Participating Schools- 2016 – 2017 TRANSPORTATION:: TRAINS: Take the 6 train to 96th St. Walk south on Allen-Stevenson School Hewitt School th th Avenues: The World School Horace Mann School Lexington Ave. to East 95 St. Make a left onto East 95 , walking until BASIS Independent School Hunter College High School between 1st & 2nd Aves. The school is on the right. OR- Take the Q train Beacon School Lehman School Berkeley Carroll School Loyola School to 96th St. Walk south on 2nd Ave. to East 95 St.. Make a left onto East Birch Wathen Lenox School Lycee Français de New York Brearley School Marymount School- New York 95th. The school is on the right between 1st & 2nd Aves. th Brooklyn Friends School Masters School The 18 Annual Multicultural Student Browning School NEST + m Leadership Conference Calhoun School New Rochelle High School CAR: From Brooklyn, the Bronx & Upstate NY- Take the FDR Drive to Chapin School Nightingale-Bamford School Presents… Collegiate School Packer Collegiate Institute East 96th Street/Exit 14. Make a left turn onto East 96th Street, then left Columbia Grammar and Preparatory Poly Preparatory Country Day Convent of the Sacred Heart- New York Regis High School onto 2nd Ave. Turn left onto East 94th St., a left onto 1st Ave, then a left Dalton School Riverdale Country School “For Us, By Us: Creating Our Democracy Prep High School Rudolf Steiner School onto East 95th Street. The school is on East 95th Street between 1st and 2nd Dwight School Rye Country Day School Tomorrow” Dwight-Englewood School Saint Ann’s School Aves. Eagle Academy Saint Bernard’s School Elisabeth Irwin High School School of the Holy Child- Rye Fieldston School Spence School Fordham Preparatory School Summit Academy French American School of NY Thurgood Marshall Academy Friends Seminary Trevor Day School Grace Church High School Trinity School Hackley School U N International School Harlem Academy Xaverian High School Xavier High School Mission Statement York Preparatory School FOR MORE INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: THE DIVERSITY AWARENESS The Diversity Awareness Initiative for Students, DAIS, IS AN INITIATIVE FOR STUDENTS ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING OUR SCHOOLS AND OURSELVES, THROUGH INCREASED 840 LINCOLN PLACE KNOWLEDGE, AWARENESS, AND RESPECT FOR DIFFERENT CULTURES. ITS MEMBERS ARE COMPRISED OF STUDENTS BROOKLYN,, NY 11216 FROM INDEPENDENT, PUBLIC, AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WHO WISH TO DISCUSS AND IMPROVE HUMAN RELATIONS CALL:: (718)756-7298 FAX:: (718)756-2098 WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY AT LARGE. ******************************************************* E-MAIL:: DAIS [email protected] ** Students in Grades 8-12 Are Invited ** Web: www.daisorg.org Students must attend the conference in order to be Advisors served dinner or attend the dance. The cost to pre- register each student is $70.00. It is expected that Saturday, May 13, 2017 Joan Marable Executive Director student participants will be paid for in advance. at **Pre-registration deadline is Wednesday, April 19, 2017 ** Ken Marable President Trevor Day School COVER ILLUSTRATION BY: Andi Lee Spence School **After April 19, 2017 and on site registration is $75.00 ** 312 East 95th Street Original Logo: Jonathan Marable Founding Member New York, New York 10128 CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS these values promotable or limiting? Registration Form:: Each student will be enrolled in two conference workshops. * Nasty Women* The concept of Feminism and the Name: _______________________________ Grade __________ differences within. Can intersectional dialogue work? * ABCs in NYC* Does socioeconomic status or where you Race/Ethnicity________________________ Age_________ live determine your accessibility to education? * Poetic Justice* An interactive, vocal workshop on School ______________________________________ spoken word and rap. Afro-Latinidad- Embracing Blackness*Afro-Latinx * Home Address_______________________ people and their place within the Black community. * ‘Slim thick wit yo…’* Body image. How do you feel? What do you want? Is it worth getting there? City__________________________________________ * American Psycho* Mental health and media portrayal. How does it affect awareness & understanding? * ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’* Our generation’s State _______________ Zip Code _______________ LGBTQ community. How is it viewed and treated? * ‘Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur...’* What does Home Phone ________________________________ clothing say about your identity? Is it really you? * Too PC?* What are the pros and cons of being E-mail_______________________________________ ‘politically correct’? Does environment matter? * Dancehall 201* Caribbean Dancehall. Wear comfortable Emergency contact (name/phone)___________________ clothing and get ready to bruk it down, AGAIN! Please list the top 4 workshops you would like to attend: **Please note** The use of alcohol and drugs is strictly * Decolonizing the Mind* Colorism & internalized prohibited by DAIS, the host school and most importantly, the 1._________________________________ oppression- are they related? How does it influence us? law. Any student caught with possession of or using such substances will be asked to leave the conference, accompanied 2._________________________________ * ‘Do it for the culture…’* How has the social movement by a parent or guardian. of hip hop impacted our contemporary society? 3._________________________________ *No students will be admitted to the conference after 2 PM. * Environmental Racism* Environmental injustices in 4._________________________________ communities of color. Does this happen elsewhere? *School/picture ID’s are required.* We will try to accommodate your first choices. * Family Matters* Family or home structure- Is the way that you relate to others a reflection of home? CONFERENCE SCHEDULE- SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017 Fee: $70.00 through April 19, 2017 * ‘Go back to where you came from!’* Immigration in the 11:00am-12:15pm: Registration $75.00 after April 19, 2017 and on site 12:15-1:00pm: Opening Ceremony USA- what’s happening? What can be done? 1:00-2:15pm: Workshop I Please mail and make checks payable to: * How to Mack 101* Dating and the dynamics of teenage 2:30-3:45pm: Workshop II Diversity Awareness Initiative for Students hookup culture. 3:45-5:00pm: Group Activity 5:00-6:00pm: Talent Show/Open Mic & Closing 840 Lincoln Place Brooklyn, New York 11216 * ‘I gotchu, fam!’* Privilege. How does it appear? Who 6:00-7:30pm: Dinner (Please write DAIS Student Diversity Conference in the has it? Is it an opportunity or a right? 7:30-11:00pm: Dance & Game Room “memo” section)If you have any questions, please Call: (718) 756-7298 RG AOL COM * ‘Let’s talk about sex, baby’* How we view virginity in Trevor Day School e-mail: DAIS O @ . terms of gender, race, religion, relationships, etc. 312 East 95th Street fax: (718) 756-2098 web: www.daisorg.org New York, New York 10128 Joan Marable- Executive Director * Man Up!* Exploring society’s concept of masculinity. Are 212-426-3360 .