Organizational Shift: Cultural awareness and competence in the work place
Sessions in this theme will provide participants with opportunities to gain cultural awareness and competency with issues related to the workplace including policy and creating conditions for success, diversity in the workplace, and having courageous conversations to promote organizational shift.
LGBT Community
- Equality in the 21st century
- Civil rights
- Gay rights
Sessions in this theme focus on issues relating to civil and equal rights in the LGBT community.
Student Leadership and Empowerment
- Increasing student persistence and retention
- Through service learning
Sessions in this theme will highlight completed or ongoing work that promotes student leadership and empowerment that utilize service learning, civic engagement, community services and co-curricular activities.
Poverty, preparedness and Oregon:
Creating a climate of excellence in education and the workplace
Sessions in this theme will address the persistence of poverty as it relates academic and workforce preparedness and how academic institutions can better meet the needs of business.
Immigration Legislation:
What does it mean to your institution?
Sessions in this theme will address the complex issues of immigration as it relates to legislation, language, and intercultural conflict in the workplace.