student Leadership Conference

Welcome BSCU Village!
BSCU is proud to partner with the Umoja Community Education Foundation to present a new Student Leadership Conference experience earlier in the academic year that will provide impactful programming and connection at the start of the school year.
We are excited to have you join us and encourage you to make the most of your experience by using this webpage as your conference guide!

On this page, you will find the day-to-day schedule as well as the link to the advisor GroupMe chat that will provide up-to-date information as well as allow the network to stay connected for the duration of the conference. You can find that HERE.

SCHEDULE

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

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THURSDAY, November 6, 2025

8:00 am

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

START AT 8:00 am

Registration/Check In/Luggage Drop Off

(Swag Bag Pickup & Networking)

8:00am - 10:00am

  • Breakfast (Provided): 8:30am - 9:30am
  • Luggage Drop-Off at the hotel (BSCU Staff onsite)
  • Hotel Room check-in starts at 3pm

9:45 am

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

Opening Session (9:45am-12pm)

  • Drumming
  • Welcome from Dr. Eric Mayes & UCEF Board President, Dr. Lisa Cooper-Wilkins
  • Keynote Speaker and Q&A: Dr. Daniel Black
  • Resident Poet, Sunni Patterson

12:15 pm

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

Breakout Workshop Sessions (12:15p - 5:30p)

Workshop Topics (Full Workshop Details Document: HERE)

  • Cash for College: Your Money, Your Future
  • Effective Networking: Building Your Village of Success
  • Overcoming Academic Anxiety: Unlocking Your Inner Champion
  • Sankofa AI: Ancestral Intelligence | Language, Legacy, and Liberation
  • Break Out #1: 12:15pm-1:05pm
  • Lunch (Provided): 1:05pm-2:20pm
  • Africa Market Place, Student Org. Display
  • UmojaCon Panel (General Session) : 2:35pm-3:30pm
  • Break Out #2: 3:45pm-4:35pm
  • Day 1 Closing Remarks: 4:50pm-5:30pm
  • Introduction of UCEF's Alumni Association

5:30 pm

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

Dinner : 5:30-6:45pm (ON YOUR OWN)

7:00 pm

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

Thursday Night BSCU/UMOJA Edutainment (7:00p-10:00p)

(NOW LOCATED IN THE GRAND BALLROOM)

10:00 pm

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

End of Night (Back to Rooms)

  • Lights out by 11:00pm

FRIDAY, November 7, 2025

8:00 am

NOVEMBER 7, 2025

START AT 8:00 am

BREAKFAST

8:00am-9:00am

9:00 am

NOVEMBER 7, 2025

Friday General Session : 9:00am-2:30pm

  • Welcome
  • HBCU Presidents' Panel
  • Networking & Game Time
  • ISFP Presentation Panel
  • Lunch (Provided) : 12:00pm-1:30pm
  • Conference Charge (Dr. Mayes)
  • Black Student Pride (Roll Call)

2:45 pm

NOVEMBER 7, 2025

Breakout Workshop Sessions

Workshop Topics :

  1. Majors Vs. Careers: Navigating Blurred Lines
  2. Journaling for Power: Writing Your Way to Freedom
  3. The Real Deal: What it Takes to Level Up
  4. The Importance of Civil Advocacy: Using Your Voice to Change the World
  • Workshop Break Out #1 : 2:45pm-3:35pm
  • Workshop Break Out #2 : 3:50pm-4:40pm

5:00 pm

NOVEMBER 7, 2025

College & Career Fair

5:00p-6:30p

  • Located in the Convention Center

7:00 pm

NOVEMBER 7, 2025

Friday Night BSCU Edutainment (7:00-10:30p)

  • BSCU Gala (Grand Ballroom)
  • Dinner (served at 7:00pm)
  • Talent Show
  • Dance & Game Night

11:00 pm

NOVEMBER 7, 2025

Lights Out (Back to Rooms)

SATURDAY, November 8, 2025

8:00 am

NOVEMBER 8, 2025

START AT 8:00am

CLOSING SESSION

  • Breakfast (Provided) : 8:00am-9:00am
  • Saturday General Session : 9:00am-12:00pm
  • Morning Wakeup Call
  • Student Voices of the Future
  • BSCU Remarks
  • Closing Remarks (Dr. Mayes)
  • Umoja Awards
  • Closing Ceremony

12:30 pm

NOVEMBER 8, 2025

Campus Tours (optional)

  • San Jose State & Santa Clara University : 12:30pm-2:30pm

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