Keynotes

I have provided transformative keynote presentations to combat Mental Health stigma among men and BIPOC communities, highlighting the incredible valor, strength, and resilience of the human experience. I am a past keynote speaker, slam poet, and performance activist. Below you'll find some of my past speaking engagements.

Keynotes

Selected Speaking Engagements

EXPERIENCE

1. Keynote Speaker, SFSU Counseling Program Graduation - May 2023 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

2. Keynote Speaker, Dreamer Conference - April 2022 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

3. Graduate Student Speaker, University of Oregon Graduation - June 2021 Eugene, OR

4. Keynote Speaker, Impact Graduation - June 2019 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

5. Invited Speaker, Men and Masculinity - Feb. 2019 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

6. Invited Speaker, Immigration and Detention - June 2018 Discussion with Congress Women Bonamici University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

7. Keynote Speaker, Here to Stay: Undocumented Students & Activism, - May 2018 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

8. Graduation Speaker, Master's in Counseling Graduation - May 2015 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

9. Keynote Speaker, Awards Ceremony, AB540/Undocumented Students Task Force, - 2014, 2015 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

10. Cast Member/Spoken Word Performer, Cocktales: Unplugged, - May 2015 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

11. Invited Speaker/Spoken Word Performer, Forum on Latinos and Higher Education, - June 2014 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

12. Invited Speaker/Spoken Word Performer, Puente Program Family Night, - Dec. 2014 Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

13. Cast Member/Spoken Word Performer, Cocktales: Breaking the Bro Code, - May 2014 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

”Thank you. that was the first time I've seen someone speak so powerfully about our community. You have no idea how much I needed someone to change that narrative.”

- Participant DREAMer Conference

"Bryan is authentic, Bold, and tells truths as they are. through storytelling, he engages the audience in a way in which you feel connected to his courageous vulnerability."

- Graduating Student

Here's what Participants say

"I probably wouldn't want to have to spend all day listening to anyone... I think you are the exception. Thank you"

- Participant DREAMer Conference

”you made me realize that expanding masculinities is not about taking away from who we are as men. Instead it is about letting us be more than we have been given permission to be.”

- Professor University of Oregon

DREAMless by

DArien Combs &

Bryan Rojas-Araúz

This documentary encapsulates the DREAMer experience in the U.S. through the eyes of a DREAMer. Bryan Ovidio Rojas-Araúz, reflects on his lifelong journey through academia in the U.S. starting at the age of 13 and the challenges, barriers and victories that have come with his academic experiences and lack of documentation. Bryan looks back at his story his process of critical consciousness building, identity development and Life Transitions. This documentary explores themes of sociopolitical development, identity development, and documentation attainment, in tribute to the 65,000 undocumented students who graduate from high school in the U.S. each year and the experience of immigrants in the U.S.

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