Plenary Session 2: Delta Scholars Student Presentations

Presenter Information

Multiple Presenters

Location

Ballroom, Lewis 301

Start Date

18-7-2018 1:20 PM

Description


Delta Scholars is a new program that aims to train a cohort of young leaders to think critically about issues of systemic justice affecting Mississippi and to support them in developing solutions that will produce positive social change in their communities and the state at large. The Delta Scholars—14 undergraduate students from across the state of Mississippi and Harvard College-- have spent the last nine days working on campus at the Mississippi State Honors College in Starkville and then touring the Delta. They have met with academics, community leaders, and non-profit organizers working towards positive social change in the Delta, and they have taken inspiration from these examples to develop ideas for social change projects that they can implement in their own communities. During this workshop, students will present their project proposals and solicit questions, suggestions, and feedback from audience participants.

Moderators: Susana Cervantes. Delta Directions Consortium and Mississippi State University, Social Science Research Center; Rachel Haggard. University of Mississippi. Center for Population Studies

Presenters:

    Alyssa Bass, University of Southern Mississippi
    Rachel Booth, Mississippi State University
    Sarah Comino, University of Alabama
    Mayukh Datta, Mississippi State University
    William Fite, Mississippi State University
    Jonathan Puckett, University of Southern Mississippi
    Megan Swartzfager, University of Mississippi
    Keturah Gadson, Harvard College
    Jordan Jefferson, Jackson State University
    Summer Jefferson, University of Mississippi
    Trevor Ladner, Harvard College
    Madison Seymour, University of Southern Mississippi
    Candice Tetlow, Copiah-Lincoln Community College
    Rebecca Weatherford, Samford University

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Jul 18th, 1:20 PM

Plenary Session 2: Delta Scholars Student Presentations

Ballroom, Lewis 301


Delta Scholars is a new program that aims to train a cohort of young leaders to think critically about issues of systemic justice affecting Mississippi and to support them in developing solutions that will produce positive social change in their communities and the state at large. The Delta Scholars—14 undergraduate students from across the state of Mississippi and Harvard College-- have spent the last nine days working on campus at the Mississippi State Honors College in Starkville and then touring the Delta. They have met with academics, community leaders, and non-profit organizers working towards positive social change in the Delta, and they have taken inspiration from these examples to develop ideas for social change projects that they can implement in their own communities. During this workshop, students will present their project proposals and solicit questions, suggestions, and feedback from audience participants.

Moderators: Susana Cervantes. Delta Directions Consortium and Mississippi State University, Social Science Research Center; Rachel Haggard. University of Mississippi. Center for Population Studies

Presenters:

    Alyssa Bass, University of Southern Mississippi
    Rachel Booth, Mississippi State University
    Sarah Comino, University of Alabama
    Mayukh Datta, Mississippi State University
    William Fite, Mississippi State University
    Jonathan Puckett, University of Southern Mississippi
    Megan Swartzfager, University of Mississippi
    Keturah Gadson, Harvard College
    Jordan Jefferson, Jackson State University
    Summer Jefferson, University of Mississippi
    Trevor Ladner, Harvard College
    Madison Seymour, University of Southern Mississippi
    Candice Tetlow, Copiah-Lincoln Community College
    Rebecca Weatherford, Samford University