The Conference is funded by a grant from the

The Conference is sponsored by:

The Office of Intercultural Relations/Cross-Cultural Center

The Office of Educational Opportunity Programs and Ethnic Affairs

The SDSU Center for Leadership

Career Services

Conference Themes

The conference will offer workshops along several themes that will cover topics such as: affirmative action, racism, campus climate, recruitment and retention, and diversity, building feminist communities, access and equity for people of color in American higher education.

Theme 1: Black and Brown Voices, Men as Allies

Presenters showcase the development of various action plans for their campuses to enhance the success and satisfaction of Black and Latino male students and share the results of their strategies. The idea behind this effort is to assist student leaders in developing clear strategies and actions to implement, improve and strengthen programs on their campuses.

The focus is: 1) promoting leadership between black and Latino males, 2) EOP Mentoring Program, 3) promoting student connections and 4) establishing community service programs involving black and Latino male students.

Theme 2: Sexism, Identity and Belonging

Since the adoption in 1948 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, there has been some important advances in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, homophobia and related intolerance made. National and international laws have been enacted and numerous international human rights instruments, particularly a treaty to ban racial discrimination, have been adopted. Progress has been made, yet the dream of a world free of racial hatred and bias remains only half fulfilled.

Here, panelists and speakers discuss issues of the human trafficking of women and children, migration and discrimination, gender and racial discrimination, racism against indigenous peoples, and the protection of minority rights.

Theme 3: Issues in Minority Health

Key areas in minority health and science explore issues surrounding cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and HIV/AIDS.

Objectives include exploring current prevention strategies that work in various communities, both rural and urban; to address current health care issues for men and women of color; recommending action-oriented strategies to increase positive health outcomes for minorities across the lifespan, from rural and urban communities; fostering community partnerships to identify and implement best practices that target prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases that disproportionately affect people of color; promoting strategies to diversify leadership in health sciences, education, research and policy; and ensuring health issues of people of color remain at the forefront of national, state and local health policy agendas.

Theme 4: Diversity in Higher Education

Fifty-four years ago, the Brown v. Board of Education decision opened the doors of education wider for students of color. Walk across any campus today, and you’ll see a range of racial and cultural diversity. As higher education professionals, we must continually grow in our knowledge and ability to educate our increasingly diverse society. To this end, “Diversity in Higher Education” emphasizes what we need to know and how we can create positive outcomes through diversity on our campuses.