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Schedule

2012 Dealing with Difference Institute

Tuesday, May 15, 2012
(Multicultural Center, Murray Street / Dr. C. T. Vivian Way)

1:00 - 1:15 p.m.

Welcome & Program Overview

1:15 - 2:45 p.m.

Featured Presenter: Dr. Pedro Noguera, Co-author of Creating the Opportuity to Learn: Moving from Research to Practice to Close the Achievement Gap
Keynote Presentation: Preparing for the New Majority: The Role of Schools in Building a More Inclusive and Equitable Society
Moderator: Dr. Ronald Williams, WIU Assistant Provost

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.

Refreshment Break

3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Presentation: Balancing Personal and Group Identity with National Allegiance, Multiculturalism, and Assimilation
Presenter: Dr. J. Q. Adams, WIU Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies
Moderator: Dr. Aimee Shouse, WIU Women’s Studies

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Sing Your Song, Documentary on Harry Belafonte, artist and activist. Susanne Rostock, Dir. (103 min.)
Moderator: Dr. Robert Hironimus-Wendt, WIU Sociology and Anthropology

6:15 - 7:15 p.m.

Dinner: Earl Bracey & Colleagues (Alumni House, Adams & Ward)

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Program: ‘Pastures of Plenty’: Using Music to Promote Change (Alumni House)
Presenter: Dr. Gloria Delany-Barmann, WIU Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies, with Musicians Ivan Chancay, Dan Eilers, and Reinhard Lindner
Moderator: Mr. Marlon Blake, WIU College Student Personnel, 2012 Graduate

Wednesday, May 16, 2012
(Multicultural Center)

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Light Breakfast Buffet

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Presentation: What the World Needs Now . . . Cultural Competencies for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Prejudice
Presenters: James La Prad and Tamara La Prad, WIU Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies
Moderator: Dr. Sarah Schoper, WIU Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies

9:45 - 10:00 a.m.

Break

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Featured Presenter: Rev. C. T. Vivian, Civil Rights Activist, Advocate of Nonviolence, Freedom Rider, Founder of the C. T. Vivian Leadership Institute
Keynote Presentation: Nonviolence: Motivation, Preparation, and Social Justice Initiatives
Moderator: Dr. Algerian Hart, WIU Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch (University Union Grand Ballroom)

1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Presentation: Contemporary Nonviolent Social Justice Activities and Movements
Presenters: Mr. Cornell Bondurant, WIU Social Work, 2012 Graduate; Mr. Sean Dixon, WIU Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies; Ms. Justine Johnson, WIU Women’s Center, and Mr. AJ Segneri, Foundation for a United Front, Springfield, Ilinois
Moderator: Dr. Gordon Chang, WIU Sociology and Anthropology

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.

Participant Small Group Discussions: Nonviolence—Resources, Initiatives, Strategies; Difficult Conversations, 2012-13 Series; Balancing Multiculturalism and Assimilation

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.

Evaluations / Closing Comments