
Encouraging Inclusivity and Authenticity
The Office of Student Activities in partnership with Institutional Diversity, Advocacy and Leadership hosts the Inclusive Leadership Conference (ILC) is geared toward individuals embracing authenticity as a form of self-advocacy, leveraging the unique contributions of others and resisting the negative cultural and societal norms that attempt to filter who they truly are.
Established by the Office of Student Activities Leadership Development in 2009, this conference was created to host training, conversations, and workshops that promote inclusive principles.
The Inclusive Leadership Conference is co-sponsored by Temple University's Office of Leadership Development, Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership (IDEAL), University housing and Residential Life, and CampusPhilly.
This conference is generally open to all Philadelphia area college students as a means to enhance conversations and actions that stimulate a conscious thinking society. Areas for which this conference strives to focus upon include:
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Race and ethnicity
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Gender identity
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Sexual Orientation
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Nationality and immigration
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Mental and physical ability
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Language
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Social Class
2024 ILC
ILC will be held in person on February 17, 2024, at the Howard Gittis Student Center (HGSC) on Main Campus. ILC is the largest collegiate conference in the Greater Philadelphia area getting students activated in the quest to create spaces that:
- Celebrate DIVERSITY: recognizing & appreciating the inherent value of differences
- Cultivate UNITY: collaborating in effort and resource to support equity, equality and justice for all
- Captivate AUTHENTICITY: encouraging healthy discourse and empowering students to live and lead in truth
- Culminate INCLUSIVITY: fostering a sense of belonging and allowing all members of our community to be seen, felt, and heard
The schedule will be posted shortly
Programming
The ILC programming happens through various breakout sessions, engaging keynotes, and community events and games.