"People Like Us - Class Matters"
April 21, 2012
REGISTRATION: 9:00 - 9:45PROGRAM BEGINS AT: 10:00
YOU and 400 other students (grades 7-12), faculty, administrators from CAIS independent schools
Why?
to connect students of color and students committed to the cause with peers in other schools
to strengthen our informal network of those committed to diversity in CT
to supplement national activities (POCC/SDLC) with a regional activity
to facilitate conversation between students and their teachers
to
give our student leaders a forum for dialogue and action with other
students representing the diversity of CAIS schools (boarding / day /
single sex / secular and non-secular…)
What? a student-and-adult diversity conference, featuring:
Student entertainment
Keynote address
Small group discussions facilitated by and for students
Workshops for adults
"101" Strand for Middle School Students
"101" Strand for High School Students
"201" strand for returning conference attendees
Who?
When? Saturday, April 21, 2012 • 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost?
$230 for each school registered (includes one registration)
$25 for each additional registrant
Schools must register at least one adult for each eight students registered.
About the Conference:
Founded
in 2003 by the CAIS Commission on Diversity in Independent Schools,
this conference was inspired by events in other regions (such as Across
Colors in Southern California) and modeled after the national conference
held annually by NAIS. The mission of the event is to bring students
from grades 7-12 and adults from independent schools across the state
together for a day of networking and dialogue, facilitating
cross-cultural understanding and a call to action to improve our school
communities and our world.