The Planning Committee for the IMPACT Conference has worked diligently to create a jam-packed schedule for this year's conference. You'll see many of your favorite schedule components -- Opportunities Fair, Hunger Banquet, student-led workshops, a powerful opening ceremony -- and even a few new surprises!
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6:00pm-8:00pm |
Early Registration
For those conference attendees who will be arriving on Thursday, feel free to come by the Curry Student Center on campus between 6pm and 8pm to check in and collect your printed program!
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8:00am-12:00noon |
Breakfast, Registration, Opportunities Fair
The Opportunities Fair is a chance for conference attendees to mix, mingle, and network with conference sponsors -- a vast collection of national nonprofit organizations and socially-responsible companies. Click here to see who will be tabling at the Opportunities Fair!
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12:00noon-1:00pm |
Lunch in Regional Affinity Groups
Regional Affinity Groups will be determined by conference attendees' region of the country (Southeast, Midwest, Rockies, etc.) -- these groups will meet together during this session to share what's happening in their region, and will meet together again toward the close of the conference..
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1:00pm-4:00pm |
Friday Forums
Friday Forums are a chance for conference attendees to delve into a topic head-first, setting the context for a wide variety of issues -- chosen by students -- to be covered throughout the course of the weekend. These sessions are led by nonprofit organizations with a long track record of significant action on topics chosen by students, and are a great opportunity for conference attendees to broaden their knowledge about these particular areas of interest. We will be posting more information about speakers and topics very soon!
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4:00pm-5:30pm |
Opportunities Fair
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6:00pm-7:30pm |
Hunger Banquet
Oxfam America is leading a powerful program to demonstrate the inequality of access to food around the world -- join in this exercise to learn more about what you can do to tackle this important issue!
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5:30pm-7:00pm |
Panel on 2008 Youth Vote
Join experts on the youth vote for an engaging and energizing discussion of what's happened, what's happening, and what's ahead for the November 2008 elections.
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7:15pm-8:00pm |
Book Signing and Discussion: "Youth to Power" with Mike Connery
Join Mike Connery, blogger at FutureMajority and author of the just-released "Youth to Power" to talk about the role of the youth vote, historically and in the present.
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8:00pm-9:30pm |
Opening Session
Come and experience the power of numbers, as all the conference participants gather to be inspired and entertained! Keynote speakers for this session include Ned Rimer, co-founder of Citizen Schools, and Alexis McGill.
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9:30pm onward |
Evening Entertainment
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8:00am-9:00am |
Breakfast, Interfaith Service
We're thrilled to have Rev. Nancy Taylor, from Old South Church in Boston (UCC), joining us for this service. Students interested in taking part in organizing an educational, respectful, diverse interfaith service should contact the Programming Committee (programming@campusconference.org) to let us know!
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9:00am-10:30am |
Workshop Block 1 (click to view workshops)
In keeping with the student-led, student-focused mission/history of this event, workshops will be primarily led by students from across the country, as well as a few nonprofit organizations with valuable information/insights to share. We will be adding more information about this year's workshops soon, so stay tuned!
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11:00am-12:30pm |
Workshop Block 2 (click to view workshops)
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12:30pm-2:00pm |
Campus Administrators Event
For the first time ever, we are giving campus administrators a chance to meet with conference sponsors in a more intentional (and less hectic) way! This event is an effort to connect the great organizations involved with sponsoring the conference with those staff members who are regular fixtures on campuses across the country -- and to give administrators a chance to ask specific questions and collect resources to bring back to campus with you! Campus Administrators will be provided with lunch at this event.
Student Lunch in Issue Affinity Groups
Similar to Friday's lunch session, conference attendees will be eating lunch together in affinity groups -- this time those groups will be determined by issue area and will give attendees an opportunity to share their work with others who are passionate about a given area of interest.
Click to view Affinity Group topics
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2:00pm-3:30pm |
Workshop Block 3 (click to view workshops)
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3:30pm-5:30pm |
Opportunities Fair
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6:00pm-7:00pm |
All-Conference Session
A dynamic and thoughtful program will aim to help participants pull together the conversations they have been a part of throughout the day. This year's keynote address will be delivered by Shelby Knox.
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7:00pm onward |
Plenty of Social Options!
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8:00am-9:00am |
Breakfast
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9:00am-10:30am |
Workshop Block 4 (click to view workshops)
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11:00am-12:30pm |
Workshop Block 5(click to view workshops) |
12:30pm-1:30pm |
Lunch in Regional Affinity Groups
Building on the earlier regional meetings, conference attendees will have a chance to plan for the future and to build regional alliances that spark energy for civic engagement and social justice work in their home regions. The Planning Committee will be supporting the formation of these regional collaborations, which will also serve as the backbone for a growing national network of engaged and passionate college students!
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1:30pm-2:15pm |
Closing Session
Ending on just as high a note as we began, this closing session will challenge conference attendees to translate their learning over the weekend into action. Highlighted by keynotes and rousing calls to action, you're sure to leave the conference ready to tackle the world! Keynotes this year will be delivered by Scott Morency and Jarrett T. Barrios. The featured performer for the closing session is Staceyann Chin.
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