Latino Student Leadership Summit Kicks Off at Northeastern U.

The Latino/Latina Student Cultural Center at Northeastern University hosts the 2008 New England Latino Student Leadership Conference on March 28-29. (Image: neu.edu/latino)

The Latino and Latina Student Cultural Center (LSCC) at Northeastern University in Boston is hosting its 2008 New England Latino Student Leadership Conference on March 29-29, 2008.

Hundreds of students, faculty and college administrators are expected at the two-day event, designed to foster connections among Latino college student leaders in New England.

"The conference is an opportunity to network and initiate lifelong connections amongst some of the most talented and inspired student leaders in the Northeast," said Rosa Rodriguez Williams, LSCC director, in a press statement.

More than 20 workshops and panel discussions will showcase progressive approaches to leadership development and allow participants to explore various concepts, ideas and projects.

Global capacity-building, social activism, community engagement, and life after college are some of the topic that will be explored.

Presentations and panel discussions will include:

• Hispanic Activism: Why Other Immigrant Groups Must Not Forget
• Effective Communication: Getting Investment and Buy in a Culture of Change
• Graduate Education and Social Activism: Careers in Community Development
• Media and the Arts: Engaging the Community and Sparking Social Activism
• Changing Demographics, Changing Leadership: What the Growing Latino Population Means for American Racial Politics
• Latino Health Issues: Food, Health, Culture and Lifestyles

Alan West-Duran, associate professor of modern languages at Northeastern University, will give the plenary address, called "Latinos/Latinas as Global Citizens: Resisting Empire by Creating a World without Superpowers," to inspire students to take on greater roles of leadership.

For more information about the 2008 New England Latino Student Leadership Conference, please go online to www.northeastern.edu/latino/6th_Annual_Conferenc.html or call 617-373-5427 or e-mail s.fodrowski@neu.edu.

source: EthnicNewz.org via press material of LSCC

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