October 9, 2001

Jack Adams Hall, Terrace Level
Cesar Chavez Student Center

9:30 am	Registration
9:45 am	Welcome, opening remarks Marsha Nye Adler, Director of Civic Engagement
10:00 am	Introduction of the keynote speaker President Robert A. Corrigan San Francisco State University
10:05 am-10:40 am	Keynote address: "Challenge for Change in an Uncertain World" The Hon. Leon Panetta, CEO, Panetta Institute for Public Policy
10:40 am-noon	"Engagement in Civic Life: Changing Lives and Communities" Dr. Joseph E. Marshall, founder, Omega Boys Club Panel: Dr. Robert Shireman, Program Director, Higher Education,The James Irvine Foundation Ms. Diana Fuentes-Michel, Director, Education Outreach Public Affairs, University of California Kelly Walsh, Panetta Fellow, Coleman Advocates for Children Thou Ny, Panetta Fellow, Office of the San Francisco Budget Analyst Cecilia Shepard, Winner, Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award Cassie Compton, Global Exchange

Beginning at noon, panels will continue in the following locations on the Terrace Level in the Cesar Chavez Student Center:

12:00-1:00 panels

Moderator, Mabel Teng, former member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors

Alex Tourk, Director of Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services--Making the link between community needs and city services

Eric Mar, Member, San Francisco School Board - Active engagement in policy to advance educational reform

Monica Lee, SFSU student--Student environmental leadership through Students for a Better Environment on behalf of the Alaskan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Room T-143
Making a Difference in Real Life

Moderator, Brian Murphy, San Francisco Urban Institute

Charlotte Ferretti, Professor of Nursing--Providing health care to the Mission District's children through the SFSU's Valencia Health Center

Lee Davis, Professor, California Studies/ Pete Palmer, Professor, Chemistry The Dilemma of Pesticide Contamination on Museum Objects and Repatriation to Native American Tribes

Gary Selnow, Professor of Information Systems--Establishing Community Health Information Centers in Kenya as part of a program to increase the availability of information and communication channels for the Kenyan medical community, primary caregivers and youth.

Room T-153
Working as Partners in Civic and Community Engagement

Moderator, Perla Barrientos, Director, Office of Community Service Learning

Gail Weinstein, Professor of English, and Rick Hau, SFSU student--Engaging SFSU and City College faculty and students to promote citizenship training for immigrant language learners

Amy Hittner, Professor of Counseling--Providing academic enrichment and counseling support for disadvantaged students interested in pursuing health careers through Health Path partnerships.

Joely De La Torre, Professor of American Indian Studies--Service-learning placements developed with Native American advocacy and service organizations help SFSU students to understand and to act on political and community issues facing urban Indians

1:00-2:00 panels

Moderator, Kenneth Monteiro, Dean, Human Relations

Sylvia Walters, Professor of Art--Developing public policy through service on the de Young museum advisory committee

Don Zingale, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services--Guiding policy and action as chair of the task force on development of Lake Merced

Rich McCline, Professor of Management and Gerald Eisman, Professor of Computer Science--Working with the Oakland Black Chamber of Commerce's CyberBusiness Center project to close the digital divide for African-American, Hispanic and other minority-owned small businesses.

Room T-153
Citizens of the World--Service and Learning in Areas of Need

Moderator, Marsha Adler, Director of Civic Engagement

Shannon Perry, Professor of Nursing--Providing health services through service learning to needy people London, Edinburgh and Ghana

Betsy Blosser, Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Arts--Helping Peruvian organizations to produce public service announcements to support services for street children.

Teresa Carrillo, Professor of Raza Studies--Service learning in Mexico

Room T-143
Research for Change

Moderator, John Rogers, Public Research Institute

Peter Palmer, Professor of Chemistry/ Ray Tompkins--Monitoring toxic emissions to shape environmental policy for Bayview Hunters Point residents

Dee Epps-Miller, Health Education--Providing research and recommendations for policy change through leadership of the "Yes We Can" Urban Asthma Project

Lisel Blash--Employing survey research for problem-solving and public policy

2:00-3:00 panels

Moderator, Mark Phillips, Director of School Relations, Office of Government Relations

Lisa White, Professor of Geosciences-- Employing SF-ROCKS, funded by the National Science Foundation to train high school and college student researchers in geoscience to improve the water quality and the environment in the Bayview-Hunter's Point community.

Cecelia Wambach, Co-Principal of John Muir School in San Francisco and Co-Director of the MATE Program (Muir Alternative Teacher Education) Program and Virginia Watkins, Principal. Working together, Cecelia and Virginia placed the SFSU elementary teacher credential program at John Muir to test whether the lowest achieving school in San Francisco could change. It is a remarkable program that has credentialed 130 teachers and completely changed the school's learning environment.

Hamid Khani--Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Arts--developing a multidisciplinary program to allow students an opportunity to work together in a competitive, team-based environment to develop public advertising campaigns for non-profit agencies and community partners

Room T-143
Democracy in the Face of Conflict

Moderator, Philip Ting--Associate Director of Community Relations, Office of Government Relations

Christopher Waldrep, Pasker Professor of History--Protecting individuals from hate attacks

Sanjoy Banerjee, Professor of International Relations--Protecting democratic ideals and international conflict

Victor Hwang, the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans--Securing civil liberties in uncertain times