White Privilege Conference

Conference registration will open January 20th 2009.

Conference materials, breakfast coffee and breads, box lunches, meet the speakers & book signing event, film screenings each night, concurrent & keynote lectures, all concurrent workshop sessions from opening, through the closing celebration. Additional on-site snacks and meals (including dinner) will be available for an additional charge. No dinners are included, but please consider registering for the Shabbat Dinner! It's a very special event. Please see below.

Concurrent with the WPC, we are offering a Youth Leadership Conference for High School students . The first two full days includes workshops, performances, caucuses, and affinity groups especially designed for youth. On Thursday and Friday youth workshops will feature interactive activities, film, spoken word, Theatre of the Oppressed techniques, and small and large group discussions to address issues of heritage, identity, language, isms, labels, power & privilege, teamwork, and strategies for community action. On Saturday, April 5th, youth will join the larger WPC conference and can choose to attend from any of the full conference workshops and activities. A registration fee of $180 must be submitted as well as the completed registration form for the WPC Youth Leadership conference .

We will celebrate the annual WPC Shabbat Dinner. Everyone is invited and ALL are welcome. The Friday evening keynote will directly FOLLOW the dinner. Since WPC9 falls over the Jewish Shabbat, we encourage you to come and celebrate with us. In a country that was founded on religious diversity, we seem to be bombarded with messages of Christianity. It is important to remember and learn about religious diversity and privilege in the U.S. , and here is one opportunity to do so! The Shabbat dinner is one symbol of our stand against anti-Semitism; the WPC has always stood for inclusion, and welcomes multiple perspectives on privilege and oppression. Prices TBA. Please RSVP by inserting the number of seats you need and corresponding amount in the Check-Out section (#4). Onsite purchase will not be available.

Conference location: Hilton Memphis

939 Ridge Lake Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38120
901-684-6664

www.memphis.hilton.com

contact hotel to make reservations at the special WPC rate of $115 per night, for singles, doubles, triples and quads. Book your room now! Rooms will sell out quickly.

If 5 or more individuals from your organization attend the conference each registrant MUST complete a registration form and receive the following discount: 5-9 people 5%, 10-20 people 10%, 21 or more 15%. For groups larger than 30 please contact Eddie Moore at eddie.moorejr@bush.edu . Email or call Daryl Miller at dmiller4@uccs.edu or 719-255-4764 to submit your group name and list of attendees.

Only registrations for which a written cancellation is received by Thursday, March 19, 2009 , are eligible for a refund minus a $30 processing fee. For those exceptional circumstances, 75 percent refunds may be available until Thursday, March 26, 2009 . Absolutely no refunds can be processed after Friday, March 27, 2008 . Refunds will be sent within 30 days following WPC9.  

Offered through UCCS Extended Studies, undergraduate or graduate academic credit can be earned. For more information and registration visit the "Receive University Credit" link on the WPC website: www.uccs.edu/wpc

Community Advocates are organizations that commit to send at least three participants to the White Privilege Conference and pledge to help promote the WPC in the community. All Community Advocates will be recognized and acknowledged on the WPC website. Become a Sponsor! We need your support. Details at www.uccs.edu/wpc or contact Abby Ferber at aferber@uccs.edu

We encourage you to donate to the WPC Scholarship Fund to help fund other participants and students who want to attend the WPC, but who cannot afford it. Any amount would be greatly appreciated!

Do you want to ensure the longevity of the conference? What about helping ensure the cost to attend remains affordable? Consider donating any amount you can to keep the WPC conference accessible to everyone !

Conference registration will open January 20th, 2009.