Skip to content
LPBN-Icon-v1
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network

Cultural Competency Conference

By immigrationprof

Second Annual Cultural Competency Conference, March 20 & 21, 2006

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303

Diversity vs. Multiculturalism: The Ethical Transformation.

The Faculty and Staff of Georgia State University Counseling Center are excited to announce the dates for the Second Annual Cultural Competency Conference. The title of this year’s conference is Diversity vs. Multiculturalism: The Ethical Transformation. The keynote speakers are:

Dr. Derald Sue, Teacher’s College, Columbia University

Dr. Thomas Parham, University of California, Irvine

Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, Georgia State University

Dr. Joanne DeMark, Emory University

Dr. Maya Angelou, Author, Poet, Wake Forest University

There will be a special evening event with Dr. Maya Angelou, award winning poet, actress and author, who will address the conferees and the Georgia State University community. Registrants are urged to register early. Group discounts are available. An overview of the conference, speaker bios, and registration information are available in the conference brochure and at our extraordinary, fantastic conference website at:

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcou/CulturalCompetency2/index.htm. (flash and sound)

(or http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcou/CulturalCompetency2/2006/) (without flash).

As part of this year’s conference, we are inviting participants to submit proposals for poster sessions that will run concurrently with the conference on March 20 and 21, 2006. The conference brochure and call for papers form are attached. The deadline for submission is January 27, 2006. Send your completed information as an email attachment in MS Word to the following email address: coumkl@langate.gsu.edu. If you have questions please call Michelle K. Lyn, Ph. D or Alaycia D. Reid, Ph.D. (co-chairs of the poster session committee) at 404-651-2211.

Notification of selection will take place January 20, 2006. Poster presenters are required to register for the conference and will receive a discounted registration rate.

Posters submissions may be theoretical or empirical in nature. Please note that preference for selection will be given to those falling under one of the four following categories:

1. General Multicultural Awareness

2. Clinical/Counseling Application of Multicultural Issues

3. Multicultural Education

4. Multicultural Research and Theory

Thanks to Donna Shestowsky for this tip!

KJ