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SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMIT

Iowa State Memorial Union

 

The Social Justice Summit is held in February each year in the Iowa State Memorial Union. Formerly known as the Multicultural Leadership Summit, this program is now in its eighth year and continues to provide students with the opportunity to increase their awareness of issues of include and to develop action plans that will assist th em in being agends of change on campus. Registration is free and open to 70 ISU students

Goals for the Summit

• To allow students to learn from each other in a safe environment and diverse setting.
• To allow participants the opportunity to learn more about "who they are" and "what they bring" to the ISU campus.
• To provide opportunities for students to develop personal goals and an action plan in the areas of diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice.
• To provide an opportunity for participants to build coalitions with students "similar to" and "different from" themselves to achieve mutual goals for social change.
• To create specific action steps as a group in order to have short term and long term goals.
• To connect, reflect, network, and commit to social change through their personal action plan, following the Social Justice Summit.

Post Summit

After the summit, participants are asked to participate in one or more of the following experiences to continue their growth and learning.

• CONFERENCES
  • ISCORE (Iowa State Conference on Race & Ethnicity)
  • NCORE (National Conference on Race & Ethnicity)
• ORGANIZATIONS
  • Activism Organizations (Listed under Special Interest)
  • Multicultural Organizations
  • Political Organizations
• OFFICES
  • Disability Resources
  • Equal Opportunity & Diversity
  • International Education Services
  • LGBTSS (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services)
  • Multicultural Student Affairs
  • Student Activities Center
  • Women's Center Sloss House
• PROGRAMS
  • Lectures Program
  • National Student Exchange
  • Study Abroad Center
  • Student Union Board (Multicultural & Leadership Programming)
  • YWCA Ames
• COURSES
  • University Studies 150: Dialogues on Diversity
  • University Studies 160: Gender Justice

PLANNING TEAM COORDINATORS

Jenni Brumwell and Tom Vance, Student Co-Chairs
Jennifer Garrett, Student Activities Center Coordinator of Leadership & Service
Kristen Wentworth, LGBT Student Services

Sponsors:

Thank you to:

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Student Services (LGBTSS)
Sloss House Women's Center
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Multicultural Student Affairs