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Workshops – Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference

Workshops

For the past 35 years, SBSLC has created a unique opportunity for African American college students from across the nation to assemble and collaboratively develop leadership skills for the future. Workshop presenters play an integral role in helping SBSLC continue its legacy of educating and motivating leaders who will continuously transcend limits on their campuses and in their communities. The SBSLC Executive Staff has a vision of using the conference workshops and town halls as a platform for engaging dialogue and dynamic activities that will enhance participants’ perspectives of student leadership. We welcome you to submit a proposal for a workshop presentation for the conference.

Five attendees at the Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference sitting in chairs in a circle and talking, with other groups of attendees in similar discussions in the background.

This year’s conference theme is Polishing Pressure into Purpose: Creating Diamonds that Shine. It is our hope that through inspirational and influential workshops, participants leave with a world-class foundation that aids in self-discovery while engaging socially, professionally, and academically to rebuild the overall Black student collegiate experience.

The 2027 workshop tracks include:

  • Becoming Your Brightest (Personal Growth): Designed to help college students build self-awareness, confidence, resilience, and purpose. Participants will gain practical tools to overcome challenges, set meaningful goals, and pursue intentional personal growth.
  • Shining through Innovation and Impact (Technology & Innovation): A track designed to help students explore emerging technologies, AI, entrepreneurship, and innovation while gaining practical tools to solve problems, create impact, and grow their careers.
  • Leading Into Purpose: The Polished Leader (Attributes of a Leader): This track empowers emerging leaders to lead with confidence, authenticity, and purpose. Through self-reflection and intentional leadership strategies, participants will identify their strengths and strengthen their decision-making.
  • Maximize your Radiance (The Power of Representation): This track empowers students to advocate for greater representation, equity, and opportunity in academic, professional, and cultural spaces. Student leaders will explore the impact of representation and gain strategies to use their voices to create meaningful change and uplift underrepresented communities.
  •  Turning Vision Into Action (Pinpointing The Next Steps): This track empowers students to execute their ideas and turn their goals into meaningful action. Participants will learn how to set measurable goals, overcome barriers, build support systems, and create actionable plans to turn their vision into tangible results.

Interested in facilitating a workshop?

Click here to submit a workshop proposal for the 2026 Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference. Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis.

The Workshop proposal form will be available beginning October 6th, 2026. You will not be able to save the information and return to the proposal form, so it is important to have all workshop and presenter information prepared to submit at once. You will need the following information to complete your proposal:

  • Workshop Title
  • Workshop Track
  • Workshop Style (i. e. Lecture, Discussion, Activity)
  • Workshop Description (maximum 100 words- This will serve as the abstract shared in the conference booklet)
  • Workshop’s Relation to the Conference Theme (How is your workshop relevant to this year’s theme)
  • Workshop Learning Outcomes (what the participants will be able to take away from your workshop)
  • Presenter’s Preview (a 2-3 minute preview of a previous presentation given, or a sample of the presentation you plan to present if possible)
  • Any resources being used during the workshop (i. e. PowerPoint presentations, videos, transcript of lecture)
  • Lead Presenter’s name, email address, phone number, biography (maximum 100 words) and list of any previous SBSLC presentations
  • Up to Two (2) Additional Presenters’ names, email addresses, and biographies (maximum 100 words)

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Co-Directors of Workshops at sbslc.workshops@gmail.com

Workshops Timeline

  • Workshops proposals open: October 6th, 2026
  • First Round Deadline: November 1, 2026
    • Notification of first round: November 6, 2026
  • Second Round Deadline: November 30, 2026
    • Notification of second round: December 1, 2026
  • Deadline for presenters to accept: December 9th, 2026

2026-2027 Workshop Proposal Form

Howdy! Thank you for participating in this year’s workshops.

Workshop Tracks (Select up to 2 tracks)(Required)
Workshop Style(Required)
Max. file size: 50 MB.
Max. file size: 50 MB.
Please select which of the following dates work best for you in regards to presenting your workshop?(Required)