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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