![Laurena Bolden, CSUSB Class of 2011, will receive the 2024 Community Champion Award from the Time for Change Foundation.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/2024/NewsSlide_LaurenaBolden_TimeforChangeAward_.jpg.webp?itok=7fCbwXIJ)
Alumna Laurena “Lala” Bolden ’11, psychology and criminal justice, was recognized by the Time for Change Foundation with its 2024 Community Champion Award.
![Alberto Jasso](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/News%20Site%20%5BPOST%5D%20-22_5216%20Alumni_Inaugural%20Alumni%20Awards%20Hall%20of%20Fame_Alberto%20Jasso_0.jpg.webp?itok=xxW4AqzE)
Alumnus Alberto Jasso ’15, director of strategic philanthropy for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, was recognized with the Emerging Leader Award at the 2024 Alumni Hall of Fame celebration. Jasso was honored for his contributions in the community and at CSUSB.
![Traditional dancers perform at the 2023 Pow Wow](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/PowWow_POST_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=Vxlpl3Wv)
The San Manuel Pow Wow was once again held at CSUSB — a three-day celebration featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
![Photo from the 2022 California Native American Day celebration.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_CNAD2022_18Sept2023.jpg.webp?itok=vDjfS5bK)
The celebration, free and open to the public, caps the week-long California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference, which will see more than 1,500 elementary school students and their teachers from throughout the Inland Empire visit the campus to learn firsthand about California’s Native American culture, history and customs.
![A photo from last year’s Pow Wow at CSUSB.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Pow-Wow_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=_0xWRa2u)
The San Manuel Pow Wow is a three-day celebration free to the public, featuring traditional bird singers and dancers, drum singing groups and vending from artisans representing Indian tribal nations from across North America and Canada.
![CSUSB’s Molly Springer, Robert Levi Jr. and Danny Sosa Aguilar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/TruthAndHealing_POST_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=2fH1-kEF)
The California Truth & Healing Council’s Nov. 18 quarterly meeting included a blessing by San Manuel Band of Mission Indian bird singers, community testimonials, a panel discussion, and speaker Kimberly Cluff, legal director of California Tribal Families Coalition.
![A woman speaking on stage to a crowd of people at CSUSB on California Native American Day](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/CA-Native-American-Day-CSUSB_Slide.jpg.webp?itok=Gm_W9pa5)
Attendees learned about Native American music, art and food of the Native peoples in this region at the free event on Friday, Sept. 23.
![Members of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians at the 2019 California Native American Day.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/CA-Native-American-Day_CSUSB-Homepage-Slide.jpg.webp?itok=_zMCjN6B)
Attendees will learn about Native American music, art and food of the Native peoples in this region at the free event on Friday, Sept. 23, starting at 6 p.m.
![Santos Manuel](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewSlide_SantosManuel_17Mar2022.jpg.webp?itok=kobTOKBz)
Santos Manuel is revered by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians as a visionary man who arose in their darkest hour through extraordinary leadership, ensuring the survival of their ancestors and tribe.