Monday, October 24, 2016 - Illinois State University · 2017-09-26 · Description: Islamophobia...

Monday, October 24, 2016

Registration begins at 7:45 Location: Brown Ballroom Entrance

1st Floor

8:00AM – 9:00AM

Breakfast with the President,

Dr. Larry Dietz *please note: breakfast will be located on the east side of the Brown

Ballroom

Location: Brown Ballroom

1st Floor

9:00AM-10:40AM

Introduction and Keynote Presentation,

Master of Ceremonies, Mr. Daniel Jackson,

presiding

Provost Janet Krejci, welcome and introduction

Dr. Christine Sleeter, presenter

Student performances by: Taylor Lytle, dance

solo

Devon, spoken word


1st Floor

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10:45AM-12:15PM

“Think Big: Understanding Systemic Oppression” Location: All Rooms

YWCA and Illinois State University* Workshop Sessions

Faculty, Illinois State University and Staff, YWCA

Why is the U.S. prison population disproportionately black and latinx? Why is rape still

devastating women in our communities and college campuses? Why is it that in 28 states, it is

still legal to fire someone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity? The answer is

oppression.

YWCA McLean County is on a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote

peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. In order to accomplish this, we must ensure

our community understands the roots of these pervasive problems and has the tools to counteract

them.

This workshop will provide an introduction to the social phenomenon known as “oppression.”

We will learn how oppression manifests in our daily lives, how it operates in our society, and

how it continues to perpetuate itself unless we engage in proactive work to oppose it.

Lunch

12:15PM-1:15PM Lunch

Keynote Book Signing

Exhibit Hall *please note: breakfast will be located on the east side

of the Brown Ballroom


1st Floor

Concurrent Sessions will take place from 1:15pm-3:30pm

Sessions are as follows:


1:15PM-2:15PM

“Walking the Walk” Simulation Location: Prairie Room North

2nd Floor

Presenters: Cinnamon Porter and Gabriel Cripe

YWCA Stepping Stones

Description: This simulation gives participants the opportunity to understand the complexity of

sexual violence by having them experience the issues and emotions that survivors of sexual

violence face every day.

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Do you know we can hear you? Cultural identity formation

in an era of harsh political discourse

Location: Founders Suite

1st Floor

Presenters: Karen Stipp, School of Social Work* and Fabiola Ochoa, Alumni

Illinois State University

Description: We examined cultural identity in ISU’s Latin American student organization.

Participants were confused by national discourse that seemed to disavow human rights and

equality. They were afraid for themselves, for others, for the nation. Students need safe venues

for historically grounded discourse.

Exploration of the Book, Black Faces, White Spaces:

Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the

Great Outdoors

Location: Prairie Room Center

2nd Floor

Presenter: Rachel Iverson, Campus Recreation

Illinois State University*

Description: This workshop will explore the information presented in the book: Black Faces,

White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors by

Carolyn Finney. The author provides insight into the intersection of race and environment. This

workshop will explore the alternative narrative of environmental identity.

Bloomington – Normal: The Other Side Location: Circus Room

1st Floor

Presenters: Michael Matejka and Bill Kemp

McLean County Museum of History

Description: Is Bloomington-Normal all white bread America? Or is there another, surprising

side to Central Illinois? Local struggles against oppression are not new. Share some amazing

stories on how BloNo grappled with civil rights, slavery, racism, women’s rights, workers’

struggles, and LGBTQ rights.

Departmental Initiatives to Address Oppression among

Students, Faculty, and Policy in the School of

Communication

Location: Prairie Room South

2nd Floor

Presenters: K. Megan Hopper, Steve Hunt, John Baldwin, Joe Zompetti, and Lauren Bratslavsky

School of Communication, Illinois State University*

Description: The School of Communication recently formed a Faculty & Student Diversity

Relations Committee to explore how to create a more equitable campus environment. We will

discuss the committee’s specific goals, steps that will be taken to achieve those goals, and the

importance of committees of this kind.

The Hegemonic Appropriation of Cultural Responsiveness

Location: Spotlight Room

1st Floor

Presenters: Pamela Hoff and Beth Hatt, Education Administration Foundations


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Description: The spirit and need for culturally responsive teaching/pedagogy (CRP) grew from

the rhetoric and practice of multicultural education as a transformative approach to teaching and

learning. In higher education the transformative power of resistance associated with the original

intent of CRP, which have now been lost in transition, are communicated through related

concepts, such as: equity & excellence, critical reflexivity, self-determination, cultural

knowledge, the benefit of the doubt, developmental appropriateness, socio-emotional issues and

relationships. This workshop seeks to explore the ways in which CRP in higher education works

to not offend or disrupt whiteness or the status quo and is also an attempt to re-ignite the

transformative essence of CRP and realign it with its social justice ideals.

Why Stories Matter: Overcoming Oppression and Celebrating

Diversity through Narrative

Location: Old Main

1st Floor

Presenters: J. Scott Jordan, Rocio Rivadeneyra, Leandra Parris,

Bill McBride and Eric Wesselmann

Psychology Department, Illinois State University*

Description: The panel will examine how personal stories are influenced by media stories, and if

stories can be used to expose systems of oppression and teach individuals how to challenge such

systems. Panelists will briefly describe their area of expertise, followed by open, panel-audience

discussion.

Understanding and Superseding Modern Money

Location: One West Wing

1st Floor

Presenter: Lucille Eckrich, Education Administration and Foundations


Description: As part of work to create the conditions of the possibility of public education and

social, economic, and ecological justice, this presentation will explain both the flaw in our

suboptimal, unjust, unsustainable, yet now global monetary system and work going on to

supersede it.


2:30PM-3:30PM

Islamophobia in the Campus Community Location: Prairie Room North

2nd Floor

Presenters: Sara Jozwik, Special Education Department* and Ahmad Mshaiel, Student


Description: Islamophobia refers to the dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims. This

session explores the lived experiences directly related to Islamophobia as experienced by

undergraduate students on the campus of Illinois State University. Attend and gain new skills to

confront misconceptions.

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All Our Lives We Had to Fight: In Search of the Black

Woman’s Alma Mater


1st Floor

Presenter: LaCrisha McAllister, Graduate Student


Description: Alma mater or “nourishing mother” in Latin suggests that a school provides

intellectual nourishment for its students but is that true for all students? This workshop will

explore the literature and provide anecdotes that outline the experiences of Black Women at

Historically White Colleges and Universities.

Being Black at School: A Policy Driven Movement Location: Prairie Room Center

2nd Floor

Presenter: Kelly Wickham Hurst

Founder of Being Black at School

Description: Politicians use education and equality for Black Americans as campaign talking

points with little realized substance or policy support. SB100 is empty without cultural

competency framing through the use of demographic data and training in unconscious bias.

BBAS responds to this void.

Peace Studies: Creating a Fabric of Peace to Detangle

Systems of Oppression

Location: Circus Room

1st Floor

Presenter: Alexa Leyba, Student


Description: Education can be instrumental in challenging systems of oppression. Peace Studies

should be integrated in all curriculums, exposing students to conflict-resolution strategies and

fluency in peace literacy. I discuss the implications of teaching the Global Peace Index (GPI) and

how to transform oppressive institutions.

Authentic Engagement: Intentional Service

Learning for Urban Educators


2nd Floor

Presenters: Helene Achanzer*, Brienne Ahearn, Ginger Garcia, and Matthew Miller

Chicago Teacher Education Pipeline, Illinois State University

Description: STEP-UP is a summer residency for pre-service teachers from Illinois State

University. This panel explores an approach to service learning that pairs an urban context with

authentic engagement, and the community collaborations that engage STEP-UP fellows at a

refugee farm and local block parties.

My Daily Commitment to Becoming an Ally Location: Spotlight Room

1st Floor

Presenter: Diane Zosky, School of Social Work


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Description: This session will explore the responsibility that comes with privilege, including the

stand-points of privilege, the emotional barriers and resistance to acknowledging privilege, and

steps privileged people can take to engage transformation for social justice by becoming an ally.

Not In Our Town/Not In Our School/Not On Our Campus Location: Old Main

1st Floor

Presenters: Mary Aplington and Camille Taylor

Not In Our Town

Description: The mission of Not In Our Town is to stop hate, address bullying, and make a safe,

more inclusive community. Participants will learn about the impact this initiative has had

nationally, on the Bloomington/Normal community, and within area schools. Strategies

addressing systemic change will be shared.

Cultural Responsibility in the Classroom Location: One West Wing

1st Floor

Presenter: Taylor Bauer

Student, Illinois State University

Description: As a student and then Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for COM 303:

Controversy in Contemporary Society, I utilized a handful of tools from both sides of the

classroom in order to discuss power structures and oppression in order to facilitate an honest, yet

educational, educational experience. These tools and my recommendations for using them will

be discussed.

3:45PM-4:45PM

Student Forum with Dr. Christine Sleeter

Brown Ballroom Students are encouraged to attend this session with our keynote to ask a variety of questions that

speak to individual lived experiences. This will be a time to share campus and community

experiences with an expert and gain insight and suggestions for using student voice for

empowerment.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Registration begins at 7:45 Location: Brown Ballroom Entrance

1st Floor

8:00AM-9:00AM Breakfast *please note: breakfast will be located on the east side of the Brown

Ballroom


1st Floor

Concurrent Sessions will take place from 9am-11:15am

Sessions are as follows:


9:00AM-10:00AM

Trans 101

Location: Prairie Room North

2nd Floor

Presenters: Nicole Ersland, Cory Russ, Kellen Carter, Nay Petrucelli

Students, Illinois State University

Description: TLEG presents all you wanted to know about transgender and gender-

nonconforming identities! The workshop will include an overview of basic terminology, gender

identity, and guidelines for being an ally. Time for discussion and Q & A will be provided.

Building Bridges with Diversity Knowledge


1st Floor

Presenter: Dewhitt Bingham

Heartland College

Description: Research suggests that perceived stereotypes of African American men by the

police is a big contributor to why police mistreat black men. Likewise, prejudice toward police

has caused their assassination. This workshop teaches that guilt is the glue that holds prejudice

in place.

Runagate, Runagate: A Reparations

Apology

Prairie Room Center

2nd Floor

Presenter: Joe Rice, Graduate Student


Description: Ta-Nehisi Coates's Atlantic article, "The Case for Reparations" proposes a

compelling initiative to resolve the racial inequality in American society, an initiative enacted

through John Conyers's H.R. 40 (Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-

Americans Act).

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Being the Voice for those whose voice is other than English


1st Floor

Presenters: Patricia Valente, Kimberly Taber, and Javier Centeno

Conexiones Latinas de McLean County

Description: All the major institutions of our society working with speakers of a second

language require a social justice perspective that encourages and expands their role to include

advocacy and cultural brokering with shared commitment to language access. By embracing

inclusion as a model of social justice, we can create a world where all speakers of a second

language have a voice.

Creating A Socially Just Workplace Culture


2nd Floor

Presenters: Renee Watson* and Harriett Steinbach

Dean of Students, Illinois State University

Description: Before we can create systemic change, we must look at our individual identities

and organizational structures. The Dean of Students Office at ISU moved from a single annual

diversity training to a culture of commitment to social justice. This session will explore how you

can do the same.

Out of the shadows: Promoting critical thought and

inclusive perspectives in the classroom


1st Floor

Presenters: Daniel Liechty, Doris Houston, Diane Zosky, and Karen Flint Stipp

School of Social Work, Illinois State University*

Description: A social work student's feedback on a course in human behavior described

"drowning in a sea of whiteness." Faculty responded by weighing the need to teach theories that

shaped dominant Western thought, against the need to teach theories that illuminate experiences

of marginalized groups.

Bullying and Other Subtle Forms of Discrimination: Social

Exclusion and Racial Microaggression

Location: Old Main

1st Floor

Presenters: Eros DeSouza, Eric Wesselmann, and Leandra Parris


Description: Three presenters will discuss three types of discriminatory behaviors that members

of underrepresented groups often experience: bullying, social exclusion, and microaggressions.

Presenters will highlight the scope of these discriminatory behaviors, consequences, and

strategies to combat them.

Boromir’s Desire: How (Not) to Challenge Systems of

Oppression in the Classroom

Location: One West

Wing

1st Floor

Presenter: John MacLean

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English Department, Illinois State University*

Description: Based on my research of rhetorics of engagement across difference and my

teaching experience, I will suggest ways that teachers can challenge systems of oppression in and

beyond the classroom. Practical suggestions will include a syllabus statement, class activities,

and project requirements.


10:15AM-11:15AM

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Diagnosis of

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Childhood

Location: Prairie Room North

2nd Floor

Presenter: Paula Crowley, Special Education Department


Description: Black children are less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than their Hispanic and

White peers. This presentation will examine the data-base that provides evidence to support this

observation and provide direction to researchers and professionals who work with children from

racial and ethnically diverse populations in clinical settings.

Breaking Barriers: Overcoming sexism in

male dominated fields

Location: Founder’s Suite

1st Floor

Presenters: Tracy Wehrle, Susan Woollen, Cara Rabe Hemp,

Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois State University*

Description: Despite the fact that women comprise 46 percent of the nation’s workforce, they

are severely under-represented in many of the criminal sciences occupations. In 2009, the

Department of Criminal Justice Sciences created an initiative titled, Breaking Barriers to combat

this trend. Breaking Barriers activities are designed to increase the availability of role models,

strengthen students’ self-images, and challenge their acceptance of traditional sex norms. This

roundtable will include a discussion of the execution of these strategies for overcoming sexism,

especially in traditionally male-dominated fields.

Policing, Investigatory Traffic Stops, and Institutional Racism Prairie Room Center

2nd Floor

Presenter: Michael Gizzi, Criminal Justice


Description: Investigatory traffic stops based on minor offenses are used by police to conduct

investigations and unfairly target minorities and young people. They rarely are experienced by

White adults. Practices of institutional racism are dismissed by police, but statewide traffic stop

data challenges this.

Social Justice Warrior: Dismantling System(atic)

Oppression Through An Intersectional Lens


1st Floor

Presenter: Anthony Anderson, Undergraduate Student

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Description: This workshop will teach attendees what intersectionality is/means, how to

critically think through an intersectional lens, & how to use this new framework to resist

oppression & oppressive systems to work towards abolition.

Critical reflection on teaching and addressing diversity

in classroom: Philosophy, pedagogy, and more


2nd Floor

Presenters: Suejang Han, Gregory Braswell, Eros DeSouza and Rocio Rivadeneyra


Description: Four faculty members of color who have taught diversity courses in Psychology

will share their reflections on addressing diversity in the classroom. Example topics would

include effective strategies to overcome student discomfort and address our own biases that may

affect student learning.

Creating Culturally Responsible Academic Departments Location: Old Main

1st Floor

Presenter: Janet Wilson, School of Theatre and Dance


Description: This panel will address building inclusive and welcoming environments within

academic units. Departmental culture impacts the classroom and extends to co-curricular and

off-campus events and corresponds with successful recruitment/retention of faculty/staff and

students from marginalized groups.

Cage of Oppression and Level Playing

Field


1st Floor

Presenters: Gabriel Cripe and Cinnamon Porter

YWCA Stepping Stones

Description: Participants will be able to identify privilege groups and oppressed groups and

ways in which our society keeps this system in place during the Cage of Oppression. In the

Level Playing Field Activity, participants will explore ways they and others experience both

privilege and oppression.

Sorry, I Ain't Sorry Location: One West Wing

1st Floor

Presenter: Tiffany Fulford, Graduate Student


Description: Students, faculty, and staff alike should interactively discuss the unapologetic need

to confront microagressions and macroagressions. Difficult dialogues should go unsilenced

through effective and engaging responses. Gain the skills necessary to confront systems of

oppressions and white fragility.

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Lunch

11:30AM-1:00PM

Brown Ballroom *Please note: lunch will be located on the east wing of the Brown Ballroom

11:30am-11:45am

Student Spoken Word Performances by

Faith Overall

Cameron Baker (a.k.a. “A Philo poet”)

Keith Mallet & Kevo

Lunch Community panel

*Please note: the lunch community panel will begin at 12:00pm

This panel is comprised of ISU’s community partners who will come together to discuss

systemic issues within our community, how they may affect Illinois State University students

from diverse backgrounds, and how we, as a community members, may work towards breaking

down oppressive systems and create spaces and experiences that are equitable and inclusive.

***Break 1:00PM-1:15PM***

1:15PM-2:15PM

Student panel

Brown Ballroom Students will discuss both just and unjust experiences on campus and how these experiences

have impacted their academic and social endeavors. Our students have powerful stories and are

excited to share them with faculty, staff, and community personnel. There is, perhaps, no greater

catalyst for change than hearing the lived accounts of our own students.

***Break 2:15PM-2:30PM***

2:30PM-3:30PM

Where do we go from here?

Brown Ballroom Dr. Christine Sleeter will conclude our 2016 CRCC Conference by guiding us on next steps in

our journey towards creating a more inclusive and just campus community.

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