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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 5
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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 (click to view workshops)
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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 - Mouseover to view workshop descriptions!
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- Branding for Social Change
What can social movements learn from commercial marketing? Well, wouldn’t you like your organization to have the cultural impact of Apple or Disney? Come learn how the concept of branding can help you promote your ideas in your community and around the world. From your business card to Web 2.0, we’ll look at the low-cost tools to making your voice heard.
Facilitator: Colin Stokes, Marketing Manager, Citizen Schools
- Careers in the Common Good: A Panel
Can your student volunteer and leadership experience lead to a job? YES! Turn your passion for volunteerism into a career after graduation. Come hear four people under the age of 30 talk about the jobs they’ve had, when and why they decided to move on, how they’ve “sold†their student leadership in interviews, and ways to position volunteering as work experience on your resume. Start thinking now about how you’re going to land a job and make some more change!
Facilitator: Moderator: Edith Buhs, Director of Organizational Learning & Systems, Citizen Schools
- Civic Engagement: The New Craze for Administrators (Administrator-Focused Workshop)
Having a hard time getting your students motivated to be civically engaged? There are many negative stereotypes that come to mind when students think about civic engagement, like corruption, politicians, nap time, or “It’s for old people!†These stereotypes prevent it from being a hot topic among young adults. However, being civically engaged can be an important way for them to make a difference to the people they serve every day. Moreover, who says civic engagement can’t be the next big thing? Come discover new strategies and ideas to help motivate your students to become more civically-engaged.
Facilitators: Gretchen Mielke and Annie Pasqua, Program Associates, Bonner Foundation
- Continuing the IMPACT: Would you like to host the 2009 Conference?
Have you had a great conference? Do you want to be more involved on your campus by hosting next year’s conference? Join IMPACT leaders for an interactive discussion about next steps and next year.
Facilitators: Hunter Phillips Goodman, Heather Cronk, Char Gray, John Sarvey, Abby Kiesa, and other IMPACT Conference Planning Committee Members
- Ending Homelessness in Massachusetts in Five Years
We often talk about aspiring to end homelessness some day, but then act as if it is some idealistic dream that is not attainable in our lifetimes. Massachusetts has not only committed to ending homelessness within the next five years, but developed a specific plan to do it. Learn why there has been resistance to the notion that the solution to homelessness is housing, and about the effectiveness of prevention services and permanent subsidized housing. Leave knowing how to spread the campaign to end homelessness throughout the nation!
Facilitators: Representatives from Massachusetts Shelter and Housing Alliance, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts Commission to End Homelessness, Massachusetts State Legislature, and the Governor’s Office
- Ending Hunger Through Campus Advocacy
Bread for the World seeks to alleviate hunger and poverty by urging our nation's decision-makers to change the policies, programs, and conditions that allow poverty and hunger to persist. Our grassroots activists educate their campuses and churches on issues of domestic and international hunger and poverty, and write, call and visit their members of Congress to let them know that these issues are important. In this workshop, you will learn about Bread for the World, our 2008 campaign to cut global poverty in half by 2015, why constituent advocacy is important, and how to hold letter-writing events on your campus.
Facilitator: Ara Cook, Bread for the World
- Focusing on Prevention and Remediation to Combat Truancy: A Service Learning Project (Administrator-Focused Workshop)
This service learning project targets the problem of truancy in the New Orleans Recovery School District. Northwestern State University Master's of Counseling students are designing a two-pronged approach (i.e., prevention and remediation) that targets students and parents and addresses the issue of truancy at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. This workshop will cover the goals of the program and will help you lay out how you could replicate the program on your own campus.
Facilitator: Gerra Perkins, Northwestern State University
- Getting Your Foot in the Door, Getting Policy Changed
Want to make a big difference? Make it a law. This workshop provides concrete training on how to meet with and move your member of Congress to champion issues of global and domestic poverty. It will be packed with tips on organizing local advocacy campaigns, strategies on building strong relationships with congressional staff, and tips on planning and facilitating a dynamite face-to-face meeting with members of Congress. The workshop will also include a train-the-trainer approach on how to develop powerful speaking skills by creating a “laser talk†on a priority campaign issue.
Facilitator: Misty Novitch, Student, Georgia Perimeter College; Meredith Dodson, Domestic Campaigns Manager, RESULTS
- How to CHANGE the World: The Owner’s Manual
Oxfam’s CHANGE Initiative is a national network of student leaders committed to global social justice. Come learn directly from current CHANGE leaders how they are making an impact on important issues on their campus and how you can join them. You'll also get a chance to participate in a CHANGE activity and applications for CHANGE will be available.
Facilitators: Sophia Lafontant, Senior Organizer and Training Specialist, Oxfam America; Nessa Stoltzfus, CHANGE Coordinator, Oxfam America; Nancy Delaney, Outreach Manager, Oxfam America; Student CHANGE Leaders from various campuses
- Investigative Journalism: Advocacy through Exposing the Truth
Investigative journalism has long played a key role in advocacy by uncovering and exposing fraud, corruption, and injustice. In today’s economy many major news organizations have significantly cut back on staff and resources to engage in deep investigations. Learn how current undergraduate journalism majors have been engaged in substantial investigative stories published on the front page of the Boston Globe through a journalism course taught by a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist on Northeastern's faculty.
Facilitators: Student representatives from Northeastern’s Investigative Journalism Team, Northeastern University
- Mahogany: An Innovative Campus Program
When true leaders encounter problems, they are propelled to discover solutions. The Mahogany workshop demonstrates how to provide solutions after discovering a problem within different cultures and/or communities. The founders of Mahogany aim to do the work that Dr. King would have done if he had lived. The Mahogany workshop will empower others to create changes on their campuses that provide opportunities that are sustaining, challenging, and rewarding which will aid in turning Dr. King’s dream into a reality for our nation and, someday, the world.
Facilitators: Brandi Johnson and Natasha Lake, Founders of Mahogany, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Media Bootcamp
Learn the basics from political communications specialists and journalists on how to take your campaign or event to the next level. This workshop will include a tutorial on how to write a press release or media advisory, talk to the press effectively, target television and film media, reach out to pertinent blogs, and tap ethnic media outlets.
Facilitators: Ramya Raghavan and Tanya Paperny, Campus Progress
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Networking: People and Resources
This workshop will empower attendees to create and utilize relationships and resources to strengthen their organization and further the organization's mission. This workshop is certain to assist organizations seeking to impact their campuses and the greater community through advocacy. Subtopics of this presentation will include: meetings with chancellors and administrators, collaborations with organizations which have similar missions, marketing on a limited budget, and reaching your key demographic.
Facilitators: Paris Lofaro, Student and Member of Theta Nu Xi, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Jonae Wartel, Student, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Restore, Renew, Rebuild: Making the Gulf Coast Civic Works Project a Reality
Hurricane Katrina is the largest natural disaster in U.S. history. Two and a half years later, millions are still seeking FEMA support and vast areas remain devastated. The GCCWP is the national effort to pass HR4048: The Gulf Coast Civic Works Act, providing 100,000 living wage jobs to Gulf Coast residents, making housing available, and restoring faith in the government's ability to respond to its people. In this interactive workshop, learn the history of the project and how it’s spread nationwide. Brainstorm ideas on getting your campus and community involved in restoring, renewing, and rebuilding the Gulf Coast.
Facilitators: Julia Lang, Student, San Jose State University; Franchessca Branlund and Jacquelyn Sands, Students, Hobart and William Smith College
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The Politics of Katrina
This workshop is designed for students, faculty, and staff who feel the current state of post-Katrina New Orleans is a national embarrassment. All will have the chance to reflect on their experiences and observations, and brainstorm how students could exert more political pressure on the powers to respond.
Facilitators: Todd Stoner and other Bonner Scholars, The College of New Jersey
- The Privilege Line
The Privilege Line, created by NCCJ, is an experiential workshop exploring the personal and societal effects of oppression in our world. The workshop allows the participants to share their own experiences through a strategically-designed silent activity, followed by a debrief. This workshop is eye opening, interactive and informative. The Privilege Line is one of City Year's most popular workshops, and is facilitated to over 1,000 corps members nationwide each year. We hope you will join us.
Facilitators: Charlie Rose, Dean, City Year; Jana Rosenbaum, Recruitment Director, City Year; Christian Correa, Outreach Manager, City Year
- You Too Could Mobilize 1,000 Students Per Year
Each year, Bonner Community Scholars from the College of New Jersey mobilize the entire class of first-year students (1300 total) to participate in Community Engaged Learning Days—eight-hour service and learning experiences in Trenton that provide opportunities for students to address some of the unmet needs of the community. Learn how these students lead their peers and strive to sustain their involvement—and why this experience is a graduation requirement at the College. Explore strategies that engage students as leaders of peers—and lead to long-term service involvement.
Facilitator: Patrick Donohue, Director, with Neil Hartmann and other students, The College of New Jersey
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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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