Black and Latino Male Conference
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
November 9-11, 2007
THE NEW DANGER:
Black and Latino Men
Facing Evolving Challenges
to their
Scholarship
and Community
The NEW DANGER is us? We
are not an endangered species: nor are we dangerous. We are Black and Latino
male students attending CHAS member institutions, who have moved beyond
surviving to thriving. We reject stereotypes that question our excellence and
we proclaim ourselves as emerging scholars and leaders of an ever-changing
world. We accept the call to “uplift” our communities through proactive
engagement, and unconditional support of our brothers and sisters. The very
real and NEW DANGER derives from our unwavering commitment to being (becoming) a
transformative force upon the world stage. As Black and Latino men, the future
is ours: The NEW DANGER is us . . . in greater numbers as scholars and great
influence as leaders!
In conjunction with
CHAS, the Black and Latino men of ABLLE (Achieving Black and Latino Leaders of
Excellence) at Swarthmore College invite you to join them for a weekend of
discussion, skill-building, networking, and social activities.
Working
Group on the Retention, Success, and Satisfaction of African American and Latino
Male College Students
Friday,
November 9, 2007
2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Check-In at Parrish Parlors, Parrish Hall
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Conference Registration,
Parrish Parlors, Parrish Hall
7:00 – 7:50 p.m. Welcoming Reception,
Admissions Conference Room
Parrish Hall, 2nd Floor:
James Larimore, Dean of the College
Darryl Smaw, Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs
Randall Keith Benjamin ’09, ABLLE
8:00 – 10:00 p.m. Rhythm and Blues Concern:
Music of Gerald Veasly,
Sherald Slaughter, & Erika Hawthorne
Upper Tarble in Clothier
10:30 p.m. Social
Events (TBA)
Saturday,
November 10, 2007
7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast
(Sharples Dining Hall)
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks/Setting
the Agenda:
Rafael Zapata, Assistant Dean & Director, Intercultural Center
Tim Sams, Assistant Dean & Director of Black Cultural Center
Alumni (former student organizers) of past Black & Latino Male
Conferences
(Science Center 101)
9:30 – 10:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Luis Ricardo Fraga
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Director, Diversity
Research, Russell F. Stark University Professor, Professor, Department of
Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
(Science Center 101)
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. Break
(Science Center Lobby 101)
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Conversation
Circles (Participants select one)
Open to all (Students, faculty, and administrators)
Circle I: How to achieve excellence in scholarship, leadership, and
community service.
Circle II: How to negotiate the culture of a college community, be
academically successful, and remain true to one’s culture/heritage.
12:30 – 1:50 p.m. Lunch
(Kohlberg Hall, Scheurer Room in Kohlberg)
Dr. Maurice Wallace
Associate
Professor of English, and Associate Professor of English
and African and African American Studies, Department of English,
Duke University.
Dr. Wallace is the author of Constructing
the Black Masculine: Ideality in
African American Men's Literature and Culture, 1775-1995, his recent
teachings and writings have turned to literature and visual culture, with
a particular emphasis on autobiography, realism, photographic
representation, and the visual technologies of race, gender, and difference.
2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
More Conversation Circles
STUDENT DISCUSSION
Circle Conversation III: How to challenge and overcome the stereotypes and
expectations that campus communities have of Black and Latino males –
both in and outside of
the classroom.
[STUDENTS ONLY]
Circle Conversation IV: How to build and strength community between
Black and Latino male students on campus.
[STUDENTS ONLY]
FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATOR DISCUSSION
Faculty/Administrator Workshop
Faculty/Administrator Conversation Circle
Presentator:
Mr. Lamont Toliver,
Director, Meyerhoff Scholars Program
University of Maryland at Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Break (Scheuer Lobby in Kohlberg)
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Taking
It with You: Action Plan Development Campus Teams will meet
to
discuss and design an action plan to implement on campus.
4:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Plenary Session/Reports
from Campus Teams
Each team will give a five-minute report on their Action Plans.
(Scheuer
Room in Kohlberg)
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Dinner, Upper Tarble
Speaker/Performer:
Willie Perdomo, Poet, Spoken Word Artist
Willie Perdomo is the author of Smoking Lovely (Rattapallax Press, 2003),
Where a Nickel Costs a Dime (Norton, 1996) and Postcards of El Barrio
(Isla Negra Press, 2002).His works have been included in several
anthologies,
including Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Three Rivers Press,
2002).
He has been featured on several PBS documentaries including Words in Your
Face
and The United States of Poetry as well as HBO's Def Poetry Jam and
BET's Hughes' Dream Harlem.
8:00 – 10:00p.m. Movie and Panel Discussion
"Hip Hop: Behind
Beats and Rhymes"
(LPAC Cinema in the Lang Arts Building)
Rafael Zapata, Moderator
Panelists:
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Assistant Professor Urban Education
and American Studies, Temple University
Dr. James Peterson, Assistant Professor of English, Bucknell
University
and Founder, Hip Hop Scholars, LLC.
Mr. Wilfredo Gomez, Graduate Student, Bucknell University
Mr. Tariq Trotter, Member, Musical Hip Hop Group, "The Roots"
10:00 p.m.
Campus Activities/Events – TBD
10:30 until ?
Faculty/Administrator Gathering
Admissions Conference Room, Parrish Hall, 2nd Flr.
Hosts: Darryl Smaw, Tim Sams and Raphael Zapata
Sunday, November 11,
2007
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Scheurer Room in Kohlberg)
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. CHAS Students Brunch and
Networking Meeting
Students meet to discuss various topics including the
CHAS Students Network Conference.
(Kohlberg 115)
11:00 – 12Noon ABLLE
Information Session
(Kohlberg 116)
12Noon
Conference Ends – Departures.
