USHLI Reflections: Latinx Empowerment Conference
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
Ellensburg
Event Website
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source
Start Date
16-5-2019
End Date
16-5-2019
Abstract
A group of students attended the 2019 United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) Conference in Chicago. At this conference, students listened to and interacted with Latinx speakers. The speakers presented on behalf of their experiences as leaders within the fields of community organizing, politics, and other forms of service. At this four-day conference, there were workshops that emphasized the joys and difficulties of becoming leaders. These workshops focused on self-care, motivation when life gets challenging, as well as issues within the Latinx community. Students had the opportunity to network with student leaders from other universities. They exchanged impressions about workshops and the speakers, as well as reflections on how to apply information from the conference. This presentation will highlight students’ personal takeaways from the conference. Each attendee felt inspired by the speakers to become more active within their communities and the larger political atmosphere. Students were impacted by the stories of hardship and success from leaders such as Dolores Huerta, Beto O’Rourke, Juan Andrade, among others. Each student will share narratives of personal and professional growth with concrete examples of how they are applying what they learned at this conference.
Recommended Citation
Rocha, Alejandra Lopez; Serrano-Perez, Marisol; and Licon, Oscar, "USHLI Reflections: Latinx Empowerment Conference" (2019). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 203.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/203
USHLI Reflections: Latinx Empowerment Conference
Ellensburg
A group of students attended the 2019 United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) Conference in Chicago. At this conference, students listened to and interacted with Latinx speakers. The speakers presented on behalf of their experiences as leaders within the fields of community organizing, politics, and other forms of service. At this four-day conference, there were workshops that emphasized the joys and difficulties of becoming leaders. These workshops focused on self-care, motivation when life gets challenging, as well as issues within the Latinx community. Students had the opportunity to network with student leaders from other universities. They exchanged impressions about workshops and the speakers, as well as reflections on how to apply information from the conference. This presentation will highlight students’ personal takeaways from the conference. Each attendee felt inspired by the speakers to become more active within their communities and the larger political atmosphere. Students were impacted by the stories of hardship and success from leaders such as Dolores Huerta, Beto O’Rourke, Juan Andrade, among others. Each student will share narratives of personal and professional growth with concrete examples of how they are applying what they learned at this conference.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2019/Oralpres/203
Faculty Mentor(s)
Manuel Rodriguez