Youth Congress on Race Relations 2004

Tuesday, April 27th
10:00 am - 2:15 pm

Gonzaga University
502 East Boone
Cataldo Hall, Globe Room

Lunch Provided for a $5 donation

Open to students grades 9-12
For more information call 459-4116

Jane Elliot is one of America's most respected speakers on discrimination and prejudice. in 1968, after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, Jane tried to explain the meaning of Dr. King's death to her students. To do this, she devised the famous exercise, "Blue Eyed - Brown Eyed," which was shown on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 1992. This sensitizing exercise, in which participants are labeled inferior or superior based on the color of their eyes, began with third-graders in all-white, all-Christian Riceville, Iowa.

Those who have been through this exercise have said it is an emotionally significant and life-changing experience.

Thursday, March 3rd
7:30 am - 10:00 am

Gonzaga University
502 East Boone
Cataldo Hall, Globe Room

Business Diversity Leadership Breakfast
with guest speaker Janet Bennett

Janet Bennett, Ph.D., is executive director of the Intercultural Communication Institute, sponsor of the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, and director of the Master of Arts Degree in Intercultural Relations jointly sponsored by ICI and the University of the Pacific. She specializes in developing theory and training methods for individuals who teach, train or manage across cultures. As an educator and consultant, she designs and conducts intercultural training for colleges and universities, corporations, social service agencies, and professional associations. She teaches in the training and development program at Portland State University, and publishes on intercultural training and adjustment.

Wednesday, March 30th

Gonzaga University
502 East Boone
Cataldo Hall, Globe Room

Community Congress on Race Relations "Responsible Freedom: Working Across Cultures"
with guest speakers Lee Gardenswartz and Anita Rowe

Pre-registration required
before April 21st