Call For Proposals

Nevada State University, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the College of Southern Nevada, and the Desert Research Institute, is excited to announce our call for proposals for the 2024 Southern Nevada Diversity Summit. We seek proposals for presentations, workshops, roundtables, posters, and panels that align with our theme, Good Trouble: Advancing the Legacies of Diversity & Inclusion in an Anti-DEI Era.

The Southern Nevada Diversity Summit is a System-wide collaboration that provides annual professional development opportunities to learn about social justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. This event is free of charge and all faculty, staff, students, and community partners are invited to attend. The event is planned by a site and liaison committee made up of members from across NSHE. Space is limited for in-person attendance.

We will prioritize proposals that actively engage students and center student voices. We are particularly interested in proposals that address one of the following topics. We also welcome other thoughts that this might inspire:

Topics

1. Elevating student voices, civic engagement, & activism
2. Honoring the legacies and histories of diversity, equity, & inclusion
3. Responding to the current national landscape of diversity, equity, & inclusion
4. Strategizing collective action for social justice & civil rights
5. Coalition building & solidarity that centers intra-group dialogue & strategies for effective communication
6. Disability justice & celebrating neurodivergent perspectives
7. Supporting LGBTQIA2+ and Trans students
8. Transforming policy, institutional culture, & practices
9. Dispelling myths about anti-racism and critical race theory
10. Imagining new futures for diversity, equity, inclusion, & liberation (ex: Afrofuturism, environmental justice)

Format

Time: 60 minutes

Breakout sessions in roundtable, workshop, poster session, or panel format

Deadline

Submissions are due Friday, May 31st at 11:59pm. For questions about the call for proposals, email diversitysummit@nevadastate.edu.

Submission Requirements

• Title of Session
• Session Description that outlines what your session will be about (250-500 words)
• Learner-Centered Engagement Activity
• Learning Objectives that you expect your participants to achieve as a result of attending this session (2 – 4 objectives)
• Call to Action
• Presenter Biographies

Review Timeline

May 1- Proposal submissions open

May 31- Proposal submissions due

June 30 – Presenters notified of Selection or Non-Selection