Annual Equity Summit

Please save the date for the 2026 Equity Summit!

The theme for this year's summit is, "Rooted in Community." Please save the date and mark your calendars!

Date: Friday, October 2, 2026

Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location: Miramar College I-Building Auditorium (I-101).

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mohammed Soriano Bilal

Save the Date for the 2026 Equity Summit scheduled from Friday, October 2nd from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Registration Information

Registration is now open for the 2026 Equity Summit. Please click on the registration link here: https://bit.ly/2026EquitySummitRegistration

Keynote Bio

Dr. Mohammed Soriano-Bilal smiling with a building in the background

Dr. Mohammed Soriano-Bilal, Ed.D., MBA is an accomplished Belonging Strategist, a poet, and an award-winning producer of both music and film. He is probably best known as the voice of reason on MTV's Real World San Francisco. He has spent the last 20 years using equity-focused strategy to help Fortune 500 companies like X (Twitter), Whirlpool, Google, and LinkedIn, and higher education institutions like Boston College, Yale, and Texas A&M remove blockages that stand in the way of innovation, growth, and impact. As a multi-disciplinarian artist, Mohammed has collaborated with Santana, Public Enemy, Ben Harper, De La Soul, Danny Glover, and Mos Def, with his original music featured in productions on NBC, the CW, and the Sundance Film Festival. Mohammed recently completed his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley School of Education, where his research explores how networks inform and influence senior higher education leaders implementing organizational change. He served as the Director of IDEAL Advancement at Stanford University, where he oversaw multiple belonging initiatives, including institutional change, equity-centered communities of practice, inclusive talent acquisition, and learning and development for faculty, students, and staff. Currently, he serves as Dean of Retention and Persistence at the University of San Francisco, the city's oldest Jesuit institution.