Date: Thursday, July 26, 2007
Time: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Little Theatre, LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Ave, New York, NY
(Click here for directions.)

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.                        Breakfast @ Skylight Cafй

9:30 – 9:45 a.m.                        Welcome to LaGuardia Community College: Dr. Peter Katopes, Vice President

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.                       Introductions

Marcia Caton
Assistant Dean For Program Development And Evaluation, LaGuardia Community College

Seth Green
President, Americans for Informed Democracy

Alejandra Pallais

Director of Alumni Affairs, World Learning

10:15 – 11:00 a.m.                     Opening Keynote

Susan Davis

Director of the Global Academy for Social

Entrepreneurship, and Vice President, Ashoka                              

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.                     Presentation of C-Step Social Action Initiative

11:45 – 1:00 p.m.                       Workshop Sessions (attend 1 of 8 workshops)

#1: Beyond Virginia Tech

Presenter: Seung Hee Joo, LaGuardia Community College

#2: Socially Conscious Performance

Presenter: Joya Powell

#3: Using Reflective Practice while Working Abroad

Presenter: Kristine Frederick

#4: Implementing Grassroots Community Engagement: The Ubuntu Model
Presenter: Emily Verellen

#5: Thinking Beyond Borders: Popularizing a Global Gap Year Between High School and College

Presenter: Robin Pendoley

#6: From Education to Action: Building a Grassroots Movement of Returned Study Abroad Students

Presenter: Nicolas Stahelin, Educational Network for Global and Grassroots Exchange (ENGAGE)

#7: Youth in the World Today: Strengthening Youth Voices in the Global Arena
Presenter: Hannah Dunphy, Student World Assembly

#8: Presenter: Mobilizing the Energy of Communities for Just and Lasting Change

Presenter: Traci Hickson

1:15 – 2:00 p.m.                        Midday Keynote Speaker and Lunch

                                                Gillian Sorensen

                                                Senior Adviser and National Advocate, UN Foundation

2:15 to 3:30 p.m.                       Workshop Sessions (attend 1 of 8 workshops)

#1: Global Citizenship:  America and the World" presented by the Salzburg Scholars

Presenters: LaGuardia Community College students

#2: Creating the Political Will to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Half by 2015

Presenter: Crickett Nicovich

#3: Turning International Study into a Career in Public Service

Presenter: Marlon Williams

#4: Public health in a rural setting: Connecting the dots in Southeastern Senegal

Presenter: Demetri Blanas, World Learning/ SIT alumni

#5: Building OneVoice in the U.S. for the Middle East

Presenter: Hafsa Kanjwal

#6: Bringing Global Health Issues into the ’08 Elections

Presenter: Courtney Matson

#7: Building a Local Coalition to Stop Global Warming

Presenter: Philippe Nassif

#8: Using Cultural Exchange to Heal Wounds

                                                Presenter: Patrick Sciarratta

3:45 – 4:30 p.m.                        Carol Bellamy

President and CEO, World Learning; President, School

for International Training; former Executive Director,

UNICEF

4:45 – 5:30 p.m.                        Networking Reception