Call for papers/Presentations

If you have submitted a paper, and not heard from us. Please resend your paper to ajstovall at gmail dot com or call 662/252-8000 ext. 4311 for information on you paper

The AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE is issuing a call for papers /presentations for its 15th National Conference, scheduled for January 17-18, 2009. The Conference is designed to address issues of liberation, and to provide analyses of progressive African American leadership models past and present, to aid students in developing revolutionary leadership paradigms for the future.

Please submit abstracts of approximately 250 words on the theme or on one of the following broad areas by December 15, 2008:

• African Americans & Presidential Politics
• Is There a Role for Hip-Hop in the Quest for Black Liberation?
• Solutions for the Mental and Physical Assault on Black Students on White Campuses
• Surviving the New Attacks on African American Scholarship
• Male/Female Relationships and Liberating the Race
• Religion /Spirituality Role in the Development of Black People
• Hip Hop Culture and the Black Liberation Struggle
• The Role Traditional Black Cultural Values and the Hip Hop Generation
• Education v. Mis-education?
• The Affirmative Action Debate
• The Struggle of Black Students on the White Campus
• Creating New Plans of Action – Creative Students Survival Strategies --
• Criminal Justice System
• Economic Development: Creating a Self Determined People
• Organizing on the College Campus
• African American and International Studies: Africa and The Black World
• The Role of African American Students & The Development of the Black Community
• Technology and the Black Liberation Struggle
• Black Mental and Physical Health Issues
• Inviting Presentations On “The Covenant With Black America”

You are to provide the title of your paper, your complete mailing address, and institutional affiliation, if any, to:

Dr. A. J. Stovall
Chair, Division of Social Science
Rust College
150 East Rust Ave.
Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635
Telephone: 662/252-8000 ext. 4311 or 4307 or 662/551-4095
Fax: 662/252-5332
Email: ajstovall at gmail dot com

All participants must register for the Conference.