How to Sign up for the BISA Conference:

Please send an email to sburns@williams.edu with "BISA registration" in the subject line, including the following info.:

(You may copy the text above into the body of your e-mail.)

Getting to the conference:

Williams College Visitors Guide

From Main St. in Williamstown, turn north on Chapin Hall Dr. at First Congregational Church. Park on Chapin Hall Dr. or in parking lot just past the church. Paresky Center is on the left, across from Congregational Church.

Schedule

8:30-9 am: Reception (Paresky Center Performance Space, downstairs)

9:15: Welcome and Overview

Morning Workshops: Leadership Skills

9:30-11: First Session (participants choose one workshop)

1. Cultivating Ethical Leadership (Chris Romano)
2. Powerful Presentation Skills (Peter Bubriski)
3. Powerful Negotiation Skills (Michael Blank, Insight Partners, Boston)

11-12:30: Second Session (participants choose one workshop)

1. Applying Strategic Nonviolence for a Nuclear-Free Future (Randy Kehler, Promoting Active Nonviolence, Safe and Green Campaign)
2. Creating Community Coalitions (Al Bashevkin, Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, & Lily Li '08, Lehman Council)
3. Mobilizing for Disaster Response (Kathleen Schneider, Save the Children)

12:30-1:30: Lunch (Greylock Dining Hall; guest passes for visiting students)

Afternoon Workshops: Campaign Building

1:30-3: Third Session (participants choose one workshop)

1. Health Care Reform (Chip Joffe-Halpern, Ecu-Healthcare, Health Care for All)
2. Immigrant Rights (Brooke Meade, Berkshire Immigrant Center, Pittsfield)
3. Youth Climate Change Movement (Morgan Goodwin '08, Thurs. Night Grassroots)

3:15-4:45: Fourth Session (participants choose one workshop)

1. Food Security & Eliminating Hunger (Jo Comerford, Western Mass. Food Bank)
2. Ending Violence Against Women (Elizabeth Freeman Center, North Adams)
3. Promoting College Access & Educational Equality (Lili Rodriguez & Christine Williams, Williams Admissions Office)

5-6: Plenary Session: How to Frame and Implement a Second Bill of Rights (Paresky Performance Space)

Contact 08lyl or 10tet for more information

Events Leading Up to the Saturday BISA Conference (all events are free)

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 5 pm, Film: "A Panther in Africa" (Images Cinema, Spring St.)

Weds., Feb. 20, 7:30 pm, Discussion with Bennington President Elizabeth Coleman on the "Thought/Action Continuum in Higher Education" (Griffin Hall 7)

Thursday, Feb. 21, 7:30 pm, Lecture by Prof. Barbara Ransby, University of Illinois, "Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign" (Paresky Performance Space)

Friday, Feb. 22, 7 pm, Lecture by activist Charlotte O'Neal, "Reclaiming the Black Panther Legacy of Social Responsibility" (Paresky Performance Space)

Sponsored by the Williams College Center for Community Engagement and the Schumann Program in Democratic Studies