Participating Schools - 2014 – 2015 TRANSPORTATION:: TRAINS: Take the 2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza. Allen-Stevenson School th th Avenues: The World School HS Walk on Flatbush to 8 Ave. Make a left onto 8 Ave (1 block) Loyola School and right onto Lincoln Place. School is on the right between 7th Birch Wathen Lenox School Lycee Français de NY Marymount School- NY and 8th Avenues. Friends School Millennium High School NEST + m CAR: From and North- For drop off at 181 Nightingale-Bamford The 16th Annual Multicultural Student Packer Collegiate Institute Lincoln Place- Travel south on Henry Hudson Pkwy to NY-9A Collegiate School Country Day Leadership Conference Columbia Grammar and Preparatory Regis High School S (West Side Hwy). Turn left onto Canal St.. Turn right onto Convent of Sacred Heart- Presents… Manhattan Bridge Upper Roadway. Continue onto Flatbush Ave. Convent of Sacred Heart- Greenwich Rudolf Steiner School Rye Country Day School Turn right onto Plaza St. W & right onto Lincoln Place. Drive 1 Dwight School Saint Ann’s School “Back To The Future- Where Elisabeth Irwin High School Saint Bernard’s School ½ blocks. School is on the right. Fieldston School School of Holy Child- Rye Fordham Preparatory School For pick up at 762 President Street (Athletic Center) after Do We Go From Here?” Grace Church High School Trinity School 7:30 PM- Travel the same route as above and continue on

Hackley School U N International School th Harlem Academy Flatbush Ave. Turn right onto 7 Avenue. Drive approximately 7 Xavier High School blocks, and then make a right onto President Street. The Athletic York Preparatory School Center is on this block on the left. FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: THE DIVERSITY AWARENESS INITIATIVE FOR STUDENTS Mission Statement 840 LINCOLN PLACE BROOKLYN, NY 11216 The Diversity Awareness Initiative for Students, DAIS, IS AN CALL: (718)756-7298 ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING OUR FAX: (718)756-2098 SCHOOLS AND OURSELVES, THROUGH INCREASED E-MAIL: [email protected] Web: www.daisorg.org KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS, AND RESPECT FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES. ITS MEMBERS ARE COMPRISED OF STUDENTS FROM INDEPENDENT, PUBLIC, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WHO WISH  TO DISCUSS AND IMPROVE HUMAN RELATIONS WITHIN OUR  COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY AT LARGE. **Students in Grades 8-12 Are Invited ** Advisors ********************************************** Joan Marable Executive Director Students must attend the conference in order Saturday, May 16, 2015 Ken Marable President to be served dinner or attend the dance. The cost to pre-register each student is $65.00. It is at COVER ILLUSTRATION BY: expected that student participants will be paid Roxanne Harris Convent of Sacred Heart - NY for in advance. Berkeley Carroll School Original Logo: Pre-registration deadline is Thursday, April 16, 2015 Jonathan Marable Founding Member 181 Lincoln Place After April 16, 2015 and on site registration is $70.00 Brooklyn, New York 11217 CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS The rent is too damn high!: Gentrification and its Registration Form:: Each student will be enrolled in two conference workshops. effect on neighborhoods.

To snap or not to snap: How much control does Name: ______Grade ______Blue-eyed soul: Blurred lines between music genres? social media have over you? Different races… same genre –who gets the glory? Race/Ethnicity______50 Shades of Caribbean: Caribbean culture and the Don’t yuck my yum: How do other people view your School ______diversity of its inhabitants. sexual preferences? As taboo? A craze? Does it Home Address______matter? #nofilter: What does freedom of expression mean? st Where do you draw the line? City______Hands up, Don’t shoot!: Are 21 century protests the new civil rights movement? Challenges, **Please note** The use of alcohol and drugs is State ______Zip Code ______leadership? strictly prohibited by DAIS, the host school and most importantly, the law. Any student caught with Hit the Streets or Hit the Keyboards: ‘Hashtag’ or Home Phone ______possession of or using such substances will be physical activist? An easy trend or of real asked to leave the conference, accompanied by a E-mail ______importance? parent or guardian. Emergency contact (name/phone) ______Holla if you hear me: Are you living two different *No students will be admitted to the conference ______lives? Is code switching a choice or necessity? after 2 PM. Please list the top 4 workshops you would like to I ain’t got no type: Appearance, gender, race, etc.; attend: what influences your relationships? *School/picture ID’s are required.* 1.______Mama we made it!: Some school systems succeed over others. Is it affirmative action, curriculum, 2.______location…? CONFERENCE SCHEDULE- SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 11:00am-12:15pm: Registration 3.______My Anaconda Don’t: Has fetishization of ‘the booty’ 12:15-1:00pm: Opening Ceremony (and other body parts), affected our social values? 1:00-2:15pm: Workshop I 4.______No church in the wild: How do you tie in being 2:30-3:45pm: Workshop II We will try to accommodate your first choices. religious with everyday teen life? Are there 3:45-5:00pm: Group Activity restrictions? 5:00-6:00pm: Talent Show/Open Mic & Closing Fee: $65.00 through April 16, 2015 6:00-7:30pm: Dinner $70.00 after April 16, 2015 and on site Red, white, and blue. Do I fit in too?: Who is 7:30-11:00pm: Dance (In Athletic Center) Please mail and make checks payable to: American? American= assimilation x (culture + beliefs)? Berkeley Carroll School Diversity Awareness Initiative for Students Rubik’s Cube: What does it mean to be multiracial? 181 Lincoln Place (7th & 8th Avenues) 840 Lincoln Place Brooklyn, New York 11216 (762 President St.-6th & 7th Ave.- Athletic Spare the chancleta, spoil the child: Cultural Center) (Please write DAIS Student Diversity Conference in background and corporal punishment. Lessons Brooklyn, New York 11217 the “memo” section) Any questions? Please learned or abuse? 718-789-6060 (718-534-6622/6624) Call: (718) 756-7298 Fax: (718) 756-2098 The learning curve: Is your intelligence determined E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.daisorg.org by how you learn? Do your grades define you? The new “F” word?: Today’s feminists- Who are Joan Marable- Executive Director they? What do they stand for?