African American student leadership focus of summit

February 7, 2006

Miami University Hamilton hosts the sixth African American Student Leadership Summit, Leadership by Example: Service through Sacrifice, which will assess the current state of social and cultural activism and student leadership in the African American campus community.

The summit will be held Feb. 23-25 in The Harry T. Wilks Conference Center. Political Commentator Donna Brazile will kick off the summit as the featured speaker during Racial Legacies and Learning: How to Talk About Race town meeting, Feb. 23, beginning at 7pm in Parrish Auditorium.

Other presenters during the weekend event include Molefi K. Asante Jr., film maker, author and poet; Valorie Burton, life coach; Dr. D. Akil Houston, professor at Ohio University; Dr. Reiland Rabaka, professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder; and inspirational speaker, Kemba Smith.

More than 150 students from area universities, colleges and high schools will participate in the summit. Schools represented include Baldwin-Wallace College, Cleveland State University, Hamilton High School, Manchester College, Miami University, Miami Hamilton, Miami Middletown, Ohio State University, Ohio University, Terra Community College, and W.E. Dubois Academy.

For registration information, contact the Office of Multicultural Services, 513-785-3025 or mujumdkr@muohio.edu.