Sponsored by ACPA and its Commission for Social Justice Educators
Campus Host: University of California - Berkeley
December 2-4, 2012
Keynote Speakers | Featured Workshop | Schedule | Location and Transportation | Registration Information
Overview of the Conference
Learn or refine ways from experts to address the challenges of infusing social justice into your everyday activities and conversations. This group of insightful and experienced speakers will share their wisdom and expertise. You will learn about cutting edge and innovative campus programs and will be provided resources to help you implement or reshape programs back on your home campus.
More importantly, learn from one another. This institute gets to the heart of issues, and offers tools to assist leveraging social justice education on campuses. By educating ourselves - and our students - we can create a just global society where every person is valued.
This bi-annual institute hosted by ACPA and Commission for Social Justice Educators. Please join us for this exciting bi-annual Institute on Social Justice to put your commitment to social justice education into action.
This Institute’s Theme:
Self-Reflection, Intersection, and Activism: Deconstructing the Myth of Single Issue Struggles
What is ‘social justice’? What does it mean to be a ‘social justice educator’? What does it take to be effective as a ‘social justice educator’? These questions are becoming increasingly important for us in this field to be able to answer, and yet the didactic answers feel too simplistic. As our understanding of social justice and issues of oppression become more complex, the essence of what is important rises to the surface.
- The Challenge to Engage in Self-Reflection.
- The Recognition of Intersectionality.
- The Responsibility and Capacity to Engage in Activism.
Inspired by a quote by Audre Lorde, "There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single issue lives," we have chosen the theme for the Institute. Please join us as we challenge ourselves and each other to be reflective of our own identities and experience, to add complexity to the conversation by addressing intersections of identity, and to accept the responsibility of being able to act.
Intended Learning Outcomes
The primary purpose of this institute is to build our collective responsibility to facilitate a living and learning environment for which we all strive, and to develop understanding and respect for each other. Toward that end, the institute will bring together national experts, scholars, and student affairs educators at all career levels, institutional types and functional areas. Institute participants will:
- Learn and/or refine ways to address the challenges of infusing social justice into their campus work with students and others;
- Increase their knowledge about assessing learning outcomes of social justice programs and services;
- Learn from others' experiences through sessions that showcase examples of best practices from a variety of institutional types and functional areas;
- Increase their knowledge on the intersection of theory and practice in social justice education; and
- Network with college student educators from a variety of institutional types who are committed to learning and reflecting about implementing and enhancing social justice education programs
Target Audience
It is open to all college student educators at all levels --student affairs professionals, faculty, administrators, undergraduate and graduate students--who are interested in and committed to building healthy, diverse communities throughout the world.
Dialogue Group Facilitators
Again this year, we have invited 10+ more experienced social justice educators to serve as coaches and small group facilitators. Each institute attendee will be assigned to a small group (Dialogue Group) that will meet a few times throughout the institute to discuss campus dilemmas and strategies/tools, as well as develop connections and networks to access after the conference!
Keynote Speakers
Michael Benitez Jr
Lori Patton Davis
Shakti Butler
Schedule (PDF)
The institute begins at 10:00am on Sunday, December 2nd and concludes at 1:00pm on Tuesday, December 4th.
| Sunday, December 2, 2012 | |
| 8:00am – Noon | Registration |
| 9:00am – 9:45am | Dialogue Group Facilitator Meeting |
| 10:00am – 10:30am | Welcome |
| 10:30am –12:00pm | Dialogue Group #1: |
| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch |
| 1:30pm-2:45pm | TED-like Talks |
| 2:45pm – 3:00pm | Break |
| 3:00- 5:00pm | Title: Featured Speaker(s): Shakti Butler |
| 5:00pm – 6:00pm | Dialogue Group #2: Reflections |
| 6:30pm – 8:00pm | Sit-Down Dinner on Campus (Provided) Francie Kendall |
| Monday, December 3, 2012 - Intersectionality | |
| 8:00am -9:00am | Dialogue Group #3: Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Concurrent Sessions |
| 10:00am – 10:15am | Break |
| 10:15am – 11:30am | Featured Speaker(s): Michael Benitez Jr |
| 11:30am -12:50pm | Lunch & TED- like Talks |
| 12:50-1:00 | Break |
| 1:00-1:50 | Dialogue GROUP #4: |
| 1:50-2:00 | Break |
| 2:00pm -3:00pm | Featured Speaker(s): (Brian A) |
| 3:00 – 3:15pm | Break |
| 3:15pm -4:15pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| 4:15pm – 4:30pm | Break |
| 4:30pm – 5:30pm | Concurrent Sessions |
| Berkeley Night -Out | Dinner on Your Own (Guided by Berkeley Host) |
| Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - Activism | |
| 8:00am - 9:30 am | Dialogue Group #6: Full Breakfast |
| 9:45am – 10:45am | Featured Speaker(s): Lori Patton Davis |
| 11:00am –11:55am | Best Practices & Lessons Learned |
| 11:55-12:05 | Break to get back to Krutch |
| 12:05pm - 12:45pm | TED-like Talk? |
| 12:45- 1:00pm | Wrap-up and Adjourn |
Registration Information
Register online.
Download printable registration form. Word PDF
| Early-bird registration - on or before November 9, 2012 | |
| ACPA members | $395 |
| Nonmembers | $595 |
| ACPA Student Member (undergraduate and graduate) | $150 |
| Student Non-Member (undergraduate and graduate) | $210 |
| After November 9, 2012 | |
| ACPA members | $495 |
| Nonmembers | $695 |
| ACPA Student Member (undergraduate and graduate) | $175 |
| Student Non-Member (undergraduate and graduate) | $310 |
Host Hotel
The host hotel for the institute will be the Hotel Durant, 2600 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 [http://www.jdvhotels.com/hotels/sanfranciscoeastbay/durant]. A special institute rate of $154.00 (single and double) will be available for those who reserve their rooms before November 1, 2012. Call: 510-845-8981. Be sure to mention the “ACPA Institute on Social Justice” to receive the discounted rate. here.
Transportation
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) [http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/index.jsp] and the Oakland International Airport [http://www.flyoakland.com//] both service the greater San Francisco bay area. Oakland would be closer to the host hotel and the University of California - Berkeley campus. However, BART has trains that take you from both airports to downtown Berkeley. Most major airlines serve these airports including Southwest, Delta, Air Tran, United, Midwest Airlines, US Airways, Frontier, and American Airlines.
Bart: http://www.bart.gov/
Maps & Directions: http://goo.gl/maps/3aRDd
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Attire
The attire for the conference is business casual.
Payment and Cancellation Policy
Registrations can be paid by check, VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. All fees must be prepaid. Purchase orders are not accepted. Refunds will be given for cancellations, received in writing at ACPA by November 15, 2012 less a $55 processing fee. After November 15th, there are no refunds. ACPA reserves the right to charge a service fee of $20 for returned checks. A processing fee of $20 per registration will be charged for credit cards declined or to change payment methods after the initial payment is processed. Registrations are non-transferable. The conference may be cancelled or postponed due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. In this case, the fees will be fully refunded; however, ACPA will not be responsible for other additional costs, charges or expenses, including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines and/or travel agencies.
Contact Information
Questions? Contact Tricia Fechter, Senior Director – Professional Development, Research & Scholarship, or call 1.202.835.2272.
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