Building Bridges Conference

Building Bridges is a student-initiated, student-led diversity conference dedicated to addressing today’s pressing social and global issues. We work to increase awareness and action through inspirational speakers supplemented by interactive workshops and action steps. This year’s conference, “Liberation through Education,” will focus on educational inequality in the U.S. and abroad and the important influence an education has on an individual’s future. After learning about educational inequality, the committee wondered, “what can we do to help someone get an education?” We began to answer this question by receiving generous book donations from communities in the Midwest to benefit students in Uganda, collecting more than 25,000 books. We will continue working to answer this question in this year’s conference. We promise an inspirational, hands-on learning experience that will provide many ways in which you too can answer the question for yourself. On behalf of the Building Bridges Committee, we cordially invite you to the 14th annual Building Bridges Conference.

– Alli Linn and Rita Stevermer
2009 Co-Chairs

Ticket Information

The Building Bridges Conference is held annually at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. The 2009 conference is scheduled for March 14, 2009. Tickets are required for all attendees. Students, Gustavus faculty and staff can receive a complimentary ticket. For other guests, tickets are $8.00 per person. Tickets can be reserved online until noon on March 13, or through our brochure. Tickets will be available at the event.

If you have any questions, contact the Diversity Center at 507-933-7449 or email us at bbregistration@gustavus.edu.

Schedule

Christ Chapel, Gustavus Adolphus College

• 9:00 a.m. Registration, C. Charles Jackson Campus Center
• 10:00 a.m. Welcoming Address and Keynote Speakers, Christ Chapel
• 12:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
• 2:00 p.m. Workshops
• 3:00 p.m. Workshops
• 4:00 p.m. Workshops
• 5:00 p.m. Action Piece, Lund Forum