Volunteer and Service Center - Social Justice Student Summit

The Social Justice Summit provides a forum for people to exchange ideas about improving the state of our communities, offers space to dialogue about the obstacles to creating effective change, provides effective tools for social action, and offers tangible grassroots solutions.

Learn about human rights issues, environmental concerns, inequality and oppression on a local, national and global level.

The Social Justice Summit is a FREE event, open to the public.

SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Suheir Hammad - a Palestinian-American poet, author and political activist, Suheir has traveled throughout the world via her poetry, including two years touring with HBO’s Def Poetry Jam. As an adolescent Hammad was heavily influenced by Brooklyn's vibrant Hip-Hop scene. She had also absorbed the stories her parents and grandparents had told her of life in their hometown of Lydda, before the 1948 Palestinian exodus, and of the suffering they endured afterward, first in the Gaza Strip and then in Jordan. From these disparate influences Hammad was able to weave into her work a common narrative of dispossession, not only in her capacity as an immigrant, a Palestinian and a Muslim, but as a woman struggling against society's inherent sexism and as a poet in her own right.
Staceyann Chin - Staceyann Chin is a fulltime artist. A resident of New York City and a Jamaican National, she has been an “out poet and political activist” since 1998. From the rousing cheers of the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe to one-woman shows Off- Broadway to poetry workshops in Denmark and London to co-writer and performer in the Tony nominated, Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Chin credits the long list of "things she has done" to her grandmother's hard-working history and the pain of her mother's absence.

EMPOWERING WORKSHOPS:

Workshops will focus not only on educating participants, but also empowering them to bring about change in our community.

FREE LUNCH:

Will be made from organic materials featuring vegan cuisine; all food throughout the day will represent our socially responsible choices.

RESOURCE FAIR:

The Resource Fair will feature campus and community organizations that provide attendees opportunities to get involved in social action.

COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

The Social Justice Summit is dedicated to providing a Green Summit through utilizing recycled and biodegradable materials, sweatshop-free apparel, organic and vegan food. The purpose of having a Green Summit is to encourage participants to make everyday choices based on environmentally conscious and socially responsible decisions.

We’re still working on putting together an amazing array of workshops, but you can click here to check out our schedule from last year:

Updated Summit 2008 Schedule Click Here.

Pre-Register now!

We've started compiling a guide that includes many ways you can live a more socially responsible life. It's our early draft, so more sections will be coming soon. Also, eventually we'll have a process where you can send us suggestions to keep this a "living document" that is never outdated and includes the best information possible.

Guide to Conscious Living in Orange County

For Information Contact:
Volunteer & Service Center | Titan Student Union Rm. 2 | (714) 278-7623 |
volunteer@fullerton.edu | www.fullerton.edu/volunteer |
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