Regional EL Alliance Groups; Involvement in National Conferences

From the EL Alliance Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2

Dear Empowering Leadership Alliance Community,

We’ve just started the second year of the Empowering Leadership (EL) Alliance, and it’s a good time to reflect upon what we’ve accomplished in our first year and plan for the future. We’ve seen a lot of activity throughout the EL Alliance, including the participation of students, faculty, representatives from industry, and others in person and online, through virtual communities, at national conferences, and in local and regional activities. Our membership increases literally each week, and each person who signs up selects the programs most appropriate for their interests. I'm pleased we can offer tailored programs of value to each individual involved, including mentoring, student group meetings, support to attend conferences, research opportunities, and much more.

We’re seeing the development of regional EL Alliance groups, and we have resources to support those groups. If you’re interested in a regional group for your area, please write to us at info@empoweringleadership.org or at https://my.rice.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1197581794996. We’ve just had a terrific regional event in Texas that brought together students from several campuses (see http://empoweringleadership.org/texas_meeting/index.html for more information), and we're looking forward to more events like this in the coming years.

We’re planning our involvement in a number of conferences and workshops nationwide. Most recently, we were part of a collaborative presence at the SIGCSE (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) conference in March, where seven groups interested in diversity in computing worked together on a booth and informational materials. We’ll keep you posted on our involvement in these events, and we’d like to hear from you about your visibility in our community, as well. Write to us at info@empoweringleadership.org.

Sincerely,
Richard A. Tapia
Principal Investigator, EL Alliance

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