2025-2026 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 2025 conference.

This year’s conference theme is Chapter 37: Break the Mold, Build the Vision. 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 2026 workshop tracks include:

• Milestones & Missions (Career Development): This workshop empowers students to design careers that reflect their mission, not just their major. Participants will leave with a roadmap, clarity on aligning values with career choices, and tools to build a personal brand before graduation.

• Money Moves (Finance): This track gives students the financial skills to build wealth after college, combining traditional investing with new tools like crypto and digital assets. Learn to budget, invest, and create multiple income streams to take control of your financial future.

• Build the Narrative (Resilience): This is a resilience workshop that turns adversity into strength. Students gain tools to navigate pressure, burnout, and setbacks, reframing struggle as fuel for growth and truth-centered leadership.

• The Visionary Chapter, The Collective Chronicle (Building Communities): This workshop focuses on collective leadership, where every voice matters. Students will learn to build values-driven teams, lead with trust and accountability, and resolve conflict with care—creating communities where everyone can thrive.

• Leadership Unscripted (Skills & Values): This workshop helps students lead from the inside out, grounded in values. Participants will learn to make tough decisions, handle conflict with integrity, and lead authentically—showing that true leadership is unshakable.

Click here to submit a workshop proposal for the 2026 Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference.

The Workshop proposal form will be available beginning September 5th, 2025. 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)

Workshop proposal deadlines:

• Workshops proposals open: September 5, 2025
• First Round Deadline: November 1st, 2025
• Second Round Deadline: December 1st, 2025.

Notification of first-round workshop acceptance – by November 5th, 2025

Notification of second-round workshop acceptance- by December 5th, 2025

Deadline for presenters to accept an invitation to present – by December 10th, 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact Andrea Simon or Jawon Stubblefield at [email protected], or (979) 862-2000.