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Welcome to Xavier's Summit on Human Dignity. This event, hosted by Xavier College Preparatory High School and the University of California at Riverside, aims to address issues that affect the basic rights of all human beings. Xavier’s annual Summit on Human Dignity seeks to shed light upon a particular social issue through a series of speakers, panel presentations, and interactive simulations as it aims to be a catalyst, not a fix, inspiring creative, concrete responses to the neglect of human dignity. It is Xavier’s hope that the summit might contribute to the transformation of its students and members of the greater Coachella Valley community as men and women of conscience and conviction, willing to stand up against a culture that too often values expediency and efficiency at the expense of human dignity.
2009 Summit: Literacy
For Xavier’s 2009 Summit on Human Dignity, speakers, presenters, and community members have been invited to address the issue of human dignity as it relates to literacy, focusing on the following:
• Status of Literacy in the Coachella Valley
• The Experience of Illiteracy
• Literacy as a tool for Redemption and Empowerment
• The Broadening Definition and Scope of Literacy
In presenting this issue, Xavier will be offering the following events, all of which are open to the public (Click for detailed Schedule of Events):
Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 pm @ UCR-PD
AN EVENING WITH FATHER GREG BOYLE, S.J.
Thursday, April 23, 7:00 @ Xavier Prep
XAVIER POETRY SLAM HOSTED BY POETRI
Friday, April 24, 7:00 @ Xavier Prep
Readings & Discussion on Literacy
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS -
BILLY COLLINS, LUIS RODRIGUEZ
($5 Admission, at the Door)
For more information about the Summit: 760-985-0853 For a press release, click here.
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