iLead Leadership Week 2009
All events are open and free to all students (unless otherwise noted).
"Milk" - Friday February 27, 7:00pm, UC Ballroom
$2 with UT ID, Presented by the UT Film Committee
Milk details the leadership story of a middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, who moved to San Francisco and became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States.
Clifton M. Jones Student Leadership Conference - Saturday February 28, 10:00am - 4:00pm, UC Ballroom & 2nd floor
Over 300 students attend this annual leadership conference featuring break-out sessions and conference tracks. This year's keynote speaker is noted leadership authority, Tish Norman.
Vidur Kapur - Monday March 2, 7:30pm - 8:30pm, UC Auditorium, sponsored by the UT Campus Entertainment Board.
Vidur is a gay South Asian comedian, and has been featured on MTV's LOGO "The Outlaugh Festival on Wisecrack" and Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.
iLead Leadership & Involvement Fair - Tuesday March 3, 11:00am - 2:00pm, UC Ballroom
Student organizations and various leadership opportunities will be showcased. Stop by and discover new ways to get involved! To submit a registration form for your office or organization to participate, click here!
Resume Critique and Workshop - Tuesday March 3, 3:00pm - 5:00pm, UC Room 221
Student leaders will meet with staff members from Career Services to learn how to translate their leadership experience into resume material.
Anya Kamenetz: "Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young" - Tuesday March 3, 7:30pm, UC Auditorium,sponsored by the UT Issues Committee.
Anya Kamenetz is a young personal finance expert who has reached millions with both her book "Generation Debt: The New Economics of Being Young" and through her column, "Generation Debt" for Yahoo! Finance. In both the book and the column, she writes about the startling range of economic upheavals facing young people in their 20s and 30s: the rising cost of higher education, soaring student loan and credit card debt, an increasingly uncertain job market, health care and retirement worries, and international competition. She asks the question: What is the new future-focused economic compact we need to restore the promise of America as a true meritocracy? Book signing to follow the event.
Leadership Lunch - Legends in Leadership - Wednesday March 4, 12:00pm - 2:00pm, UC Room 221
Students will attend a lunch discussion on leadership legends to determine what it is that makes motivated individuals "leaders."
LIVE! Leadershop Coffee House - Women & Leadership - Wednesday March 4, 4:30pm - 6:00pm, UC 221
UT women leaders will learn tips and tools for successful leadership strategies in today's society.Presented by the UT Leadership Guides.
Jessica Pettit: "Be the Change You Want to Be" - Wednesday March 4, 7:00pm - 9:00pm, UC Auditorium
Through this inspiring and entertaining session, participants will create tangible goals and realistic action steps to create change in their community. Reception to follow.
LIVE! Leadershop - FISH! Philosophy - Thursday March 5, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, UC Room 223-224
Play! Be There! Choose Your Attitude! Make Their Day! Learn how to live the four principles of the Fish Philosophy to bring fun and finesse to your leadership style! Presented by the UT Leadership Guides.
DanceBrazil - Thursday March 5, 7:30pm, Clarence Brown Theatre, sponsored by the UT Cultural Attractions Committee
Vivacious African and Brazilian movement styles are combined to create this mesmerizing dance show. DanceBrazil was founded by Brazilian immigrant, Jelon Vieira in 1977. Vieira's hometown of Bahia is home to the majority of Brazil's Afro-Brazilian population, but was also plagued with poverty and political instability. Vieira immigrated in search of a better life, but also brought to the United States the little-known Afro-Brazilian dance culture. Inspired by French photographer Pierre Verger's snapshot of modern culture in Bahia, DanceBrazil's show covers a range of dance styles popular to the area. The hybrid show combines Afro-Brazilian martial arts (capoeira), American modern, European ballet and traditional African. Effervescent dancers perform Brazil's national dance, the samba, with electricity and excitement, yet capoeira remains their dance specialty. Described by Vieira as "a fight like a dance, a dance like a fight," capoeira has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, its movements being seen in many modern and hip-hop dance performances. It was first created as a means of self-protection, but disguised as a dance to hide its practice from the African slave's oppressors. DanceBrazil's show is an electrifying example of the globalization of dance.