December 3 - December 5, 2009 The Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado, USA
2009 People of Color Conference PoCC 2009 Moving Mountains: Mining Within
Student Diversity Leadership Conference Mine, Yours & Ours: The Responsibility to Navigate the Rapids of Change
Program Information
New! SDLC has extended the student limit per school. The 8 students per school limit has been extended to 12 students per school. Don't miss this incredible opportunity to extend the attendance from your school. Register today!
Click here or on the image to your left to view the 2009 Virtual Preview! Remember, a preview will not be mailed to you this year, so make sure to get all the details of this year's conference by viewing the virtual version.
John Quiñones Co-Anchor of ABC TV's Primetime and correspondent for 20/20. Opening Ceremonies Keynote Speaker Thursday, December 3
Jehane Noujaim Photographer and Film Maker General Session Thursday, December 3
Kenji Yoshino Yale Law School Professor General Session Friday, December 4
Marcia Gillespie Former editor-in-chief of Essence and Ms. Closing Ceremonies Speaker Saturday, December 5
Daryl Maeda Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder Featured Speaker Thursday, December 3
Terrance Carroll Speaker of the House, Colorado State Assembly Featured Speaker Friday, December 4
Charlene Teeters American artist, educator, and lecturer Featured Speaker and SDLC Keynote Speaker Friday, December 4
Affinity Group Work Affinity group sessions, held throughout the conference, are designed to:
Provide a safe environment where people who share a racial/ethnic identity can come together to build community, fellowship, and empowerment;
Facilitate opportunities for affirming, nurturing, and celebrating; and
Encourage discussion about issues related to racial and ethnic identity development.
Please take a moment to view the YouTube piece from our Face the Music facilitators who worked with our affinity groups at PoCC 08 in New Orleans.
Workshops Attendees can choose from sixty 90-minute workshops led by practitioners and experts. They fall within the following topical areas:
People of Color in Leadership: Pathways and Programs to Success;
Nurturing Our Soul: Self Care, Strategies for Success;
Expanding Our Tool Box: Curricular and Professional Skills for Excellence;
Building Inclusive Communities for People of Color: Programs and Initiatives to Strengthen People of Color in Independent Schools; and
Exploring Racial/Ethnic Identities for People of Color: Our Many Journeys and Stages.
Community Service Projects
Emily Griffith Opportunity School Emily Griffith Opportunity School is Colorado’s most unique technical college. It offers an extensive curriculum including over 500 courses, establishing its reputation for being one of the region’s most diverse learning environments. The school has assisted over 1.5 million students since its inception in 1916. It is a school that welcomes all people, regardless of age, race or education level, who want to expand their horizons and chart their own course for success. During this service project, PoCC attendees will have the opportunity to work in a classroom of adult, refugee students. If you decide to participate, please download and bring with you the legal waiver form.
Family Homestead - Lift-A-Hammer Project Family HomeStead provides emergency and transitional housing and supportive case management to homeless families with children. All families are housed in individual apartments to maintain the dignity and integrity of the family while they work through their crisis of homelessness. While families live in our housing and participate in our programs, Family HomeStead case managers work with them to help them find permanent housing and develop an income to sustain that housing. They also help clients deal with the issues that caused their homelessness. Family HomeStead is heavily dependent upon the services of volunteer groups to assist in the upkeep and maintenance of our housing units and the surrounding properties. A typical Lift-a-Hammer project involves painting and cleaning an apartment for a new family about to move in. If you decide to participate, please download and bring with you the legal waiver form.
Food Bank of the Rockies In today's uncertain economy, the need for food assistance continues to increase and the face of hunger has grown more complicated. In Colorado, 1 in 8 people in struggle with hunger - more than half have a family member working full time and 45% are children. Join the team at the central distribution center of the Food Bank of the Rockies (FBR) and help prepare food for shipping. This facility serves more than 1000 hunger-relief programs in metropolitan Denver, northern Colorado, and Wyoming. Last year, FBR distributed nearly 25 million pounds of food, enough for our agencies to provide almost 53,000 meals each day to children, seniors and families in need. The Food Bank of the Rockies turns every dollar it receives into four meals! If you decide to participate, please download and bring with you the legal waiver form.
Manual High School Established in 1896, Manual High School reopened in the fall of 2007 after being closed just one year due to years of declining test scores and enrollment. In the course of the school’s reform, Volunteers of America Colorado Branch proposed the Community Connect Program (CCP) to Denver Public Schools with the intent to make use of skillful and dedicated volunteers to support the practice of teaching and learning. Through its partnership, CCP works to provide a positive and lasting experience for volunteers in support of the Manual High School mission statement: “We will do what it takes to keep students in school, help them learn, and prepare them for success in college, their careers and life.” CCP suitably strives to integrate the school’s five core commitments: College Prep, Professionalism, Beat the Odds, Personalization, and Collaboration into each aspect of its service. Manual High School therefore invites PoCC and SDLC volunteers to experience a Community Meeting, where the entire school (grades 9-11) gathers together for presentation, recognition “shout-outs” and announcements. Just after lunch, volunteers will split off to join various classrooms and serve as guest panelists. Topic: Journey to College & Beyond.If you decide to participate, please download and bring with you the legal waiver form.
Urban Peak Urban Peak is a community outreach center that helps young people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. Urban Peak serves youth who are victims of abuse, facing mental health or substance abuse issues, physically disabled or ill, or lacking sufficient support. The direct care staff assists each young person in managing their current situation by providing a solid support system and hope for a brighter future. Urban Peak provides housing for young people, and resources to help them find appropriate living situations. They also provide meals, clothing, a clinic and mental health evaluations, as well as, offers GED classes, assistance in post-secondary educational opportunities, job skills training and career counseling, so that each young person has the best possible chance for success in today’s world. This service project will include the preparation and cooking of the lunchtime meal, eating with the youth, cleaning up, and then time with the youth either in a curricular capacity or discussion groups. If you decide to participate, please download and bring with you the legal waiver form.
Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) SDLC is a multiracial, multicultural gathering of upper school student leaders (grades 9—12) from around the country. SDLC focuses on self reflecting, forming allies, and building community. Led by a diverse team of trained adult and peer facilitators, participants will develop effective cross-cultural communication skills, better understand the nature and development of effective strategies for social justice, practice expression through the arts, and learn networking principles and strategies. In addition to large group sessions, SDLC “family groups” and “home groups” allow for intense dialogue and sharing. SDLC and PoCC participants also interact in regional and intergenerational dialogue sessions.
PLEASE NOTE: All students planning on attending SDLC need to fill out our Student Agreement and Medical Release forms which can be faxed to 301-694-5124 by Friday, November 6, 2009.
Registration Cost Member Individual Rate for NAIS or ACIS member or subscriber schools $525 Early Bird (if you register before October 16) $600 Standard (if you register after October 16)
Member Group Rate (five or more adults from the same school, payment received at the same time) $500 Early Bird (if you register before October 16) $575 Standard (if you register after October 16)
Nonmember Individual Rate $790 Early Bird (if you register before October 16) $865 Standard (if you register after October 16)
Sponsorship Opportunities If you are interested in being a sponsor for the 2009 People of Color Conference and Student Diversity Leadership Conference please see our sponsorship brochure for further details.
Contact Information
Please contact our Member Services Center at (202) 973-9700.
NAIS is the national voice of independent education. We offer standards, targeted resources, and networking opportunities for our 1,400 member schools.
