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Welcome to WeLead
WeLead: Community Engagement Conference is a one-day experience supporting the attendees' ability to become changemakers by encouraging collaborative leadership strategies within the Greater FAU community. The conference activities will include the MLK Day of Service community project, impactful leadership development sessions, and close with a community partners engagement lunch. Students may register at link below.

Attendees of the event will:

  • Refine their leadership skills and strategies to facilitate collective action among others
  • Share ideas and best practices related to group and project management
  • Engage in civil discourse about issues facing the FAU community and surround areas
  • Network and coalition build with other individuals to serve their common purpose

Schedule of Events

  • Grand Palm
    8 a.m.
    Registration
  • Grand Palm
    8:30 a.m.
    Breakfast and Mingle
  • Grand Palm
    9 a.m.
    Community Service Project
    In Jacob’s Shoes

Breakout Session 1

  • Coconut Palm
    10:30 a.m.
    Leadership Engagement Focus Group
    By Dr. Rebecca Goldstein
  • Live Oak B
    10:30 a.m.
    Your Leadership Journey
    Former Mayor of West Palm and Co-Founder of Great Cities for All, Jeri Muoio
    About the organization https://www.gcfapr.com/about/
  • Live Oak C
    10:30 a.m.
    Service and Philanthropy in Student Leadership
    By Dr. Dax Boatwright
  • Live Oak A
    10:30 a.m.
    Community Engagement 101
    By Mayor of Greenacres, Joel Flores

Breakout Session 2

  • Coconut Palm
    11:30 a.m.
    Leadership Engagement Focus Group
    By Dr. Rebecca Goldstein
  • Live Oak B
    11:30 a.m.
    Managing Large Organizations
    Student Leaders
  • Live Oak C
    11:30 a.m.
    Leading from the Margins
    Managing Social Anxiety to Create Connection by Dr. Julio Rivas, Counseling and Psychological Services
  • Live Oak D
    11:30 a.m.
    Community Catalysts: A Panel Discussion on Leadership and Giving Back
    Moderated by:
    Dr. Peter Cruise,
    FAU Affiliate Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration
    Founding Director, LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy
    Commissioner, Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics
    Commissioner, Palm Beach County Inspector General Committee

    Panelists:
    Marci Woodward
    Palm Beach Commissioner

    Lindsey White,
    Chief Advancement Officer of the Hanley Foundation

    Joel Flores
    Mayor of Greenacres Hanley Foundation

    Sherry A. Henry
    Chief Executive Officer
    HabCenter Boca Raton
  • Grand Palm
    12:10 p.m.
    Community Engagement Lunch with Community Partners
    Organizations:
    • Fuller Center
    • Restoration Bridge International
    • St. Mary Medical Center
    • Great Cities for All
    • Hanley Foundation
    • HabCenter Boca Raton
    • LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy
    • Palm Beach Commissioners
    • Florida Guardian ad Litem
    • Children’s Home Society of Florida, Lake Worth High School Partner
    • FAU Housing and Residential Life
  • Grand Palm
    1:30 p.m.
    End of Day