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Sharing the Dream
Ninth Annual Cultural Diversity Conference
Building Community Through Diversity
September 17, 2009
Time |
Event |
| 8 am - 9 am |
Registration
Seymour College Union Lobby |
| 8:45 am - 9 am |
Welcome & VIP Greetings
Chair, College President, BSG President
Seymour College Union Ballroom |
| 9 am - 10 am |
Keynote
John Quiñones (Heroes Among Us)
Seymour College Union Ballroom |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am |
Panel Interview: Media's Role in "Sharing the Dream"
John Quiñones (facilitator), Tariq Spence, Jason Torreano
Seymour College Union Ballroom
Submit a question by e-mail that you would like the panel to discuss. |
| 11 am - 2 pm |
Cultural Showcase
Seymour College Union Lounge |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Concurrent Educational Sessions
- Public Relations: A Partner in the Pursuit of Diversity and Inclusion
Seymour College Union, Room 119
- Migrant Farmworkers: An Invisible Population Feeding the Nation
Seymour College Union, Gallery
- Achieving the Dream: Child Soldiers' Struggle for a Better Life
Seymour College Union, Room 220-221
- Democracy and The Role of Offices of Diversity
Seymour College Union, Room 228
- Cultural Storytelling through Music and Dance
Hartwell Hall, Theater
- Hard to Remember, Harder to Forget: Diverse Voice of Female Resisitance
Seymour College Union, Room B116
- Equality for Indigenous Peoples: Leadership in Local and Global Issues
Hartwell Hall, Room 11
- We Have Choices: People with Disabilities Living Their Lives
Seymour College Union, Room 114
|
| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm |
John Quiñones Booksigning
Seymour College Union Lounge |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Multi-Cultural Food Tasting
Seymour College Union Ballroom |
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm |
Concurrent Educational Sessions
- Unskilled Labor? You Try It
Seymour College Union, Room 119
- Learning to Live: A Qualitative Enquiry on the Victims of Acid Attack: Coping with Change
Seymour College Union, Room 114
- Building Community: Bridging the Underrepresented with the Majority Represented
Edwards Hall, Room 103
- "Are We on the Same Page?": Exploring the Emotions of English Language Learners
Seymour College Union, Room 220-221
- Fulfillment of the Dream- Why Same Sex Marriage Should Matter (Session Cancelled)
Broadening "the Dream" — Acknowledging Gender Diversity (Replacement Session)
Edwards Hall, Room 106
- Reconstruction: The First Legal American Diversity Initiative
Seymour College Union, Room B116
|
| 3 pm - 4:30 pm |
Naturalization Ceremony
Seymour College Union Ballroom |
Commitment to Embracing Diversity
To make an institution-wide commitment to embracing diversity in its fullest sense by setting goals and linking these goals with Middle States’ expectations and our own expectations for achieving a more inclusive community.
At Brockport, diversity is everyone’s business.
President John R. Halstead, PhD
The College at Brockport
