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Schedule
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!
Please direct all questions about programming to Hunter Phillips Goodman and Steven Janowiak, Programming Co-Coordinators, at programming@campusconference.org -- NOT via the Changing the Present system. Please direct all other questions about the conference to Heather Cronk and Abby Kiesa, Planning Committee Co-Chairs, at chairs@campusconference.org.
This schedule may change slightly as we collect student input and get closer to the event.
Workshop Block 1
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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.
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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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8:00pm-9:30pm |
Opening Session
This high-energy session illuminates the power of numbers -- seeing so many engaged and passionate students together in one place is often a high point of the conference. Powerful keynote speakers and stunning performances always round out this session. Stay tuned to learn more about our keynote speakers!
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9:30pm on |
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 - Mouseover to view workshop descriptions!
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- Access Denied: Understanding the Role of the Federal BudgetFinancial aid and student loans are the gateway to higher education for millions of students and their families each year. For the past five years, higher education programs have received little to no increases—yet tuition and fees are skyrocketing! Learn about federal grant and student loan programs, how the appropriations process works, and what you can do to ensure that education is a right!
Facilitator: Rebecca Thompson, Legislative Director, United States Student Association (USSA)
- Better World Books: Making a Difference One Book at a Time
Come learn about Better World Books—a truly innovative organization that uses unwanted books as the means to promote literacy and education around the world. Already having partnered with 1200+ campuses in the U.S. and Canada to collect these books, Better World Books been able to make an incredible impact on global literacy, and also on the environment! Find out more about the great work this organization is doing, and easy ways that you can get involved!
Facilitators: Jack Hanlon, Northeast Senior Director, Better World Books; Xavier Helgesen, Founder and CTO, Better World Books; Abby Rae LaCombe, Rocky Mountain Regional Director, Better World Books
- Building a Campus Movement to End Poverty: Coalitions and Event Organizing
Learn techniques used to energize and synergize a campus to build awareness and action among students. How can a campus become united for a cause? What kind of coalitions can be built across movements? RESULTS staff and Tufts student activists delve into how they were able to mobilize their campuses around issues of global poverty. Explore ways to build on the momentum surrounding events like World AIDS Day, guest lecturers on campus, MLK Day, and others that provide open spaces for discussion, campus collaboration, and action.
Facilitators: Will Herberich, Student, Tufts University; Meredith Dodson, Domestics Campaign Manager, RESULTS
- Building Strong Community Service Programs: The Coalition of Projects Model
How does organizational structure impact recruitment, retention, diversity, quality and impact of service, leadership development, student voice, funding, and much more? The most effective and longest-lasting campus programs in the nation all unwittingly share common structural characteristics. What are they? How can they strengthen your overall program? Come find out how it might help your campus to have a stronger program that engages a substantial portion of the student body and offers sustained, high quality community service year after year.
Facilitators: Stephanie Chang, UCLA Community Service Commission; Angela Cheung, UCLA Community Service Commission; John Hoang Sarvey, former COOL staff and board member, and Development Officer, Northeastern University
- Campus-Community Partnerships: Understanding How Student Groups Serve Local Communities
Led by students who have been part of service groups and have completed a report evaluating the effectiveness of student groups at Brown University, this workshop will guide participants through how they can measure and evaluate the impact their own groups are having on the communities they serve. We will provide participants with the tools to determine who their target population is, what they want their group’s impact on the community to be, how they can measure their group’s impact, and how to consider what their next steps will be.
Facilitators: Allison Cohen, Student, Brown University; Andrea Lopez, Student, Brown University; Samantha Marder, Student, Brown University; Nina Safane, Student, Brown University
- Child Brides, Stolen Lives: A Look at Child Marriage in the Developing World
On International Women's Day (March 8), come learn about one of the most underreported women's issues facing adolescent girls in the developing world: child marriage. Some 51 million girls in the developing world are forced to marry, some as young as seven or eight years old. Concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, these girls face enormous hurdles, including school withdrawal, domestic violence, and high maternal mortality rates. This workshop will focus on the plight of young girls forced into marriage, as well as on successful policies and programs that are making a difference.
Facilitator: Dan Martin, Policy Advocate, International Center for Research on Women
- Climate Justice: A Matter of Mitigation and Adaptation
From floods in Bangladesh to droughts in Kenya, glacier melts in Peru to hurricanes in the Caribbean, poor and developing communities are already suffering from the effects of climate change. Climate change exists—now we need to work together to decide how we help others less privileged live in this changing environment. In this workshop, we will discuss the disproportionate impacts and human costs of climate change. We will also explore current U.S. legislation and the need to create international resolutions to ensure just and sustainable development in poor communities.
Facilitators: Gabriel Barreras, Lead Student Organizer, Oxfam America; Nancy Delaney, Outreach Manager, Oxfam America
- Convergence: Envisioning a Conference on Arts and Activism
On April 3-5, 2009, the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University and the Massachusetts Campus Compact will be co-sponsoring a conference on the arts and social change. Called "Convergence: The Intersection of Art and Activism." The conference will bring together students and faculty from the arts. The focus will be on collaboration among and between dance, music, theatre, visual art, film, and new media to learn, inspire, and take action. We are in the initial stages of planning and invite you to join us to shape this vision and learn how you can participate.
Facilitators: Barbara Canyes, Executive Director, Massachusetts Campus Compact; Jennifer Bailey, student, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University; Nora Chovanec, student, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University; Mindy Nierenberg, Senior Program Manager, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University
- Creating Conferences for Kids
Students can use the assets of their campus to create free conferences and enrichment opportunities for local youth. These include classrooms, scenic settings, knowledgable students and supportive faculty. Come learn about TCNJ's "Youth Development Institute" and TCNJ's "Hoop Skills Academies," which involved over 200 college students, seven professors, and 250 Trenton youth.
Facilitators: Brittany Aydellot and other Bonner Scholars, The College of New Jersey
- Expanding "Students as Colleagues": One Model for Student Service Learning TA Programs (Administrator-Focused Workshop)
This workshop will explore the possibilities for undergraduate students to take on leadership roles in service learning courses through student teaching and faculty assistant positions. Simmons students and administrators will present their model for a Student Service Learning Assistant (SSLA) program and describe their individual and collective experiences in piloting the program over the last three years. Discussion will also focus on other models around the country, resources, challenges, and successes. Attendees will share their experiences and ideas as we share best practices.
Facilitators: Susie Flug, Assistant Director, Simmons College Scott/Ross Center for Community Service; Heather Concannon, Student Service Learning Assistant, Simmons '10; France Belizaire, Student Service Learning Assistant, Simmons '08; Carole Biewener, Chair of the Social Justice Minor and Professor of Economics, Simmons College
- Graduate School: Jumpstart Your Career in Nonprofit Management
Over the next decade, nonprofit organizations will need to find an estimated 640,000 new executives, nearly two and a half times the number currently employed. There is a huge need for leaders in the nonprofit sector who have both the passion to lead, but also the skills and knowledge to run an organization. Graduate school can provide a launching pad for students looking towards a career in nonprofit management—this workshop will discuss those opportunities for further education.
Facilitators: Aimee Akimoff, Director of Recruitment, Willamette University MBA for Business, Government, and Not-for-Profit Management; Current Graduate Students, Willamette University MBA for Business, Government, and Not-for-Profit Management
- Help Sound the Alarm: Student PIRGs Student Debt Alert Campaign
Though many believe a college degree is practically a necessity, two-thirds of all college students carry an average of $19,000 worth of student loans and close to $4,000 in credit card debt. For the first time in over a decade, Congress will increase the Pell grant to $5,400 and will make loans much more affordable—allowing graduates to go into lower-paying, but valuable careers like teaching and social work. Hundreds of thousands of students have organized for the past two years to make this happen, but our work is not done! This semester we will continue to shine the spotlight on student debt!
Facilitator: Christine Lindstrom, Higher Education Program Director, Student PIRGs
- November 2008 and Beyond: Millennials Talk Politics
400 students. 12 campuses. One topic: politics. In 2007 CIRCLE (Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) released Millennials Talk Politics, based on 47 focus groups on college campuses across the country. The result of close to 100 hours of students’ opinions, “Millennials Talk Politics†is a detailed account of college students’ attitudes about politics and the political system, why service is so important, and what will get students even more involved. Come tell us what you think, what your campus is like and walk away with ideas for how to increase political engagement on your campus.
Facilitator: Abby Kiesa, Youth Coordinator, CIRCLE (Center for Involvement & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement)
- Organizing for Change
So many issues, so little time! Using the Midwest Academy organizing model, Oxfam America will demonstrate how to organize an effective campaign. Learn about how to coordinate a group, target decision makers, and create effective and sustainable change. You will find this tool invaluable to your campus organizing, as well as in other aspects of your social justice work. Share your experiences with others, and let’s build a better world today!
Facilitator: Sophia Lafontant, Senior Organizer and Training Specialist, Oxfam America
- Scholar Leader: A Student Directed Community
Students resident in the Scholar-Leader program at Miami University will present about their unique living-learning community, its ties to civic engagement, service, and advocacy work, and the opportunities and challenges of sustaining a student-directed community. There will be many opportunities for learning and sharing your own experience in this interactive workshop!
Facilitators: Stephanie Raill, Graduate Student, Scholar-Leader Program, Miami University; Students from the Scholar-Leader Program, Miami University
- Student Action for Media Reform
Six companies determine the majority of what we see, read, and hear. Over the next year, students have the opportunity to shape what kind of information will—or will not—reach the American public to create a diverse range of information and opinions central to participatory democracy. Students are active and diverse consumers—and creators—of media, and have a real stake in the future of media ownership, non-commercial media, and an open internet. This session will focus on building a more robust and coordinated student media reform movement through creative actions and traditional organizing.
Facilitator: Josh Stearns, Campaign Coordinator, Free Press
- The PolicyOptions.org initiative: Working with Faculty to Engage Students in Public Policy Research (Administrator-Focused Workshop)
Are you interested in understanding the causes and potential solutions to the issues you confront through service? More importantly, are you interested in doing research for a community group or government agency looking for policy options or model programs that successfully address these issues? Come learn about the PolicyOptions.org initiative and plans for piloting it on campuses. Learn about how students and faculty are incorporating community-driven, policy research projects into academic courses and internships.
Facilitators: Bobby Hackett, Vice President, Bonner Foundation; Ariane Hoy, Senior Program Officer, Bonner Foundation
- Why Don't Young People Vote?
According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, only 26 percent of young citizens (ages 18-29) voted in the 2006 US. midterm election, even though turnout was its highest in years. In a list of countries tabulated by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (2005), the United States ranked 139th in voter turnout percentage, far behind nations that still lack the basic industry of paved roads and running water. So, why don’t American Citizens or, for the sake of our peer group, young Americans vote?
Facilitator: Matthew Segal, Executive Director, Student Association for Voter Empowerment
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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. If you're interested in facilitating an issue-based affinity group discussion, please click here to learn more!
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2:00pm-3:30pm |
Workshop Block 3 (click to view workshops)
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3:30pm-5:00pm |
Opportunities Fair
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5:30pm-6:30pm |
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. Stay tuned for more information about keynote speakers at this exciting addition to this year's program!
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6:30pm on |
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!
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3:00pm-6:00pm |
Closing Service Project
Getting back to a conference tradition, the Planning Committee hopes you'll join us in leaving a positive mark on our host community by participating in a service project organized by peers in Boston. Get your hands a bit dirty before you head back home!
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