Keynote Address

Stacy D. Bernaugh
Founder and CEO of the Greenhouse Communication Initiative

Stacy D. Bernaugh is the founder and CEO of the Greenhouse Communication Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated to developing and improving the writing, performance, communication, and leadership skills of all people.   As a public intellectual taking action against social injustice and increasing cultural competence in education, Bernaugh has worked with teachers, administrators, and community leaders for the past 10 years to improve the social and political lives of all marginalized groups.  Bernaugh has been awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award and the Monterey Bay Links Vision Award for community service and an unwavering commitment to social justice and diversity.

Bernaugh has used his skills as a public speaker to connect with several community organizations and has lectured and facilitated workshops at scores of colleges and universities, educational conferences, high schools, middle schools, and youth organizations across the country. 
 
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Concurrent Sessions

Calling Racism Out, Building Support for Anti-racism
Stephanie Ackroyd, Student
Tommy Devers, Student
Casey Evans, Student
Whitney Firth, Student
Lucia Gordon, Student
Todd Newkirk, Student
Lynn Tolbert, Student
Dreama Moon, Professor of Communication

After a class that increases awareness of social injustice and sparks commitment to anti-racism and social justice, what challenges do students face as they strive to implement this new commitment to equity? Drawing on their transitional experiences of becoming anti-racist/enacting anti-racism, the group will share the challenges that they experience outside of the supportive "race class" and offer strategies that instructors and students might use for building climates of support for anti-racism and other forms of social justice advocacy.

Opportunity Recognition: Re-visioning Social Justice and Equity
Erika Daniels, Ed.D.
Lorri J. Santamaría, Ph.D.
College of Education, California State University San Marcos

In this interactive session, presenters will share their experiences as they relate to creating personal and professional "spaces" that foster socially just and equitable practices.  Participants will learn and practice opportunity recognition in terms of applying social justice and equity to life and human experiences every day.  Participants will identify ways in which they can influence their environments more purposefully, resulting in more socially just and equitable outcomes for the people with whom they interact on a daily basis.

What's Your Facebook Status?
Sara Sheikh, Associate Director of Multicultural Programs, Student Life & Leadership
Rodger D'Andréas, Director of LGBTQ Pride Center, Associated Students Inc.

Facebook serves as a social indicator of students' world perspectives, including their areas of interest and passion, and knowledge of their community and its members. This online networking tool informs a new pedagogy of social justice education which transforms students' understanding of social justice from an impersonal third-person perspective toward intimate relationships to systems of in/equity.