As a member of epc I was invited to a National collegiate leaders conference in Tucson.
The trip getting here was crazy and stressful, but as soon as it started I was outrageously excited.
I walked into the giant banquet hall with music blasting and fancy finger foods. The music had a dirty beat, so of course I started getting down in this giant room full of collegiate leaders. I could see the uneasy look on my chaperones faces, until the director of the conference came over and danced with me.
Side note: the entire board of directors for
the conference are ALL females. Swooooonn
My workshop options are outrageously hard to choose from. I struggle between workshops focused on female empowerment or racial awareness.
Tonight I went to a workshop called "paying for equality: female or re-male"
This class was especially cool because I learned the differance between equity and equality. I can't wait to bring that up in dialogues about gender.
I also learned a lot of techniques on productive discussion techniques and how to foster a respectful dialogue.
Tomorrow I am going to:
Female equality is a team sport
Leadership: embracing femininity
Confidence. Passion. Vision. Beyonce
I am still deciding between one more workshop slot to be filled either by one about race, or bringing social change through technology.
It's hard because there are multiple workshops Im interested in, but they are all in the same time slot.
Every where I went throughout the conference I would introduce myself and they would say "oh I know who you are,I saw you dancing"
SIDE NOTE: My girl Sunny started the wobble and it caught like wild fire. MCC definitely stood out .
Anyway,I have yoga at 8 am and before that I have a fancy breakfast.
This conference is so dope , it's unbelievable. I wanted to write so I wouldn't forget the good stuff (BECAUSE I LEFT A NOTEBOOK AT HOME)
But I'm on my phone and it's late. So in going to sleep.
