FINDING THE CENTER 2006

DATES:

MARCH 24   2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
MARCH 25   8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
MARCH 26   8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

INSTRUCTOR:  
       John Mihelich, Ph.D.

1 CREDIT: SOC 403

CATALOG LISTING: SOC 403 WS: Find the Center 2006

CRN: 57160

LOCATION: See conference website: http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/ftc/

DESCRIPTION:

(From Francisco Salinas, FTC planning committee co-chair; Director of Multicultural Affairs, Office of Multicultural Affairs)

The second annual joint Idaho-Washington regional human rights conference for the Inland Pacific Northwest will be in Moscow, Idaho March 24th, 25th and 26th. It is called "FINDING THE CENTER, An Action Oriented Human Rights Conference".   This is truly a remarkable, second annual, but first of its kind, conference for the region.  This conference is specifically designed to teach techniques, tools, and skills, to deal with some of the social ills that plague our communities. 

Among this years presenters are:

            Paul Wesselman, founder and CEO of Stone Soup Seminars, Inc.

Corey Saylor, Governmental Relations Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations

            The National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI)

Michael Chin, Moscow High Graduate, Gonzaga Law Student and member Washington State Human Rights Commission

Living Voices Inc. artist/actress Rose Cano who will present “Native Vision – the experiences of Native Americans in the 1930s and 1940’s”

This conference is co-sponsored this year by the University of Idaho DIGG grant, Washington State University’s office of Equity and Diversity, the  City of Moscow, ID, the City of Pullman, WA, the Latah County Human Rights Task Force, CHEER (the Center for Health, Education and Economic Resources) and the YWCA of WSU.

REQUIREMENTS:

Finding the Center includes three days of workshops, keynote speakers and performances and provides students an opportunity this spring to earn ONE workshop credit toward the Certificate in Diversity and Stratification.  All events will take place on the University of Idaho campus.  The “earlybird” registration fee for the conference is $100 dollars (if registered by March 1) and the regular fee is $125 (after March 1).  

To earn one credit towards the certificate, students must register for the conference and pay the fee AND register for the workshop credit PRIOR to attending the conference and email John Mihelich informing him of the student’s participation.  Students must then attend the full conference.  After attending, students are required to write a brief synopsis of each “workshop track” attended AND a two-page (single-spaced) summary essay explaining what they learned from the overall conference experience and how the experience contributed to their diversity education. The credit is graded based on attendance and the quality of the written submissions.  To view the conference agenda (schedule), workshop tracks, and speakers, visit the conference website: http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/ftc/

Written materials must be submitted by APRIL 3, 2006 to:

John Mihelich, Phinney Hall 401

            OR

John Mihelich
            Department of Sociology/Anthropology/Justice Studies
           101 Phinney Hall
            P.O. Box 441110
            Moscow, ID  83844-1110

             OR

Submitted via email attachment (in Microsoft Word) to: jmihelic@uidaho.edu

For the schedule and more information on the conference visit the conference website at:
                  http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/ftc/

For other information, contact John Mihelich (jmihelic@uidaho.edu).