University of Delaware 2016 Study of the U.S. Institutes on Women’s Leadership Draft Calendar
Sunday
June 19
Monday
June 20
Tuesday
June 21
Wednesday
June 22
Thursday
June 23
Friday
June 24
Saturday
June 25
Participant Arrivals,
Washington D.C.
Disbursement of per
diem monies and
book/cultural
allowance
All Day: Free day to
rest
Evening: Optional
Dinner with
Institute Staff
Sunday
June 26
Morning: group
cultural activities
and scavenger hunt
with SUSI staff in
Washington D.C.
Monday
June 27
Morning: tour of
Smithsonian
National Museum
of African American
Culture and History
Tuesday
June 28
Morning: Free time
Wednesday
June 29
Thursday
June 30
Friday
July 1
Saturday
July 2
Morning: Women’s
Leadership
Workshop
Morning: Depart for
Newark, DE
Morning: Academic
Sessions
Day Trip to
Philadelphia
Late Morning:
Arrive in Newark,
check into
Independence Hall
Overview of
Women’s
Leadership and
Global Women’s
Issues (Dr. Elaine)
Morning: tour of
Independence Mall
Mid-Morning:
Overview of the
American Political
System (Dr. Dan)
Afternoon: Institute
Orientation with
SUSI Staff
Lunch: on your own
Lunch: on your own
Afternoon: Meeting
and tour, World
Bank
Afternoon: prep time
for cultural festival
Afternoon:
Women’s
Leadership
Workshop
Lunch: on your own
Lunch: on your own
Afternoon: campus
and library tour,
visit to UD ID office
for UD ID’s
Afternoon: meeting
with “Women
Engaging the
World” project
advisors
Lunch: Reading
Terminal Market
Afternoon: tour of
National
Constitution Center
Late Afternoon:
teambuilding
activities with SUSI
Staff
Evening: Dinner on
your own
Afternoon/Evening:
Cultural Festival
Evening: Women’s
Leadership
Reception
Evening: welcome
reception and
cultural
presentations
Evening: Trip to
Christiana Mall
Evening: Return to
Newark
Sunday
July 3
Monday
July 4
Free day to
catch-up on
readings, take
online assessments,
and work with staff
on
projects/assignments
American
Independence Day!
Tuesday
July 5
Morning: Academic
Sessions
Community based
activism/development
(Prof. Raheema)
Security,
development, and
volunteerism (Dr.
Mathias
Afternoon: 4th of
July BBQ
Wednesday
July 6
Morning: Academic
Sessions
Tentative Date of
Eid-Al Fitr
Conflict Resolution
Workshop pt. 2 (Dr.
Steve)
Morning:
Discussion
Meetings
Cross-cultural
Communication
training (Dr. Beth)
Roundtable
Discussion of
Mighty Be Our
Powers with Dr.
Elaine
Lunch: on campus
Lunch: on campus
Afternoon: Academic
Session
Afternoon:
Volunteer Activities
with Local
Organizations
Conflict Resolution
Workshop pt. 1 (Dr.
Steve)
Thursday
July 7
2nd Meeting with
Project Advisors
Afternoon: Free
Time
Friday
July 8
Saturday
July 9
Morning: Workshop
All Day: Homestays
for one group, Trip
to Lancaster,
Pennsylvania for
other group
Project
Management
Workshop (Prof.
Patricia)
Lunch: on campus
Afternoon:
Academic Session
Black Women
Making History
(Dr. Arica)
Reflective Session
Evening: response to
writing prompt due
at 5pm
Evening: Newark
Liberty Days
(Independence Day
festival and
fireworks
Evening: Screening
of Pray the Devil
Back to Hell
Evening: Homestay
pickups for half of
the participants
Sunday
July 10
Afternoon: pick-up
from homestay
families
Free Day to catch up
on readings and
assignments
Afternoon/Evening
Scheduled sessions
with Peer Mentors
in Christiana
Commons
Monday
July 11
Tuesday
July 12
Wednesday
July 13
Morning: Academic
session and meeting
Morning:
Workshop/academic
session
Morning: Academic
Sessions
Psychology of
Persuasion (Dr.
Danna)
Women’s Advocacy
and the Right to
Vote
(Dr. Anne)
Program Evaluation
(Dr. Joan)
Thursday
July 14
Friday
July 15
Saturday
July 16
Morning: Trip to
Dover, Delaware
Morning: Academic
Session:
Meeting with
Delaware State
Representative
Valerie Longhurst
Citizenship,
Individual Rights,
and Constitutional
Freedoms (Dr.
Aaron)
All Day: Homestays
for one group, Trip
to Lancaster,
Pennsylvania for
other group
Meeting with U.S.
Senator Chris Coons
Women’s
Leadership in STEM
(Dr. Robin)
Media for
Persuasion and
Communication
(Prof. Carolyn)
Lunch: on your own
Lunch: on your own
Lunch: on your own
Lunch: on your own
Lunch: on your own
Afternoon: academic
session and site visit
Afternoon:
Workshop
Social
Entrepreneurship in
Action (Dr. Dan
Freeman)
Afternoon:
Roundtable
discussion with
League of Women
Voters
Afternoon:
Academic session
LGBTQ Advocacy
in the USA (Dr.
Claire)
Afternoon:
Volunteer Activities
with Local
Organizations
Return to Newark
3rd Meeting with
project advisors
Sex, Gender, and
Sexuality (Dr.
Pascha
Site visit to AIDS
Delaware
Women’s Activism
in U.S. (Dr. Kara)
Weekly reflective
session
Writing prompt
response due at 5pm
Evening: screening
of Makers: Women
Who Make America
Evening: Ice Cream
Social at Dr. Elaine’s
home
Evening: Screening
of Part 3 of
MAKERS: Women
who made America
Evening: homestay
pickups for other
half of participants
Sunday
July 17
Afternoon: pick-up
from homestay
families
Free Day to catch up
on readings and
assignments
Monday
July 18
Morning: Academic
sessions
Civil Society,
Religion, and
Tolerance in the
U.S. (Dr. Alan)
Everyday Diversity
and Inclusivity (Dr.
Cheryl
Afternoon/Evening
Scheduled sessions
with Peer Mentors
in Christiana
Commons
Writing prompt
response due at 5pm
Lunch on your own
Afternoon:
Academic Session
and Roundtable
Tuesday
July 19
Morning: Alumni
Discussion and
Roundtable
Tips on what to do
when you go home
(SUSI-WL Alumnae
Natasha Salifyanji
Kaoma)
Advocacy and
Teambuilding (Ms.
Kenville-Moore)
Lunch on your own
Afternoon:
Academic Session
Freedom of
Expression and
Conflict in Media
(Dr. Jennifer)
Community
responses and
engagement with
people living with
disabilities (Dr.
Weiss)
Roundtable on The
Promise of a Pencil
(Dr. Elaine and Dr.
Dan)
Mid-program
survey distributed
Wednesday
July 20
Thursday
July 21
Morning: Academic
Sessions
Morning: Academic
Session and
Meeting
Women’s
Leadership in
Women’s Health
(Ms. Debroah)
The 1960’s and Civil
Rights Progress
(Prof. Leland)
Lunch on your own
Afternoon:
Volunteer Activities
with Local
Organizations
Friday
July 22
Morning: Depart
Newark, Arrive in
New York City
Saturday
July 23
All Day: Group
cultural activities in
New York City
Women’s
Leadership and
Human Rights (Dr.
Elaine)
Meeting with
project mentors
Lunch on your own
Afternoon:
Roundtable
Discussion at
Delaware Financial
Literacy Institute
Lunch near hotel
Afternoon: Guided
tour of the United
Nations
Evening: Shopping
trip to Christiana
Mall, Pack for New
York City
Evening: Weekly
reflective session,
group cultural
activities
Evening: return to
Newark
Sunday
July 24
Monday
July 25
Tuesday
July 26
All Day: Free day to
prepare for project
presentations
Morning: Meeting
with Delaware U.S.
Senator Tom Carper
Morning:
Presentation
Preparations
Final Volunteer
activities with Local
Organizations
Presentation Session
1
Lunch on your own
Wednesday
July 27
Thursday
July 28
Friday
July 29
Saturday
July 30
Morning: Depart for
Atlanta, Georgia
Morning: Academic
Session
Morning: Tours and
discussions
Participant
Departures, Atlanta
Early Afternoon:
Arrive in Atlanta
Women, property
and indigenous
African laws (Prof.
An-Naim)
Tour and
Roundtable
discussion on
Historically Black
Colleges and
Universities,
Spelman College
Lunch on your own
Tour of CNN
Lunch on your own
Lunch on your own
Afternoon: time
reserved for
discussion of
presentations with
project mentors
Afternoon: Debrief
with U.S. State
Department
Afternoon:
Presentation Session
2
Final Review
Session for Project
Presentations (Dr.
Elaine and Dr. Dan)
End of UD Program
Survey
Evening:
presentation
preparations
Evening: End of UD
Program Reception
Afternoon/Evening:
Group Cultural
Activities in Atlanta
Afternoon: Tours
Afternoon: Tours
Tour of CDC
Tour of Center for
Civil and Human
Rights
Group lunch
Tour of the King
Center
Free Time:
Centennial Olympic
Park
Evening: Group
cultural activities in
Atlanta
Evening: Informal
End of Institute
Dinner