Black and
Latino Male Conference 2008
"The Fire This
Time: Politics, Economics, and Identity"
Bucknell University
November 14-16, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2007
2:00-6:00 PM
Check-In / Registration
Elaine Langone Center,
Center Room (second floor)
6:00-7:00 PM Dinner
Elaine Langone Center,
Boswick Marketplace
(first floor)
7:00-7:50 PM Welcome
MC: Wilfredo Gomez, Graduate Student in English, Bucknell University
David duKor Jackson, Associate Dean of Admissions, Bucknell University
8:00- 9:00 PM
Student Panel: "Catch a Fire: CHAS Student Alumni
Perspectives"
Kicking off the conference, a panel of CHAS graduates will discuss the
impact
that the Black and Latino Males conference has had in their personal, academic,
and community experiences while in college. They will share their views on how to
maximize
the education value of the conference through some post-graduate
observations.
Panelists: Wilfredo Gomez, Haverford College
Kenny Miles, Vassar College
Sergio Amarte, Williams College
9:00 PM
Reception with Bucknell Students
Elaine Langone Center, Forum (second floor)
9:00 PM
Faculty/Administrator Gathering
(Rolando Arroyo-Sucre’s home)
Saturday, November 15, 2007
7:30-9:00 AM
Breakfast
Elaine Langone Center, Terrrace Room (second floor)
9:00-9:30 AM
Opening Remarks/Setting the Agenda
Elaine Langone Center, Forum (second floor)
MC: Jose Cardenas Bunsen, Assistant Professor, Spanish Department,
Bucknell University
Rolando Arroyo-Sucre, Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity,
Bucknell
University
Professor James Peterson, Assistant Professor, English Department,
Bucknell University
9:30-10:45 AM Keynote Speaker:
Prof Cary Fraser, Associate Professor of African &
African American
Studies & History, Penn
State
Elaine Langone Center,
Forum (second floor)
10:45-11:00 AM
Break
Center Room
11:00- 12:15 PM Conversation Circles (Participants select
one)
Open to all Students, faculty, and
administrators
Circle 1: Male conversation
"Promoting a Culture of Academic Engagement"
Facilitator: Jose Cardenas Bunsen, Professor of Spanish,
Bucknell
University
Coleman 054
Circle
2: Male Conversation
"Developing a Personal Vision That Works for You"
Facilitator: Edward Pittman, Associate Dean of the College Campus Life,
Vassar College
Coleman 150
Circle 3: Female Conversation
"Mentoring Across Gender Differences"
Facilitator: Karla Spurlock-Evans, Dean of Multicultural Affairs,
Trinity College
Coleman 221
12:30-1:50 PM Lunch
MC: Justin Alsop, 2010 Marketing/Management,
Bucknell University
Speaker: Trent Hargrove, Chief Officer for Diversity, State of
Pennsylvania
Larison Dining Hall
2:00 - 3:15 PM More Conversation Circles:
Circle Conversation
5:
[MALE STUDENTS ONLY]
Coleman 150
Circle Conversation 6:
[MALE STUDENTS ONLY]
Coleman 221
Circle Conversation 6:
[FEMALE STUDENTS ONLY]
Coleman 251
FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSION
Faculty/Administrator Workshop
Faculty/Administrator Conversation Circle
"Education, Change and Service"
Coleman 122
3:15-3:30 p.m. Break
Center room
3:30 – 4:30 PM "Taking It with
You: Action Plan Development"
Campus Teams will meet to discuss and design
an action
plan to implement on campus
Elaine Langone Center, Forum
4:30 – 5:45 PM Plenary Session/Reports from Campus Teams
Forum
6:30 – 9:00 PM Dinner:
MC: Errol Carter, Diving Coach, Bucknell University
Keynote speaker: Professor Shaun Harper, Dept. of
Higher Education Management,
Graduate School
of Education at Penn State
"american
men of color in the Obama Era: the audacity and consequences of hope"
Elaine Langone Center
Terrace Room
9:00 – 11:00PM Dance
Terrace Room
9:00 - 11:00PM Faculty/Administrator Gathering
Walls Lounge
Sunday, November 16, 2007
All Saturday events will be in
Terrace Room
9:00-11:00
AM Continental Breakfast
10:00-11:00 AM CHAS Students
Brunch and Networking
Students meet to discuss various topics including the
CHAS Students Network Conference
11:00-12:00 PM "The Fire
This Time" Prof James Peterson, Bucknell University
12:00 noon Conference
Ends – Departures
