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DIVERSITY CONFERENCE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014
7:45-9:45 p.m.
SCREENING OF “GIRL RISING” Athletic Center (All Invited)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014 SPOKEN WORD BY VERDI DEGBEY '16 “SUICIDE OR HOMICIDE” THE POWER OF WORDS
8:30 a.m.
Opening and Welcome by the Diversity Committee Co-Chairs A’Kala Chaires ’14 and Maranie Harris Kuiper ‘15
8:45 – 9:25 a.m.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Empowering MEdia Heather Schultz ’72, P’14
9:30 - 11:30 AM: MORNING SESSION STUDENTS
“I WILL DEFEND” Mark Wiggins Athletic Center
FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
THE YOUTH CAN MAKE SMART DECISIONS ONLINE…WE NEED TO HELP THEM! Christine M. Tetreault, Assistant District Attorney and Jana R. McClure, Director of Community Outreach & Education, Northwestern District Attorney’s Office
Parents’ Association Room TWEETS, VINES, AND INSTAGRAM, OH MY: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA Moderated by Kim Evelti and Andrew Shelffo (faculty)
Williston Theatre (Scott Hall)
11:30 AM - 12:10 PM LUNCH GRAB AND GO
12:20-2:10 PM: AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS NOBODY LIKES A BULLY
TUNE IN AND TUNE OUT
TINTIN IN THE NEWS
ONE BILLION RISING
ADOPTION
Elizabeth Calderone ’14, Rachel Chambers (faculty)
Persis Ticknor-Swanson ’14, Adrienne Mantegna (faculty)
Jonah Freed ’14, Claire Frierson (faculty)
Laurel Raffetto (faculty), Kerry-Beth Garvey (faculty)
Logan Brown (faculty)
WB Lower Level, 12 students
Dance Studio, 20 students
Chapel 508, 15 students
Athletic Center, 50 students
194 Common Room, 30 students
INTRO TO SAVING THE WORLD: making political change through advocacy, lobbying, and the media Christian Knapp ’14, Brendan Hellweg ’14, and Peter Gunn (faculty)
ROCK OF CHANGES
Reed 202, 15-20 students
Mackenzie Zehring ’14, Ryan Tyree (faculty)
Studio Theatre, 30 students WOMEN IN THE MEDIA I Sylvia Skerry ’14, Bianca Schultz ’14, Emma Kaisla ’15, Lindsay Richardson ’14, Julia Krupp ’15, Maddie Stern ’14, Sarah Klumpp (faculty)
Reed 102, 15 students (Upper School only) WOMEN IN THE MEDIA II Emily Vezina (faculty), and
UMass student guests WB Middle School meeting space, 30 students (Middle School only)
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW HIP HOP?
THE NEW JIM CROW
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
SAY SOMETHING
Stan Samuelson (faculty)
Laura Penny from Safe Passage
Schoolhouse 23, 15 students
Cox Room, 30-50 students (Upper School students only)
MAKING SMART DECISIONS ONLINE
Henry Lombino ‘14, Dr. Marcus Ware, Commonwealth Academy (guest faculty)
Faculty Brian Crockett, Imani Edwards, Commonwealth Academy (guest faculty)
Lower level Stu Bop, 40 students
Dodge Room, 50 students
ONE SURVIVOR REMEMBERS
WHAT IS BEAUTY?
THE GREAT PINK SCARE
SHADOW OF HATE
Susanna White (faculty)
Ken Choo (faculty)
Adeleen Brown (faculty)
Livvy Milne ’14, Erin Davey (faculty)
Reed 103, 15 students
John Wright Common Room, 30 students
Photo Studio, 20 students (girls 16 and up)
Choo Living Room (John Wright), 15 students
Alec Bickerstaff ’15 and Mike Fay (faculty)
Reed 204 10-15 students
Kate Biddiscome (faculty)
Christine M. Tetreault, Assistant District Attorney and Jana R. McClure, Director of Community Outreach & Education, Northwestern District Attorney’s Office
Reed 203, 15 students
Parents’ Association Room, 30 students
TWO SPIRITS
2:20 - 3:00 PM: CLOSING “OREO”
HIP HOP WORKSHOP PRESENTATION
TAKE ACTION!
Alex Kozikowski ’14, Verdi Degbey '16
Henry Lombino ’14, Dr. Ware
Stan Samuelson
A powerful combination of identity activism and the media.
A call to action from a 34-year veteran Diversity Committee member.
“WE CAN!” Final Remarks from Diversity Interns Brittany Collins ’14 and Michael Thompson ’14
FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKSHOPS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.WILLISTONBLOGS.COM/ONTHEQUAD/DIVERSITY-CONFERENCE-2014-SCHEDULE