Call for Workshops: Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education

Posted by Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education on December 19, 2016

The fine folks with the Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education (PBCHOE) requested that our office share information concerning its upcoming 47th Annual Conference, which will take place from February 23rd through the 25th at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh-Monroeville Convention Center, located at 101 Mall Boulevard, Monroeville, PA 15146.

The theme of this year’s conference will be “Inclusion: The New Face of Affirmative Action.” If anyone is interested in either attending, placing an ad in PBCOHE’s Annual Conference program, or would like to submit their interest to be a presenter during this conference, please see below.

http://www.pbcohe.com/annual-conference.html

Pennsylvania Black Conference On Higher Education, Inc.
http://www.pbcohe.org
47th Annual Conference

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh/Monroeville Convention Center
February 23 – 25, 2017

“Inclusion: The New Face of Affirmative Action?”
Call for Presentation Proposals

Founder K. Leroy Irvis (Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives) in 1970, founded PBCOHE with the mission to ensure that underrepresented minorities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania would have access to a quality education. While the main focus remains constant, different sub-themes and issues continue to be brought forth.

The annual conference theme for 2017, “INCLUSION: The New Face of Affirmative Action?” is meant to explore various transition points for education in general and post-secondary education in particular. This theme is inclusive of issues for administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

This year we want to focus on just what the term “Inclusion” means? Who and what is inclusion targeting? Who and what is inclusion meant to serve? How will inclusion benefit minorities and other underrepresented groups? Is the term inclusion legitimate? What is the difference between Inclusion and Affirmative Action? What is expected of us in the inclusive world? Is this an evolution or a digression from the norm? Realistically, what is the norm? We invite you to submit proposals to present at the conference addressing the theme. Some topics and sub-themes include:

• What is Diversity?
• What is Inclusion?
• Is there a need for Diversity and/or Inclusion?
• The Current Disconnect – Affirmative Action/Diversity/Inclusion
• The Ethics of Inclusion
• Inclusion in the Workplace – Higher Education or Public Schools
• Developmental Issues related to Diversity and/or Inclusion
• A Sense of History about Diversity and Inclusion and Affirmative Action
• Diversity and/or Inclusion Campus Needs and Campus Climate
• Best Practices on Diversity and/or Inclusion for Campus Climate
• Diversity/Inclusion/Affirmative Action on your Campus

For more information contact:
Theo Turner
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
724-357-2598
tturn@iup.edu

Brenda Sanders Dédé, Workshops Chair
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
814-393-2223
bdede@clarion.edu

Michael Phillips, Western Region Director
Penn State University, Pittsburgh CRC
412-263-2903
map5@psu.edu

Cahndice S. Matthews
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
814-393-2072
cmatthews@clarion.edu