Multicultural Social Justice Leadership Development Academy

March 19, 2010 ~ Pittsburgh, PA
David L. Lawrence Convention Center

Fostering Multicultural-Social Justice Leadership Development and Unity
 through Collective Vision, Purpose, and Goals 

Pennsylvania Counseling Association awards NBCC contact hours. 
Earn FREE CEU’s!
Join Students and Professionals from across the country to:
· Participate in professional development activities designed to foster leadership potential and professional development from a multicultural-social justice perspective. 
· Build unity among counselors from diverse specialty areas based upon a collective vision developed consensually and agreed upon during the duration of the academy.

Schedule of Events
8:00 – 8:30am Registration
8:30-8:45 Press Conference
8:45-9:45 Opening Plenary/ Introductions
9:45-10:00 Break 
10:00-11:30 Morning Workshops 
11:30-12:00 Mount Ararat Choir and Plenary
12:00 – 1:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00-2:30 Afternoon workshops
2:30– 2:45 Break
2:45– 4:15 Final Plenary/Mount Ararat Choir performance
4:15– 4:30 Summary and evaluation 
5:00-7:00 ACA Opening Reception (all attendees invited)

Lift your Voice!

MSJLDA Press Conference
We welcome you to share in this experience and observe as we carefully craft a statement to the press to highlight the importance of Social Justice Leadership, through this powerful mechanism of public outreach and awareness.
 
Mount Ararat Choir 
and Mr. Dwayne Fulton
The Mount Ararat Baptist Church, Ministry of Music and Fine Arts under the direction of Dr. Dwayne Fulton presents, Songs of Celebration and Freedom. Join us in a musical celebration of hope and optimism for the psychological liberation of the future of multicultural-social justice leadership.

Lift Your Voice!
MSJLDA Press Conference
Join us as we highlight the professional 
challenges that have resulted from our 
current economic downturn, the increases in community needs, and the decreases in 
program funding.

As we carefully craft a statement to the press to highlight the importance of Social Justice Leadership, we welcome you to share in this experience and observe this powerful mechanism of public outreach and awareness.

 

Schedule of Events
8:00 – 8:30am; Registration
8:30-8:45; Press Conference
8:45-9:45; Opening Plenary/ Introductions
9:45-10:00; Break 
10:00-11:30; Morning Workshops 
11:30- 12:00 noon; Plenary 
12:00 – 1:00pm; Lunch “On Your Own”
1:00-2:30; Afternoon workshops
2:30– 2:45; Break
2:45– 4:15; Final Plenary
4:15– 4:30; Summary and evaluation 
5:00; Invitation to ACA Opening Reception 

For questions and registration information please contact 
Jessica Ebert at jessica.a.ebert@gmail.com

Participating Organizations: American Counseling Association, American College Counseling Association, ACA Multiracial/Ethnic Counseling Concerns Interest Network, ACA Women’s Interest Network, American Rehabilitation Counseling Association, Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development, Association for Specialists in Group Work, Association of Lesbian Gay Transgender Bisexual Issues in Counseling, Counselors for Social Justice, Mount Ararat Choir and Mr. Dwayne Fulton, National Institute for Multicultural Competence, Pennsylvania Counseling Association, Pennsylvania Association of Lesbian Gay Transgender Bisexual Issues in Counseling, Pennsylvania Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development