Chapman Next Step Social Justice Retreat

Chapman Next Step 2012 will be held during the weekend of Feb. 10-12.  

The application process for Next Step 2012 will be open from September 26th-November 9th. 

Applications will be available at the Student Union & Argyros Forum 303 front desks as well as online:

 

Student Participant Application Due. Wed. Nov. 9 by 5:00pm PST

 

Student, Staff, Faculty Facilitator Application Due. Mon. Nov. 7 by 5:00pm PST

 

 The selection is a competitive process, so please fill out your applications thoughtfully.

Participants and facilitators selected to attend the retreat will depart on

Friday, Feb. 10 at 9:00am and depart the retreat site in Mentone, CA by 3:00pm on Sunday.  

The Chapman Next Step Social Justice Retreat is an annual

event that started in February 2009.

Chapman Next Step is a retreat model adapted from the Next Step Retreat at the University of Vermont that was collaboratively developed by numerous dedicated student affairs professionals, students, faculty and social justice educators hoping to make a positive impact in their community. There are similar programs that have taken place at Cal State Los Angeles, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, New York University, and Colorado State University where the retreat has its origins in the form of the Multicultural Leadership Retreat. Chapman Next Step gives students a forum to develop knowledge and skills to become better change agents and activists around areas of racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ageism, religious discrimination, classism, identity and power differences.

To be an effective social justice activist, the Chapman Next Step Steering Committee believes that one must start by understanding our own identities and stories. Half of the retreat is spent in small guided groups exploring these concepts.

Through large and small group activities, participants explore ally development, stereotypes, privilege, oppression, coalition-building and grassroots organizing along with making community, organization, and personal connections.

Are You Ready for the Next Step?

Participation in the retreat provides opportunities to:

·         Discover your identity

·         Create your community

·         Tell your story

·         Connect with new people

·         Build relationships on campus

·         Learn about grassroots organizing

·         Build coalitions

More detail about what the retreat includes:

·         Participation in a dialogue group of 7-9 participants & 2 facilitators

·         Full group activities on identity, power & equity 

·         Grassroots organizing skills workshop

·         Film screening & discussion

·         Spontaneous workshops in the evening planned by participants

·         Personal action planning

·         Stress relief space for reflection & recharging

·         Unstructured breaks for socializing, networking, & coalition-building

·         Meals provided to facilitators & participants throughout

·         T-Shirt & certificate of completion provided to all participants

·        Accomodations & transportation included.

·        Direct access to staff, faculty & student leaders and activists

 

 Next Step Facilitation Team 2010

 

Tiffany Anderson Janine Bissic Mike Cusic Elizabeth Guevara

James Lozano Jr. Erin Pullin Clara K. Magliola Ria Sakraney

Katie J. Smyser Stephanie Takaragawa Taylor Underwood Amari Williams

On Site Coordinators:

AJ Place, Erin Pullin, Alli Segal

 

 Next Step Participants 2010

James (Kimo) Akau Melissa R. Alanis Kathryn Allen Belinda Bilonda-Kalala Michael Boone Brandon A. Brown Morgan Brown Julie Burkhard Corey Campbell Snook Chaipornvadee Kyle Chattleton Marisa Conner Jennie Drummond Francesca El-Attrash Michelle Farhang Angel Flores

Brianne Gentsch Jaime Rodrigo Glenn Arie Grajeda Alexa Hahn-Dunn Jennifer Heinz Kristin Hinkley Madison Hoffacker Cortney Johnson Katlin Kane Linnea Kennedy Asha King Joan Koffi Amanda Lenhart Majo Mansilla Maria Martinez Mark Mezak

Rebecca Minton Tshaye-Weta "Sy" Mobley Rebekah Munson Hannah Nickless Jeanette Pineda Alyssa Rivera Mario Ruiz Gabby Sadowski Marc Schuller Tiana-Reneé Silva Justine Suzuki David Thompson Nou Vang Ajay Viswanathan Courtney Voce Jonai Winters

 

 

Next Step Facilitation Team 2009

Sasha Anderson Aaron Ferguson Janine S. Forster Cortney Johnson

Craig Leets Jr. Clara K. Magliola David Nungaray Tami Otsuka

AJ Place Marian Quiroz Demisia Razo Ria Sakraney

On Site Coordinators:

Craig Leets Jr., Erin Pullin, Alli Segal

 

Next Step Participants 2009 

Tiffany Anderson Claudia Breña Rachael Bridgens Morgan Brown Ismael smiley Calderón Malia Cunningham Mike Cusic Liz Fiacco David Gaetke Jaime R. Glenn

Omar Gonzalez Arie Grajeda Rhianon Gutierrez Kristin Hinkley James Lozano Jr. Annie Mesaros Mark Mezak Benjamin J. Mullinkosson Gloria Page Carly Tatiana Pandza

Joe Pazmany Anthony Pereira Alex Popescu Jessica Price Lorenzo Reyes Katie Smyser Taylor Underwood Ashley Wysocki Natali Zogheib

For more information or applications, contact Erin Pullin, Program Coordinator, Diversity & Equity Initiatives at pullin@chapman.edu or call (714) 628-7242.