JUNE 27-30 MACALESTER COLLEGE
OF L A T I N O LEADERS TOMORROW
2 0 1 LEADERSHIP PROGRAM 8
MACALESTER COLLEGE
JUNE 27-30
SCHEDULE
S c h e d u l e : D a y
2 0 1 LEADERSHIP PROGRAM 8
OF L A T I N O LEADERS TOMORROW
1 & 2
Wednesday, June 27th 12pm-2 pm 2:30-3:30 pm 4-5 pm 5:30-6:30 pm
Arrival & Check in Campus Tour Welcome & Introductions Dinner
6:30-8 pm
Icebreakers & Bonding
8-8:15 pm
Nightly Reflection
8:15-10 pm
Team Scavenger Hunt
10:30 pm 11 pm
Bedtime Lights Out
Thursday, June 28th 7:30-8:30 am
Breakfast
9-10 am
Welcome
10-11:30 am 11:30-12:30 pm 12:30-1 pm 1-3 pm 3:30-5 pm 5:30-6:30 pm
Challenge Course Lunch Free Time What Kind of Leader are You? Speaker: Community Advocacy Dinner
6:30-8 pm
Free Time
8-8:15 pm
Nightly Reflection
8:15-10 pm
Mafia
10:30 pm
Bedtime
11 pm
Lights out
3 & 4
Friday, June 29th 7:30-8:30 am 9-10 am 10-11:30 am 11:30-12:30 pm 12:30-1 pm
S c h e d u l e : D a y
2 0 1 LEADERSHIP PROGRAM 8
OF L A T I N O LEADERS TOMORROW
1-3 pm 3:30-5 pm 5:30-6:30 pm
Breakfast Resume & Cover Letter Workshop Dolores Huerta Documentary Lunch Free Time Addressing Educational Barriers Outdoor Team Building Dinner
6:30-8 pm
Free Time
8-8:15 pm
Nightly Reflection
8:15-10 pm
Participant Lead Workshops
10:30 pm 11 pm
Bedtime Lights Out
Saturday, June 30th 8:30 am
Breakfast
9-10 am
What Are My Most Important Values?
10-11:30 am
Student Panel: Looking Forward
11:30-12:00 pm
Room Clean Up
12:00-12:30 pm
Reflection Activity
12:30-1 pm
Closing Ceremony and Pick Up
ABOUT HACER HACER was created in 1988 as a collaborative effort between Ramsey County Human Services, Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES), and Metropolitan State University to fill the void of culturally sensitive and relevant research conducted with Latinos in the state of Minnesota and the Midwest. Since its conception, HACER and their community partners have observed that vast gaps in knowledge persistently remain between policymakers, government agencies, academic institutions, community-based organizations and community members regarding the issues and experiences of people of color. HACER works in concert with Latino communities to generate and access credible, relevant research in order to inform institutional decisions and public policy. By fulfilling our mission, we work towards three primary goals. Our first goal is that a broad array of decisions that reach across the community are informed by accessible, culturally and linguistically competent research. Second, that our work brings the Latino narrative to public discussions, and third, to increase understanding of the diverse Latino experiences among leaders and organizations. In addition to research and evaluation, HACER conducts bilingual leadership trainings for Latino community members. In these interactive workshops, participants learn from instructors and each other, through sharing resources, their experiences, problems, and their own solutions. HACER’s trainings build selfresiliency not by teaching leadership, but by allowing participants to recognize their own innate skills. Leadership trainings bring community members together to discuss issues, promoting both social and civic participation in disenfranchised communities. HACER's approach to research is Latino friendly and bilingual. Our methods are designed to allow for reciprocal information sharing with Latinos as well as with the broader community. HACER works independently, and in collaboration with other research partners, to design, implement and disseminate research. We believe that historically, the voices of Hispanics and Latinos, as well as other populations of color in the United States, have been underrepresented and misinterpreted in public discourse. We have conducted dozens of community based research projects on some of the most pressing topics facing Latinos in Minnesota. Areas of focus for HACER's work: Immigration, education, public health, housing, criminal justice and crime prevention, social welfare, employment and income disparities, public safety, community development, migrant work, and demographic change.
Program Description This project is centered around a 4-day overnight youth retreat to foster leadership and civic responsibility in local Latino students through skill-building exercises, student-led discussions and activities about the educational needs and barriers that Latino students face, all while giving the student a fun experience they wont forget. Students are staying at the Macalester campus and through different activities and handson sessions with diverse speakers, all from the Latino community, we will talk about leadership skills, educational barriers, and how to help their own community through leadership and advocacy. The end goal of this project is to create a safe environment for Latino students to speak freely about their experiences in school and discuss the kind of activities and initiatives that would make them feel more comfortable in school and would create a better learning environment for them. These recommendations will then be translated into a report designed by the participants. Through this report we want to help students develop their leadership skills and unite them by sharing different aspects of their cultures rather than letting those differences separate them. We believe that these differences are often seen negatively and make the adaptation process harder for students from communities of color and immigrant communities. We will then use this information in our state-wide educational reports to continue fighting the educational achievement gap seen throughout the state.
"It made me prouder to be and changed my whole college mindset"
Latina
Brian Rosenberg
Facilitators
President of Macalester College Brian Rosenberg, the sixteenth president of Macalester College, began his tenure at the college in 2003. A native of New York City, he received a BA from Cornell University and an MA and a PhD in English from Columbia University. Prior to becoming president, Rosenberg was dean of the faculty and an English professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Rosenberg had previously served as an English professor and chair of the English department at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. President Rosenberg champions the liberal arts college in the United States: “The liberal arts model rests on a belief in the transformative power of ideas, the necessity of collaborative action for the common good, and the importance of individual self-determination.” He has been quoted in the press on a variety of issues including higher education access and quality, tuition costs, and college rankings. He also writes about education on his Huffington Post blog and in The Chronicle of Higher Education. As a Charles Dickens scholar, he has written numerous articles on the Victorian author and other subjects as well as two books: Mary Lee Settle’s Beulah Quintet: The Price of Freedom and Little Dorrit’s Shadows: Character and Contradiction in Dickens.
SARA PARCERO LEITES
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF HACER
Sara has been working with HACER since August of 2016. Originally from Spain, Sara graduated from Macalester College with majors in Political Science and International Studies with a focus on Human Rights and Humanitarianism. Since graduating from Macalester, Sara has worked for different nonprofits organizations in the Twin Cities and as the Legislative Assistant for Minnesota State Senator Patricia Torres-Ray. Throughout the years Sara has been coordinating and facilitating several leadership and entrepreneurship summer programs with students from all over the world, always conducted in English and Spanish. She also stays active as a YNPN board member since 2017.
Susan Mae Pauly Acting Executive Director of HACER After serving on the HACER Board of Directors for many years, Susan Mae Pauly now works as the Acting Executive Director of HACER. A graduate of the College of St. Catherine and Bowling Green State University, she has worked in the areas of educational opportunity, ethnic studies, and social services. She is particularly excited to be working with HACER because of the leadership academies for youth and college students. A first generation college graduate herself, Susan firmly believes in the value of education because it is something “no one can ever take away from you”. When she isn’t working, Susan enjoys spending time on the North Shore with her 15 year old daughter, going to concerts, and attending dance and theater performances.
Alexis Kleinschmidt Outreach Specialist at HACER Lexi has been working with HACER since September as part of her AmeriCorps program Public Allies. Through this program, a Public Ally serves four days a week at a nonprofit organization and one day a week receives training in nonprofit management. She found the program after she graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of North Dakota in May 2017 with a degree in Anthropology with an emphasis in philosophy. It was there that she was able to work closely with Dr. Marcia Mikulak, an anthropologist whose work with indigenous groups in Brazil inspired Lexi to pursue advocacy work. Lexi hopes to gain nonprofit experience and continue her journey into program development, with a focus on youth, the arts, and environmentalism.
Jessica Mendoza Program Coordinator Intern at HACER Jessica is a sophomore at Augsburg University where she represents cadre 3 of the Act Six scholarship program. She is majoring in English with a minor in sociology. One of her biggest passions is writing which she has been able to do on behalf of her school newspaper as managing editor and for a local education non-profit called EdAllies. Jessica enjoys working with youth focused organizations in the Twin Cities such as the Youth Executive Board and Youthrive. She is a proud Latina and strives to bring representation to the Latinx community through community engagement.
Cristina Schuetz Program Coordinator Intern at HACER Cristina is a going to be a senior at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where she studies biology and Spanish. This past semester, she studied abroad in Alicante Spain where she took classes at the local university, spent time with a host family and traveled. Outside of working with HACER and in a lab this summer, she enjoys running, lifting, scary movies and food!
Rodolfo Gutierrez External consultant to the executive director
Maria Camila Research Associate
Program Designed By: Brian Coreas Web & GRaphic Design Intern at Hacer
Thank You! To everyone who has worked to make this academy possible, from funders like The Minneapolis Foundation and the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs to our hosts Brian Rosenberg and Macalester College and to all the teachers and parents who advocated, supported, and encouraged their students to be a part of this unique Latino-focused experience