This workshop is designed to cultivate transferable leadership skills students can use presently in their high school setting, college, and beyond. This session will provide Upward Bound programs with strategies for creating, maintaining, and evaluating present and new student leadership organizations. The delivery style of this workshop is both informational and interactive; participants can anticipate the takeaway of fresh perspectives on best practices and a cheat sheet on how to revamp or jump-start student organizations within their own Upward Bound program. Let’s create student leaders!
Disability, despite being one of the largest minority groups worldwide, is often misunderstood, misrepresented, and marginalized. If we wish to see our disabled students thrive, we must first increase our own literacy around disability as a concept and the forces that marginalize our disabled students and peers. This session will use a blend of theory and personal experience to offer suggestions on enhancing the experiences of disabled students within our programs and on our campuses. We'll spend some time on contemporary community discussions, including self-diagnosis, access intimacy, and disability-as-identity, that are quickly becoming hot-button topics!
