POWER Agenda 2019
May 20, 2019Friday, February 8, 2019: the “why” — Location: Latino Center | ||
Time | Session Topic | Facilitator |
5:00 PM – 5:14 PM | Welcome and Introductions | Mark Schuller & Staff |
5:15 PM – 5:59 PM | Dinner & Ground Rules Discussion | Provided |
6:00 PM – 6:29 PM | Cultural competency / privilege | Jocelyn Santana |
6:30 PM – 7:59 PM | Keynote: why organizing is important, altering relationships of power, an example? | Rep. Celina Villanueva |
Saturday, February 9, 2019: the “how” — Location: Center for Black Studies | ||
Time | Session Topic | Facilitator |
8:30 AM – 8:55 AM | Breakfast | Provided |
9:00 AM – 9:09 AM | Warm-up activity | Carter |
9:10 AM – 9:39 AM | Three Principles of Direct Action | Mark Schuller |
9:40 AM – 11:55 AM | Choosing an Issue | Maria Torres, NIU alum and community organizer |
12:00 PM – 1:14 PM | Lunch | Provided |
1:15 PM – 1:29 PM | Hi-Five Buddies | Pair and Share |
1:30 PM – 3:29 PM | Strategies, Developing a Field Plan | Mason Astill, NIU alumni and Change Corps |
3:30 PM – 3:44 PM | Break | |
3:45 PM – 4:14 PM | NIU’s governance – what kind of power do students have? | Vernese Edghill-Walden |
4:15 PM – 5:45 PM | Break into groups – follow checklist of choosing an issue, Strategy Chart |
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5:50 PM – 6:29 PM | Dinner and Looking Forward | Provided |
7:00 PM – 8:23 PM | Documentary, Brother Outsider | Carter |
Sunday, February 10, 2019: the “what” — Location: Campus Life Building | ||
Time | Session Topic | Facilitator |
8:30 AM – 8:59 AM | Breakfast | Provided |
9:00 AM – 9:14 AM | Review: Choosing Issues, power, Strategy Chart | Mark Schuller |
9:15 AM – 9:44 AM | What’s your why? Crafting your narrative | Sandy Lopez and Lizbeth Roman |
9:45 AM – 10:20 AM | Role-Play: meeting with policymakers | Bob Pritchard and Sandy Lopez |
10:20 AM – 10:29 AM | Break | |
10:30 AM – 11:29 AM | Being an ally/accomplice: working in coalitions | Jessie Fuentes, PRCC / Dave Stovall, UIC |
11:30 AM – 12:29 PM | Break into groups – start work plan | |
12:30 PM – 12:59 PM | Lunch | Provided |
1:00 PM – 1:29 PM | Back at the work plan | |
1:30 PM – 1:59 PM | Work plan – share with group | |
2:00 PM – 2:14 PM | Next steps | |
2:15 PM – 2:29 PM | Wrap up and evaluation |