NAIS - Conference Preview - December 5-7, 2008 - (Page 17)

Student Diversity Leadership Conference preserving self, building community and sustaining change: the essence of student leadership Fifteen Years of Diversity and Advocacy Training for Independent School Students sdlc registration The Student Diversity Leadership Conference (SDLC) is a multiracial, multicultural gathering of upper school student leaders (grades 9-12) from around the country that focuses on self-reflecting, forming allies, and building community. Led by a diverse team of trained adult and peer facilitators, participants will develop effective cross-cultural communication skills, better understand the nature and development of effective strategies for social justice, practice expression through the arts, and learn networking principles and strategies. In addition to large group sessions, SDLC further creates a safe, supportive environment by organizing participants into cross-sectional teams of 65 known as “family groups,” each of which is led by two adult facilitators. Each family group is further divided into small “home groups,” where intense dialogue and sharing take place, guided by trained peer facilitators. SDLC participants will join PoCC participants at the Friday opening ceremonies, Sunday Affinity Group Session IV, and Sunday closing ceremonies. Culminating experiences will include joining together with PoCC attendees in student-facilitated dialogue sessions designed to explore concepts and themes of equity and justice in our schools. Highly rated in conference evaluations, everyone is encouraged to attend and support these opportunities for cross-generational work. No school will be turned away, as long as registrations are received by registration deadline November 7. There is a maximum limit of six student registrations per school. sdlc delegates While the conference is multiracial and multicultural in its makeup, NAIS encourages schools to create student delegations of up to six student leaders that includes under-represented racial/ethnic and cultural groups, are gender-balanced, and have at least one student delegate who has previously attended the conference and is interested in serving as a peer facilitator. peer facilitators: sign up on the registration form! Students who have attended SDLC before are eligible to take on a leadership role by serving as peer facilitators. Please indicate your interest on the SDLC registration form. Peer facilitators will be trained on-site on Thursday, December 4, 6:00pm – 10:00pm (dinner included). register online to automatically be entered in a drawing to win a free 2009 pocc/sdlc registration! 1

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