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Are You Hopeful? Exploring Sources that Can Sustain and Guide Us for the Long Haul
When your direction seems clear, your work is successful, and you have supportive companions, being an activist feels vital. But what happens when the path is confusing? When obstacles seem insurmountable? When you fail? When you are alone and despair seeps in? This workshop will be a conversation about the sources we can draw upon to guide and sustain us during such times.

Kevin LaNave, St. Cloud Technical College
DePaul Center room 11013

Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact
Be Bold! Do you want to make a real difference in the world? And do you have what it takes to Be Bold? Of course you do. Join us in this interactive workshop to find out how you can embrace and embody the concepts of boldness to create a career that sparks true social change.

Lara Galinsky and Leslie Liao, Echoing Green
Lewis Center room 1104

Being the Change: Steps in Advocating
Tired of a system controlling your life? Come learn how to use your power and the power you have with others in the community to change the system controlling you or keeping you down. It is time that we stop requesting that things are equal and start demanding it!

Kristi Matthews, Washington Legal for the Homeless & Fair Budget Coalition
Lewis Center room 1005

Building a Campus Wide Service Day from the Ground Up
Find out how to build a campus wide service project as Volunteer Emory’s student staffers discuss their experience as first-year leaders. You will learn how to make intentional partnerships, a step-by-step process of how to execute a large service day and how four students motivated a student body.

Kim Palumbarit, Mike Maselli and Melody Porter, Emory University
Lewis Center room 1004

Building Cohesiveness within your Alternative Spring Break Group: “Save the Drama for your Mama!”
Alternative spring break experiences provide an opportunity for a diverse group of college students to engage in service with other students. The focus of this session is to share a model that emphasizes and nurtures the group experience before, during, and after the break experience.

Kristi Michaels, Becky Cameron and Cliff Powell, Baldwin-Wallace College
DePaul Center room 8011

Campus Activism Around ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History
Learn about the global plan to end extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS: the Millennium Development Goals. Gain skills and resources to get your campus involved in ONE: the Campaign to Make Poverty History and to do grassroots awareness-raising and activism for the achievement of these goals!

Annie Gill-Bloyer, Break for the World
Lewis Center room 1003

Communicating Effectively Across Cultures
The increased cultural diversity in the United States combined with the ever growing number of multi-cultural companies has created a very real, acute need for effective intercultural communication. This workshop explores complex issues related to the intercultural communication process such as perception, cultural dimensions and communication styles. It assists participants in gaining an awareness of how their own communication processes affect their perceptions and interactions with people from other cultures. Cross-Cultural theories as well as opportunities for practical application will provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to communicate effectively with culturally diverse persons. The primary purpose of this workshop is to enhance each participant's capacity for self-reflection, flexibility and sensitivity when communicating with others.

Laura Val, Vision in Action
DePaul Center room 8211

Developing Civically Engaged College Students through University-Urban Immersion Experiences
This workshop will explore the ways to use the university as a resource for increasing the quality of civic engagement, based on a model from Northwestern University. If you are a student organization leader, a representative from an organization that seeks college-aged volunteers, or a university representative, please come share your experiences and learn from ours!

Bri Zika, Lisa Wang, and Matthew Loper, Northwestern University
Lewis Center room 1002

Developing Students as Colleagues: Integrating Student Leaders into Your Institutional Framework
Service- learning centers and institutions have been integral in making leadership positions available to students in communities and classrooms. Presenters from Bentley College and DePaul University will explore how university students have been, and can further be, involved in service-learning programs. The presenters will facilitate an interactive workshop and discussion in which attendees will have the opportunity to share their techniques and the challenges encountered when working to integrate student leaders into the framework of their institutions.

Stephen Kennedy and Manuel Carneiro, Bentley College Service Learning Center; Billie Drakeford, DePaul University
DePaul Center room 8014

Diversity: Paving the Way to a Better Campus Tomorrow
You’ve worked hard to implement diversity initiatives, now how to you turn those students into alums that donate? This workshop will help you understand the necessity for cultivating future donors from your diverse student base.

Julece Glaum, DePaul University
Lewis Center room 1206

Do You Have A Tool Box? If Not. . .Pick One Up Today!
A “Tool Box” is essential to meet the needs of a growing organization. Whether building the foundation of a new program or renovating an existing one, our “Tool Box” model incorporates the nuts and bolts of constructing a service board of leaders. “Can we build it? Yes we can!”

Tara Lydy and Ashley Daniels, Wilmington College
Lewis Center room 1212

Fostering Growth: How to Meaningfully Engage Youth in the Decision-Making Process
This interactive workshop will explore ways to create effective avenues for increasing youth governance in both the public and non-profit sectors. We’ll explore practical methods for recruiting, training, and retaining youth in the governance of these organizations.

Sean Conner, Sheldon Jackson College
Egan Center room 100

F.U.N. (Friends Uniting Nations)
Join in on the F.U.N. (Friends Uniting Nations)! Let’s talk for real about diversity and its impact on learning and campus relations. How has your campus risen to the challenge to address and improve racial understanding, increase inter-group dialogue, and create a welcoming environment for all students and organizations? We’ll share our story on how the Student Affairs department at Manhattanville College incorporates diversity and inclusivity through collaborative programming efforts. Then, it’s your turn to share your ideas and experiences!

Chuan Shi, Vania Amidzic, David R. Bedard, Teagan Bigwood, Martina Colaizzi, and Mila Maneveska, Manhattanville College – Duchesne Center
DePaul Center room 8208

Health and Safety Protocols for International Volunteer Organizations
This workshop will provide participants with information on the importance of health and safety protocols for international volunteer programs and will go into great detail about what the components of those protocols should be. Particular attention will be given to medical issues, natural disasters, political disturbances, and problems with host families and communities.

Glenn Bayron, Amigos de las Americas
DePaul Center room 8009

How Big Box Retail is Changing the Global Landscape and What YOU Can Do About It!
In this workshop attendees will learn about the driving forces of big box retail outside of the consumer. The International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization fuel this method of retail that leaves a profound ecological and social mark on the societies that they enter.

Nakashia Dunner, College of Charleston
Lewis Center room 1009

A Simulation: Hunting for Housing
Spend an hour in the footsteps of a homeless individual. This exercise will help participants understand the frustrations and challenges facing people in search of affordable housing. After the activity, participants will reflect on the experience and brainstorm ideas to take back to their campus.

Maria Pyra and Amanda Jones, Habitat for Humanity International
DePaul Center room 8002

Identity, Community, and Change
This workshop is for those who are attempting to engage more purposefully in anti-racist or other libratory work. Our method relies upon self-examination and use of story as we create community. We will create space within the workshop for sharing stories about community building and identity and its relevance to multi-cultural and anti-racist work.

Jessica Rentsch and Shannon Keller, UMass (Amherst) Alliance for Community Transformation (UACT)
DePaul Center room 8201

Leadership and Facilitation: Discovering Who You Are While Helping Others to Do the Same
Is your campus growing stale in ideas? Are the same students taking leadership and participating in the same activities over and over? Join us at this workshop to learn new leadership activities, how to become a better facilitator and to collect new ideas to share when you return to your campus and community. Promises made: some fun, some laughs, some great ideas.

Ryan Fewins, Michigan Campus Compact
Lewis Center room 1102

Leadership, Service, Community: Sharing Best Practices from a Student Volunteer Center
Looking for some practical ideas and skills to more effectively recruit, manage, and motivate your volunteers? Interested in some new, useful ideas for developing leadership skills and running a program? Join the staff and student leaders from Madison House, the volunteer center at the University of Virginia, for this helpful workshop that will share best practices of volunteer management.

Elizabeth Bass and student leaders from Madison House, University of Virginia
Lewis Center room 1210

Make Trade Fair: A Global Student Movement to End Poverty
You can make a difference in the lives of struggling US farmers as well as those impoverished around the world. Trade can lift millions out of poverty, but that potential is lost because of policies that prevent a fair playing field. Learn how you can help by addressing legislation and taking action.

Xavier Benavides, Oxfam America
DePaul Center room 8005

Making the Difference: Searching and Applying for Federal Internships and Jobs
Want an internship or job where you can make a lasting difference on your nation and be apart of something larger than yourself? Consider a job or internship with the federal government. Through a series of exercises and sharing of resources, this session will teach you how to search and apply for internships and jobs with the federal government.

Brad Golson, Partnership for Public Service
Egan Center room 104

My Sphere of Influence
Have you ever wondered what influence you have in the world? In this workshop, you will be asked to look at the privileges that you have as an individual, and how you can work with others in your community and the assets around you to achieve your goal.

Kenya Evans and Bonita Berrios, Public Allies
Lewis Center room 1007

Queer Human Rights?
Do people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, or queer have human rights in the US? Globally? Join a hands-on discussion & group analysis of LGBTQ models of resistance to war & militarization. Together, we will negotiate these questions: how does heterosexism connect with war and occupation? How do anti-war & solidarity movements connect with LGBTQ politics?

kay ulanday barrett, Spoken Word Artist
Lewis Center room 1312

Redemption Songs: Sowing the Seeds of Social Change
Launched by Soulfège, a group of Harvard-educated musicians, the Sweet Mother Tour (SMT - www.sweetmother.org) is an internationally recognized project that uses the tools of popular culture (music, film, literature, and the internet) to connect young people around the world in a dialogue centered on global youth empowerment. SMT workshops engage students in activities and discussions that examine critical issues in youth development, including but not limited to leadership, image and identity, the influence of hip-hop culture on youth identity, and creating art for social change. SMT workshops encourage students to define their own unique voice and take a critical look at the current state of the international media industry and the role it plays in defining their identity.

Derrick Ashong, Sweet Mother Tour
DePaul Center room 8206

Reflections on Socioeconomic Privilege and Community
The Feinstein Institute for Public Service at Providence College presents an interactive experience in socioeconomic privilege. During the activity you will be engaged as a crucial member of a community working towards bridging and bonding discrepancies in social classes. The workshop will end with one final reflective group discussion on service and community.

Megan MacQueen, Briana Clements and Alli Frechette, Providence College
DePaul Center room 8207

Reflection Connection: Guiding Our Peers in Examination of Service
Are you looking for new ways to intensify students’ service experiences and deepen their understanding of social justice issues? At this session, participants will discuss the importance of reflection of student service experiences and learn new techniques for guiding in-depth contemplation.

Kalyn Gigot, Becky Kanitz, Laura Johnson, Bobby Mochel and Kerida O’Reilly, Marquette University
DePaul Center room 8210

Reflectology: The Study of Reflection
Why study reflection? Reflection is a key in the process of understanding issues that affect communities and it provides opportunities to solve problems. Can you can have a hands-on experiential reflection? This workshop will provide an opportunity to practice effective reflection using specific tools and hear other people’s ideas on the topic.

Kelly Schuette, Concordia College
Lewis Center room 1101

Relief Trips for Dummies
On August 29, 2005, the Gulf Coast region was changed forever by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. You have the opportunity to make a real difference by planning a relief trip on your campus. Come gain information about a typical timeline and budget for such a trip, learn helpful tips and acquire knowledge to inspire action.

Caitlin Metzguer and Lauren Pigeon, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
DePaul Center room 8205

Represent That: How to Work with ANY Group on Campus
We’ve got issues! Global climate change, poverty, women’s reproductive rights (or lack of) and more. How do we deal with them all? More importantly, how do we WORK TOGETHER and ACROSS ISSUES to deal with them all? Population Connection’s field team demonstrates effective ways of accomplishing just that.

Mae Stevens, Marian Starkey and Dr. Theodore Steck, Population Connection
Lewis Center room 1103

Rights. Respect. Responsibility. Exploring the Need for Comprehensive Sex Education
This workshop will explore the controversy surrounding comprehensive sex education and abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. What is the difference? Is it affecting your community? Participants will share their experiences and learn how to get involved. The workshop will also explore links between sex education policies in the U.S. and around the world.

Beth Pellettieri, Advocates for Youth; Erin Moore, University of Chicago
Lewis Center room 1105

Secular Activists and Faith-Based Activists: Can We Talk?
From genocide to poverty to global warming, activists with a seeming chasm between their motivations to do good are meeting up with one another and making common cause. Do we need to - and can we - discuss what we think about religious faith as a motivator for social action in a way that is at once respectful, challenging and affirming?

Michelle Lackie, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life; Rabbi Josh Feigelson, Northwestern University Hillel
Lewis Center room 1106

Sex and Self: Identity Politics on Campus
This workshop will help participants to understand the breadth of social identities on college campuses. Through hands-on activities and provocative discussion, we will define various aspects of identity. Primary discussion will revolve around Antioch's Sexual Offense Prevention Policy and the Racial Discrimination Prevention Policy.

Martin Brown, Mariel Traiman, Adrienne Bauer and Billy Joyce, Antioch College
Lewis Center room 1107

Sexual and Reproductive Rights and the Global Justice Movement
This interactive workshop highlights discriminatory US domestic and international policies and addresses the crucial role of sexual and reproductive rights in the global justice movement. Learn how you can support local and international efforts to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights!

Sarah Packer and Emily Turner, IPAS
DePaul Center room 8209

Speak Your Truth: Using Spoken Word as a Tool for Social Change
Join Def Poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai in a high-energy interactive workshop that gets you writing, on your feet performing, and speaking your own truth through a series of guided exercises that use spoken word performance to identify community issues and inspire personal empowerment and social action!

Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Spoken Word Artist
Lewis Center room 1010

Sustainable Development: Preserving the Earth for Future Generations
Have you seen the transformation of small towns into mega-suburbias? Are you concerned about the environmental impacts of such changes? Want to know what you can do about it? This workshop will focus on educating you about the devastating environmental changes taking place in and around the nation’s fastest growing areas and what you can do to stop them!

Stuart Smith, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Lewis Center room 1006

The Human Security Paradigm and the Future of National Security
“We’re Creating Terrorists Faster Than We Can Kill Them” reads a bumper sticker. As the United States finds itself at greater odds with traditional allies and the developing world, do we continue to view the world through a distinctively American lens while failing to understand the problems that really matter? Is there a less violent way of viewing international security and allowing for more inclusion? A new innovative Human Security paradigm may be the solution and you can be a part of it.

Shannon Beebe, Department of the Army
Lewis Center room 1213

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Nonviolence in Action
This workshop will examine a variety of nonviolent tactics used by Palestinians and Israelis to combat injustice, racism and military occupation. Using the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as our case study on the uses of nonviolence and violence to achieve political objectives, we will also examine nonviolent resistance in its wider context.

Peter Ryan and Joshua Keaney, The Middle East Fellowship
DePaul Center room 8010

The Same World through Different Eyes: Voices of Lebanese Women
This workshop will show a short documentary about Lebanese women filmed in December of 2006 and provide an opportunity for discussion about the portrayal of Middle Eastern women in Western media.

Nayla Raad, Lehigh University
Egan Center room 103

The Ten Steps to Mobilize
As America’s youth, we must turn our social capital into political clout and make our voices heard in the battles against injustice, poverty, homelessness, environmental racism, and so many other current problems. Yet creating meaningful, issue-based change in our communities becomes a possibility only when we are educated, engaged and energized to directly alter the public policy that causes these problems and affects us every day. Based on the ten tried-and-true steps towards grassroots action described in our Mobilizer’s Guidebook, we will give you the tools you need to build an effective movement across your campus, school, community group, neighborhood, and nation, no matter your background, experience or interests. By learning these empowerment skills as youth, you will prepare yourself for a life of personal, community, and worldwide progress.

David Smith and Maya Enista, Mobilize.org
Lewis Center room 1403

Walking While Homeless: Illegal/Dangerous to Be Homeless in the U.S.
In February of 2007, the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) released its annual (2006) report: Hate, Violence and Death on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes & Violence Against People Experiencing Homelessness. In 2006, there were 20 deaths and 119 non-lethal acts committed against homeless people by housed individuals (primarily teens and young adults). These incidents took place in 62 cities/counties from 26 states. This is the 8th annual report on hate crimes/violence done by NCH. Learn about the report's findings and recommendations.

Michael O'Neill, National Coalition for the Homeless
Lewis Center room 1209

Who's Dime is it Anyway? The Price that Students and Workers are Paying
Much of the repression and abuse that students face on campus, workers face daily in their jobs. Many students fight along-side workers and are constantly involved in a struggle for a better life. We will continue to pay a huge price if we fail to recognize the parallels between the student movement and the labor movement and actively organize around it.

Brandon King, UNITE HERE
Lewis Center room 1402

Wishes for the World: Socially Conscious Travel
This workshop will address “socially conscious travel,” illustrate its purpose, and examine existing travel venues. Through “socially conscious travel” the traveler develops global citizenship through the generation of environmental and social awareness and solidarity. Participants will receive related material to help them further develop personal travel goals.

Lorrie Loveman, Global Genie, Inc.
DePaul Center room 8203