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Diversity Guide—Mid America Region G.R.A.C.E. Guide to Resources for Annual Campus Events Diversity Guide—Mid America Region A Collaborative Project of the Regional Diversity Initiatives Coordinators NACA® Statement on Diversity Diversity is an attribute and a goal. As an attribute, diversity is ethnic identification/race, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion, economic status and the many other aspects of our lives which define the family of humanity. As a goal, diversity refers to the intentional valuing, respecting and inclusion of all peoples. NACA recognizes the diversity of all its members and supports the development and implementation of programs and services that achieve this goal. Diversity Initiatives Collaboration In support of NACA’s Statement on Diversity, the Diversity Initiatives Coordinators for all regions collaborated to produce Diversity Guides in each region that highlight diversity programs and activities offered by associate members who are exhibiting at the various regional conferences. This guide is modeled after previous efforts by Diversity Initiatives Coordinators in the Mid Atlantic and Northern Plains regions. All conference delegates who have an interest in bringing diversity programs to their campuses are encouraged to review the programs listed in the guide prior to attending the conference and then to visit the agencies in the Campus Activities Marketplace (CAMP). Each program listed provides the name of the agency, booth location, contact information, price range, and a brief overview of the program. As a convenience while at the conference, delegates may also access this information in NACA® All Access. 1 Program Title/Artist: Bluz Program Title/Artist: Greg Baird Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Diversity Topic: Ethnicity & Race (including Bi- Diversity Topic: Age/Generation, Gender Racial/Multi-Racial), Politics, Social Change/Justice Identity/Expression, Politics, Social Change/Justice, Price Range: $1500-$2499 Sexual Orientation & Sexuality Program Overview: Price Range: $1500-$2499 From humble southern beginnings Boris Rogers aka Bluz Program Overview: has risen through the ranks of spoken word Greg R. Baird is a lecturer, educator, writer, filmmaker entertainment. He is the slam master and coach of and social advocate. An engaging speaker with heart SlamCharlotte, a competitive team of poets whom he and humorous insight, Greg has spoken to audiences on led to back to back National Poetry Slam victories in such topics as equal rights, diversity, acceptance, 2007 and 2008, something that has not been done in community, bullying and hate crimes. In his informative slam poetry for 15 years. lecture, Greg delivers a powerful and unique perspective Contact: Chris Schuler on what it means to be gay in the 21st Century. An Email: [email protected] important voice of the LGBTQ community, Greg’s lecture Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 is inclusive for all audiences. Booth Number: 106-116 Contact: Chris Schuler Email: [email protected] Program Title/Artist: Carlos Robson Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Booth Number: 106-116 Diversity Topic: Ethnicity & Race (including Bi- Racial/Multi-Racial), Identity Program Title/Artist: Kyla Lacey Price Range: $1500-$2499 Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Program Overview: Diversity Topic: Domestic Abuse Carlos Robson is an award-winning spoken word poet, Price Range: $1500-$2499 playwright, and teaching artist. As a competitive Program Overview: “slam”poet, he’s competed in local, regional, national Kyla has facilitated poetry workshops for college and and international competitions, winning the National high school age students and enjoys giving back to the Poetry Slam championship in 2007 and again in 2008 as community. Her poetry is based off of her real life a member of the North Carolina based team, Slam experiences and she enjoys telling her story of Charlotte. triumphing over tragedy. She likes short walks on the Contact: Chris Schuler beach and is an aspiring cat lady. When telling her story, Email: [email protected] Kyla has the ability to make you laugh about even some Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 of the roughest times in life. Booth Number: 106-116 Contact: Chris Schuler Email: [email protected] Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 Booth Number: 106-116 Program Title/Artist: Odd?Rod Program Title/Artist: C.L. Lindsay - Alcohol Parties Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment and the Law Diversity Topic: Addiction/Recovery, Age/Generation, Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Ethnicity & Race (including Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial), Diversity Topic: Alcohol Awareness and Safety Social Change/Justice Price Range: $2500-4999 Price Range: $1500-$2499 Program Overview: Program Overview: Understand the basics of the underage drinking laws for -Odd?Rod inspires students to achieve their dreams, as their specific state and town Learn the penalties for students see someone that had nothing handed to him most alcohol related violations including jail time, fine and earned everything by simply holding on to life amounts, and loss of drivers licenses Be able to interact Contact: Chris Schuler with the police if they do show up at the party and get Email: [email protected] the best possible outcome Understand the basics of Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 search and seizure law, including the myriad exceptions, Booth Number: 106-116 know how to proceed when confronted with an issue Contact: Chris Schuler Program Title/Artist: Beat The Blame Game Email: [email protected] Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 Diversity Topic: Gender Identity/Expression, Sexual Booth Number: 106-116 Health, Sexual Orientation & Sexuality Price Range: $2500-4999 Program Title/Artist: Matt Glowacki Program Overview: Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment BEAT THE BLAME GAME is designed to be the reality Diversity Topic: Disability (Acquired or Developmental), check that interrupts this desensitization. It actively Inclusion, Social Change/Justice engages audiences into a candid dialogue about why Price Range: $2500-4999 there is a deep-seated, often self-protective need to Program Overview: blame victims, but dismantles the false logic behind #1 Most-booked diversity program at colleges and those beliefs. The program highlights not only how universities. Teaches students that diversity is not just victim-blaming arguments lack any moral center, but recognizing individual differences but learning from also how to respond effectively to those arguments them. Motivates students to engage in continual when they hear them being made by others. dialogue and the exchange of diverse ideas, methods, Contact: Chris Schuler and perspectives. Emphasizes the importance of taking Email: [email protected] an active role in their personal growth by thinking Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 critically about what they read, here, and watch on TV. Booth Number: 106-116 Contact: Chris Schuler Email: [email protected] Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 Booth Number: 106-116 3 Program Title/Artist: Me, My Mom, and Sharmila Program Title/Artist: Preacher Moss Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Diversity Topic: Age/Generation, Ethnicity & Race Diversity Topic: Ethnicity & Race (including Bi- (including Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial), Gender Racial/Multi-Racial), Gender Identity/Expression, Identity/Expression, Immigration, Inclusion, National Politics, Social Change/Justice Origin, Politics, Religion, Social Change/Justice, Sexual Price Range: $2500-4999 Health, Sexual Orientation & Sexuality Program Overview: Price Range: $2500-4999 Armed with sincerity, intellect and rare comedic ability, Program Overview: Preacher Moss is the “End of Racism” Comedy and Dynamic writer-performer Fawzia Mirza chronicles her Lecture Tour. The “End of Racism” is not just the name struggle to connect with her mother as she grapples of the tour, but a commitment that we all share. with an emerging identity as a South Asian Queer Preacher Moss knows how to deliver the goods on how actress and activist. Voiced with humor and deep we see race through laughter, respect and the humility insight, Fawzia’s journey of self-discovery carries her all of a man who felt the sting of racism. the way from childhood as a Pakistani Muslim in small- Contact: Chris Schuler town Canada to living out as an actress in the heart of Email: [email protected] Chicago. Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 Contact: Chris Schuler Booth Number: 106-116 Email: [email protected] Phone Number: (773) 481-2600 Program Title/Artist: Sex Signals Booth Number: 106-116 Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Diversity Topic: Ethnicity & Race (including Bi- Program Title/Artist: Michael Fosberg- Incognito Racial/Multi-Racial), Sexual Health Agency: Bass/Schuler Entertainment Price Range: $2500-4999 Diversity Topic: Age/Generation, Ethnicity & Race Program Overview: (including Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial), Social Change/Justice, A unique combination of improvisational comedy, Soci-economic Status education and audience participation -Provides a Price Range: $2500-4999 provocative, in-your-face look at issues surrounding Program Overview: dating, sex, and date rape on college campuses - Incognito, Inc. is an arts-based diversity training Explores how mixed messages, gender role stereotypes, company led by author/actor/activist Michael Fosberg. and unrealistic fantasies contribute to In his one-man comedy/drama, Michael portrays over a misunderstandings between the
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