8th Annual OSP Research & Literary Conference 2018

Student Activism in the 21st Century: #ThisisHowWeDoIt

April 19, 2018

Booker T. Washington Auditorium Building, room 211
8:45am-1:15pm

Program Agenda

Conference Registration at 8:45am in Booker T. Washington Auditorium Building, room 211

Opening Remarks Dr. Florencia Cornet, OSP English Instructor & OSP Conference Chair
Ms. Althea Counts, TRiO Director.

Guest Speaker Mr. Scott Verzyl, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management
and Dean of Undergraduate Admissions.

Panel 1: Telling Stories: A Creative Activist Project

BTW 211; 9:15-10:30
Panel Chair: Dr. Florencia Cornet
Panelists: Iyannia Fuller- Project Baby; Ayanna Goines- Get Ready
Taylor Gilbert Fitzpatrick- On the Run

Panel 2: Student Agency and Activism: TRIO-Opportunity Scholars Program

BTW 211; 10:30am-11:45am
Panel Chair: Ms. Elyn Blackman
Panelists: Dakota Hudson, Matt Marino, Lee Kelly, Lauren Arabis, Taylor Diamond
Seagriff, Fernando Sandoval Diaz

Panel 3: Intersectionality and Social Activism: Gender, Race, and Identity

BTW 211; 12:00pm-1:15pm
Panel Chair: Dr. Dawn Campbell
Panelists: David Pharr - I'm Not Racist; Zion Smith - From the Ocean
Maria Sanchez-Cruz – Discrimination is Still Alive; Sarah Ikladyous - The
Destructive Nature of Societal Ideologies in the Poem "Barbie Doll"

Closing Remarks Ms. Shanna Graham, Gamecock Guarantee Coordinator.

Reception/Intermission in Booker T. Washington Building

Conference Resumes at 3:30pm in Russel House, rm 315
 8th Annual OSP Research & Literary Conference 2018
Student Activism in the 21st Century: #ThisisHowWeDoIt

April 19, 2018

Russel House, room 315
3:30pm-5:15pm

Program Agenda
Panel 4: Student Activism in the 21st Century: #This is How We Do It

Opening Remarks Dr. Florencia Cornet, OSP English Instructor & OSP Conference Chair
Ms. Althea Counts, TRiO Director.

Guest Speaker Mr. Aaron Greene, on behalf of Mrs. Moore-Pastides

Moderator Dr. Dawn Campbell, OSP English Instructor & OSP Conference Committee.

Presentation Marnija Lewis- Smoke and Mirrors: Downfall of an American Society.

Moderator Dr. Candice Cunningham, OSP History Instructor, OSP Conference

Committee.

Presentation Fallon Adams- Possible Prohibition of Animal Cruelty.

Moderator Dr. Florencia Cornet, OSP English Instructor & OSP Conference Chair.

Presentation Matthew Edwards- Gun Control and the Right to Bear Arms.

Open Discussion Q&A, moderated by OSP Conference Committee Member.

Closing Remarks Dr. Pinkney Epps, OSP Manager.

*Please stay for the Reception*