Diverse Students' Leadership Conference (DSLC)

The STUDENT DIVERSITY BOARD
welcomes you to the 6th Annual
Diverse Students’ Leadership Conference

March 29-31, 2011

Conference Registration is Closed please join us for our public conference opportunities:


Opening Keyntoe Dr. Inge Auerbacher Holocaust Survivor  Tuesday March 29, 7:00 p.m. Stapleton Lounge

Diversity Entertainment Performance "hereandnow"  Wednesday March 30, 7:00 p.m. Regina N. Lounge

 

 

   The purpose of the Diverse Students’ Leadership Conference is to enrich each participant's perspective of the adversities and benefits within diverse academic, social and professional settings. The Conference is structured so that all of those involved may accomplish the following:

  • Identify the challenges and underlying prejudices that exist in various social institutions.
  • Develop educational and interactive skills to transform the challenges of diversity into opportunities.
  • Become empowered leaders actively promoting the advantages of diversity.

History

   The founders of DSLC envisioned this conference as a way to bring students, community leaders, scholars, and representatives from corporate America together. The goal was to create a forum for examining the positive impact diversity provides to all types of settings. We could not be more pleased with how the DSLC has grown. Our intentions for the conference are to educate and foster intercultural interaction amongst participants. After experiencing the workshops, diversity showcase, career exposition, and keynote address, our challenge to you is to reconsider your thoughts on diversity and the role it plays in our world. Social injustices may always be present, but it is up to each of us to educate ourselves and to then take action towards changing the world for the better.

2011 Opening keynote speaker:

Dr. Inge Auerbacher

March 29, 2011 @ 7:00 p.m.

Stapleton Lounge

Dr. Inge Auerbacher was born in Kippenheim, Germany. She was imprisoned from 1942 to 1945 in the Terezin concentration camp in Czechoslovakia when she was seven to ten years of age. In 1946 she emigrated to the United States and has lived in New York City.

She graduated from Queens College with a B.S. degree in chemistry and has done postgraduate work in biochemistry at Hunter College. She has been associated with many reowned researchers in the field of medicine.

Ms. Auerbacher is a world traveler, travel writer and avid photographer. More than fifty of her poems on various themes have been published. She is the author of: I am a Star(published in eight languages), and Beyond the Yellow Star to America(published in four languages),and Running Against the Wind. Her most recent book is titled Finding Dr. Schatz: The Discovery of Streptomycin, and a Life it Saved.

Inge Auerbacher appeared in Childhood Memories of the Holocaust a television documentary produced in 1985 by the New York City Board of Education.

She is the recipient of the "Ellis Island Medal of Honor", the Louis E. Yavner Citizen Award, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Long Island University, among other awards and recognitions.

2011 Closing keynote speaker:

 Sgt. Eric Alva

March 31, 2011@ 12:00 p.m.

Little Theate

Eric Alva was born in San Antonio, Texas in December 1970. Upon graduation from high school in 1989, he attended community college for two semesters, but then decided to join the United States Marine Corps. After serving in Somalia during Operations Restore Hope, and ten years of being stationed in Japon and California, Alva was called upon to serve in the Iraq War.

Alva is a national spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign fight to repeal the military's discriminatory GLBT policy. Since coming out, he has been featured on Good Morning America, Anderson Cooper 360, Live with Paula Zahn, Newsweek, USA Today, and numerous other newspaper and radio stations across the country.

Among Alva's awards and recognitions for his service is hte 2003 Heroes and Heritage Award from La Raza, the 2004 Hero's Among Us award from People magazine, the 2004 Patriot Award from the city of San Antonio, and the 2008 Public Citizen Award fro mthe National Association of Social Workers.

Alva recently graduated with his degree in social work from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, where he lives with his partner Darrell and their two dogs, Champ and Bo. He hopes to pursue a career working with diverse groups and continuing to work towards social justice.

 

   **Business Casual attire for both keynotes and reception.**

Student Diversity Board Mission

Our Board’s purpose is to unite the Saint Mary’s College community in celebration of the cultural diversity of every woman on campus. SDB helps foster awareness of and respect for the cultures, history, traditions, and religions of multicultural and international students at Saint Mary’s College. We aim to achieve our Board’s purposes through various events and activities on the Saint Mary’s College campus such as the Diverse Students' Leadership Conference.

General Conference Program & Workshop Schedule (detailed schedule,  click here)

 

Title

Presenters
Gender and Environmental Justice: Local and Global Perspectives Sonalini Kaur Sapra (Assistant Professor, Political Science & Women's Studies, Saint Mary's College)
Hue-Man Being Project Betty Hoeffner (Co-Founder & President of Hey U.G.L.Y, Inc.)
Where's the Ponytail? -- Baseball's Gender Barrier John Kovach (Advisory Board/Coach, Baseball For All), Zoe Magid (Francis W. Parker Charter Essential School Baseball Player, Baseball For All), Emma Johnson (Park Tudor High School Baseball Player, Baseball For All) & Irina Kovach (Youth Baseball Player, LaPorte County Babe Ruth, Baseball For All)
LGBTQ Falling Stars Karen Borja (President of SAGA, Saint Mary's College), Cat Cleary (Vice President of SAGA, Saint Mary's College), Hannah Camisasca (Secretary of SAGA, Saint Mary's College) & Laura Dolder (Treasurer of SAGA, Saint Mary's College)
Can We Talk About Race? Linnette C. Good (Assistant Director, Science Diversity Office, Purdue University)
Classism is "Reel" in Higher Education: A Closer Look At The Movie Aladdin Toyinda Wilson-Long (LSAMP Program Coordinator, Purdue University)
It Hurts: Prejudice In GLBT Health Care Jacqueline Leskovec, MLIS, MA, RN (Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region)
Literacy and Prejudice: The Unread Truth Sherry Smith (Tutor Coordinator, Literacy Council of St. Joseph County)
Culture Jamming: Using Visual Culture & Technology As Resistance Jane Cera, PhD (Assistant Professor of Art Education, Indiana University South Bend)
Food Deserts In Fertile Land: Addressing Racial & Socio-Economic Injustice In Our Food System Megan Zwart (Visiting Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Saint Mary's College)
Who's Got Power? Mana Derakhshani, PhD (Professor of Modern Languages & Intercultural Studies & Associate Director of Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership, Saint Mary's College), Karen Borja (Student, Intercultural Leadership Certificate Program, Saint Mary's College) & Jacqualyn Zupancic (Student, Intercultural Leadership Certificate Program, Saint Mary's College)
Cultures of Parenting: Class Dynamics and the Family Mary Ann Kanieski, PhD (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Saint Mary's College)
Privileges We Don't Recognize: White Privilege and Heterosexism Catherine Pittman, PhD (Associate Professor of Psychology, Saint Mary's College) & Brother Sage (Verge) Gillam (Community Activist, Providing Options WSBT Radio 960; Northern Indiana Center for History)
Can We Talk About Race? Linnette C. Good (Assistant Director, Science Diversity Office, Purdue University)
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Retired Staff Sergeat Eric Alva of the U.S. Marine Corps (LBGTQ Activist) *CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

High School Track information was mailed out on February 3, 2011. Group Registration for High School Track will not be available on-line. If you want more information on the High School Track, please contact the MSSP office at 574-284-4721.