Inaugural Student Summit
Encourages Students To Become Advocates for Social Justice
Summit will focus on topics ranging from
the civil rights and women’s movements to the environment,
labor and community service.
March 25, 2005 :: No. 160
Members of the community are invited
to participate in Cal State Fullerton’s inaugural Social
Justice Student Summit, scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday, April 8, in the Titan Student Union.
Sponsored by the Dean of Students Office and
Volunteer and Service Center, the summit will feature a variety
of guest speakers who will focus on topics ranging from the
civil rights and women’s movements to the environment,
labor and community service. The keynote speaker is Congresswoman
Hilda Solis (D-El Monte).
“We want to open our community’s
eyes to what is going on in the world and, more importantly,
to show students and community members how they can become
involved,” said Sabrina Sanders, coordinator of the
Volunteer and Service Center.
This program is funded by a university Mission
& Goals Initiative, the American Democracy Project, Division
of Student Affairs, Dean of Students Office, Office of Student
Life, Career Center, Center for Internships and Service-Learning,
and Corporation for National & Community Service, under
the Learn & Serve program.
The cost for this program, which includes lunch,
is $5 for students and $10 for community members who register
by March 30. Admission is $15 at the door.
A complete schedule of session topics is available online
at www.fullerton.edu/deanofstudents/volunteer/apathy.htm.
To register, or for additional information,
call 657-278-7623 or e-mail volunteer@fullerton.edu.
Schedule
Join college students involved in community
service, civic engagement, advocacy, justice and activism
to share strategies, learn from community leaders and become
empowered to increase active participation in our democratic
process.
| 8:45 a.m. |
Registration |
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| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Welcome and Keynote
Congresswoman Hilda Solis |
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| 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Session I- EDUCATE!
• Bargain with Misery: The Globalization Game
(Sweatshop Watch)
• Refugees and Their Stories
(Orange County Human Relations)
• The Crisis of Los Angeles Public Schools
(Coalition to Defend Affirmative
Action Integration and Immigrant Rights & Fight for
Equality by Any Means Necessary)
• Feminist Activism . . . Is It For You?
(CSUF Women’s Center)
• Have You Seen Her? The Disappearing Women of Juarez
(Los Angeles for Women of Juarez)
• HATE.COM: Hate on the Internet
(CSUF Multicultural Leadership Center/EMBRACE)
• Human Trafficking: A Modern Day Form of Slavery
(CSP Victim Assistance Prog) |
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| 11:40 a.m. - 12:55 p.m. |
Session II – EMPOWER!
• “Under Three Strikes”
(ArtActs.org)
• Dead or Alive: Activism in the CSU System
(CSUF Women’s Studies)
• Reforming the Prison Industry
(Critical Resistance)
• What Activism is Really Like: Activists Tell Their
Stories
(Community Panel)
• Hate Crimes in the OC: Confronting Bigotry
(Anti-Defamation League)
• The Patriot Act and its Effect on the Muslim/Arab
American Community
(American Arab Anti-Discrimination
Committee & Council on American Islamic Relations) |
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| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Roundtable discussions with community leaders and lunch
(Provided for registered participants) |
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| 2:10 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. |
Session III – ACT!
• The New Educational Movement
(Action in Defense of Education)
• Lobbying 101: How to Make Your Voice Heard
(CSUF Associated Students, Inc.)
• Vote for Equality: The Constitution and Gay Marriage
(The Center OC)
• Grassroots Organizing: How to Not Get Discouraged
(CSUF Chicano Studies)
• Action Through Service: A Panel Discussion of
Americorps and Peace Corps Alum
(Panel) |
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| 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Closing |
* Early Registration Deadline: Thursday, March
31, 2005. Registration fee is $5 for CSUF students and $10
for general public. Registration fee includes keynote, all
workshops, handouts and other printed material, and lunch.
Late registration up to day of will be $15.00.
| Media Contacts: |
Sabrina Sanders, ssanders@fullerton.edu
or 657-278-3504
Valerie Orleans,
Public Affairs, vorleans@fullerton.edu
or 657-278-4540 |
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