HBCU Leadership and Career Summit
What: HBCU LGBT Leadership and Career Summit
When: October 27 – 30, 2011
Where: Human Rights Campaign
1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
Registration will open July 15th, 2011. Those interested must have their applications submitted by September 12th, 2011. Apply below or contact Lauren Waters at lauren.waters@hrc.org or 202-572-8937.
The Purpose of the Program Is to Develop:
- An effective group of LGBT HBCU student leaders committed to developing their personal leadership and career skills
- A potent group of HBCU LGBT student leaders to advocate for LGBT equality and Social Justice issues on campus and in their comunities
- A powerful group of leaders poised to bring their whole selves to the workplace.
Program Outcomes:
- See yourself as a leader and social change agent building a social justice movement
- Understand how discrimination affects you and learn how to lead resourcefully through the intersectinos of race, religion, gender identity, class, and sexual orientation
- Develop a higher skill set regarding breaking through the internalized voices of impression that inhibit your leadership and career goals
- Gain the skills needed to navigate your career as an out LGBT leader
- Increase your awareness of your unique approach to leadership
- Stand in your vision (individual and collective) as passionate, genuine leaders
- Leave feeling empowered and ready to lead
