2023-2024 Workshops

For the past 34 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 2024 conference.

This year’s conference theme is The Conquest to Success: Defining a New Tomorrow. 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 after COVID-19. The 2024 workshop tracks include:

  • Today’s Investment, Tomorrow’s Wealth: This track allows students to develop ways to maintain their personal finances in their day-to-day activities. These workshops will showcase financial literacy, budgeting, and further knowledge on personal investing. Not only will students understand the importance of personal wealth, but they will be able to apply these logistical tasks to their organizations.

  • Lead Like YOU: This workshop track will provide insight to participants on how to establish proactive leadership skills in one’s professional career within today’s society. These speakers will influence students on how being leaders of tomorrow starts today.

  • Leveling Up in your Excellence: This workshop track highlights how identity impacts individuals in their personal and professional journey within our ever-changing world. The purpose of these workshops is to offer participants tools to build their confidence, assess challenging situations, and find their power in perception.

  • Conquering your Headspace: This workshop will provide students with strategies on how to manage their mental battles. These sessions will promote emotional awareness and develop competent collaborators for today’s society.

  • In My Aspiration Era: This workshop track will guide students on how to make effective short and long-term goals, find achievement strategies, and map out their stories. These sessions will provide insight on how one’s full potential can be reached through personal goal setting and celebrating milestones.

Interested in facilitating a workshop?

Click here to submit a workshop proposal for the 2024 Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference.

The Workshop proposal form will be available beginning September 16th, 2023. 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)

Workshops Timeline

 

Workshop proposal deadlines:

  • Workshops proposals open: September 16, 2023
  • First Round Deadline – November 1st, 2023
  • The Second Round Deadline has been extended to December 6th, 2023.

Notification of first-round workshop acceptance- November 13th, 2023

Notification of second-round workshop acceptance- December 8th, 2023

Deadline for presenters to accept an invitation to present- December 15th, 2023.

If you have any questions, please contact Trinity Boudreaux or Meagan Robinson at [email protected], or (979) 862-2000.