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The 2009 Summit and Bonner Summer Leadership Institute theme and agenda are in progress.
Below is a tentative agenda. Check back as planning proceeds.

Wednesday, June 3

Tentative Time
Tentative Activity
Tentative Space
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Registration and Check In
Hollis Center
3:00 pm – 4:45 pm

Special Professional Development Sessions
Join one of the special topic sessions to delve into issues like:

  • Micro-Credit:  Getting Your Campus to Invest in the Local Community
  • Youth Empowerment:  Models and Best Practices from Across the Globe
  • Community Gardens: a Project to Promote Sustainability, Food Security, Healthy Living, and Civic Participation


Lynn Business Center
Allen Hall
Stover Auditorium

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Carlton Student Union Dining Hall
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Opening Session
Elizabeth Hall Chapel
9:00 pm – 12:00 am
Networking Receptions & Social Activities TBA

Thursday, June 4

Tentative Time
Tentative Activity
Tentative Space
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Breakfast
Carlton Student Union Dining Hall
9:00 am - 10:15 am

Issue-Based Tracks: Session #1

Working Sessions (attend by campus team) on seven topics. Campus teams will have a chance to share their models, research, and begin to wrestle with organizing around issues.

TBA
10:30 am - 12:00 noon

Issue Based Forums:  Knowing and engaging with the Issues.

15 workshops, modeled on a deliberative democracy model, will give participants a chance to participate in an issue-based forum, learning and sharing knowledge, as well as what a forum is like.

Various classrooms
12:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Lunch and Networking Fair with Partners
TBA
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Elective Workshops:  Organizing Skills & Strategies

10-15 workshops, presented by campuses, students, and non-profit organizations.

Various classrooms
4:00 pm- 5:00 pm

Your Role:  Position Track Meetings

Participants will cluster in roles (administrators, community partners, Congress/Student Leaders, and Senior Interns)
TBA
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Dinner
Carlton Student Union Dining Hall
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Special Topic Strategy Sessions:
Join one of several sessions to delve deeper into topics like:

  1. Reorganizing Your Program into Site/Issue Based Teams
  2. Integrating AmeriCorps Into Your Bonner Program & Campus-Wide Initiatives
  3. Strategies for Effective Faculty Engagement
  4. Serve 2.0: Going to the Next Level with Web-Based Tools
Using Assessment to Drive Campus-Wide Civic Engagement
Elizabeth Hall Chapel
9:00 pm – 12:00 am
Social Activities & Free Time
TBA

 

Friday, June 5

Tentative Time
Tentative Activity
Tentative Space
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Breakfast
Carlton Student Union Dining Hall
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Issue-Based Tracks: Session #2
Campuses attend next session of issue-based tracks. Teams will engage in strategizing how they will carry out research and public education on their issue (such as issues forum, advocacy campaign, or other strategy) in the coming year.

TBA
10:45 am - 12:00 noon

Elective Workshops:  Replicate This!
10-15 workshops, presented by campuses, students, and non-profit organizations who want to share program models and innovations to take back home.

Various classrooms
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch and Free Time
TBA
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Elective Workshops:  Building the Community’s Capacity
10-15 elective workshops, presented by campuses, students, and non-profit organizations about ways to enhance the long-term success of communities and the organizations with which we partner.
Various classrooms
2:45 pm- 4:00 pm

Elective Workshops:  Using Serve 2.0 Tools

10-15 elective workshops, presented by campuses, students, and non-profit organizations on using web-based tools for service.
TBA
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Your Role:  Position Track Meetings Participants will cluster in roles (administrators, community partners, Congress/Student Leaders, and Senior Interns)  
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Dinner Off Campus & Free Time
Recommended Restaurants
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Bonner Video Project Red Carpet Awards & Talent Show
TBA
9:30 pm on
Dance Party, and other social options
TBA

Saturday, June 6

Tentative Time
Tentative Activity
Tentative Space
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Breakfast
Carlton Student Union Dining Hall
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Issue Based Working Session #3:  Taking It Home
Participants will meet in clusters to forge final plans (using guide) for coordinating their work on campus and with the community.  By the end, plans will include dimensions for:

  • Direct service (broadening and deepening)
  • Research (faculty engagement, CBR, course connections)
  • Public education (forums, convenings, advocacy campaigns)
  • Capacity Building (for non-profits especially)
Various Meeting Spaces
10:30 am - 12:00 noon
Closing Session &All Bonner Service Team Videos
Elizabeth Hall Chapel

 

 

 

 
 
   
   

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