Join educators, non-profit managers, community organizers, direct service providers, and other people committed to practicing leadership for social change for this two-day dynamic conference. This annual event focuses on the theory and practice of leadership, spirituality, and social justice. It features keynote presentations, breakout sessions, networking and reflection. 

Keynote Presentations

Immunity to Change: From the Personal to the Organizational

PerryElissa Perry, MFA, is a consultant and educator whose passions focus on organizational learning and development that brings together people, tools and ideas toward a common goal. She has also contributed to Groundspark, Leadership Learning Community, The Galef Institute, and WritersCorps/SF Unified School District. Check out her website: www.thinkdorepeat.com.

 

 

Elias

Dean Elias, EdD, is a professor at Saint Mary’s who focuses on educating leaders for social transformation. Dean began his professional work as a community organizer and has developed two adult-serving higher education institutions. For the past forty years, he has served as a management consultant for a wide variety of for-profit, non-profit and government institutions, from foundations to health care providers to school districts to multi-national corporations.


Spirituality & Social Justice: Sustenance for the Journey

QuickleyGeorge Quickley, SJ, is the pastor of Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in West Oakland. Prior to his arrival in Oakland, George lived for 15 years in Nigeria as a retreat director and then Provincial of the North-West African Province of the Jesuits. He has experience in urban ministry, community development, prison ministry, and faith-justice formation and is a celebrated preacher.


Schedule at a glance:

Monday, June 17, 2013

8:30-9:00am Registration and Coffee
9:00am Welcome & Context Setting
10:00am-11:30am Choose from Three Breakout Sessions
11:45am-1:00pm Networking Lunch
1:00pm-4:00pm Afternoon Interactive Keynote Session –
Immunity to Change: From the Personal to the Organizational

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

8:30am-9:00am Coffee
9:00am-10:15am Choose from Three Breakout Sessions
10:30am – 11:45am Choose from Three Breakout Sessions
Noon to 1:30pm Lunch with Keynote – Spirituality and Social Justice: Sustenance for the Journey (FREE FOR SMC students, faculty, & staff who are not participating in the rest of the institute. RSVP: CLICK HERE)
1:30pm-2:00pm Closing Reflection

Breakout sessions currently include:

  • Action Research for Social Justice Overview (Monique Morris)
  • Intelligence & Compassion in Action: The Seven Pillars for Social Entrepreneurs (Lauren Speeth)
  • Internalized Oppression & Justice Work (Taj Johns)
  • Action Research Panels (MA in Leadership students and graduates)
  • Mentoring Educators con Carino: A Prayerful Movement for Social Justice (Miguel Lopez)
  • Spirituality & Politics of U2 (Marshall Welch)
  • Preparing Students for Mutually Beneficial Service-Learning Experiences (Andrea Wise & Star Moore)

Institute Registration Fees:

  • $75                 SMC student, faculty, staff or alum
  • $75                 Non-profit representative
  • $125               Higher education, public sector, business, etc.

REGISTER TODAY... (click here)

Contact

For questions, please contact Jennifer M. Pigza, Ph.D., Chair of the MA in Leadership for Social Justice and Associate Director of CILSA, at 925-631-4755 or jpigza@stmarys-ca.edu.

Event Sponsors

The Saint Mary’s College of California Social Justice Institute is coordinated by the Catholic Institute for Lasallian Social Action (CILSA) and Leadership Studies Programs with additional support from the Office of the Provost, Social Justice Coordinating Committee, and the Cummins Institute for Catholic, Thought Culture and Action.

 

 

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