2010 Super-Regional Convention—Multiple Talents, Multiple OpportunitiesAlpha Chi will hold its first "super-regional" convention March 25-27, 2010, in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Peabody Hotel on the Arkansas River. The goal is to combine the programming scope of a national convention with smaller breakout events where the seven regions can enjoy their traditions and celebrate their identities. A detailed packet of information will be available soon so each chapter can begin making their plans for this exciting event!
The 2010 convention theme will be "Multiple Talents, Multiple Opportunities." This phrase alludes to Alpha Chi's broad academic base, to the society's goal of "making scholarship effective for good," and to the four topics or concepts we plan to highlight in relation to our convention city. Taken together, these topics and the service projects we will promote for all of 2009-10 constitute a theme of social responsibility. Here are the topics and the ways we plan to feature them:
Civil Rights History
Little Rock was at the center of school integration efforts that were pivotal in the civil rights movement in the 1950s. We hope to have a speaker for a Friday morning general session who can put the events of 1957 Central High crisis into perspective. During free time on Friday afternoon, delegates may visit the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Visitor Center adjacent to Central High to learn more about that historic period.The Clinton Presidency
Little Rock's primary tourist attraction is the Clinton Presidential Center with its museum chronicling the former Arkansas governor's eight years in office. Region III is sponsoring a panel discussion at 5 p.m. Friday in the center's Great Hall, with participants to be announced. Carol Rasco, a former Clinton official, has agreed to put the program together. Following the presentation, Alpha Chi delegates will be admitted to the museum for a special after-hours visit.Reading/Literacy
The success of our service project this year in Indianapolis leads us to continue Alpha Chi's identification with this crucial element in education. Ms. Rasco is now president of the nonprofit organization Reading Is Fundamental, and we hope to connect our book-donation effort to a program in Little Rock with RIF ties. We will aim at having a representative group make a presentation visit of donated books, as we did in Indianapolis, with a follow-up presentation to the full convention at the closing general session on Saturday. Ms. Rasco will address the convention on Saturday morning.Hunger/Poverty
Heifer International is a charity based in Little Rock that focuses on combating worldwide hunger and poverty. Its headquarters and a new interactive educational museum (free admission) are adjacent to the Presidential Center. As another option for a chapter service project, we will encourage chapters' contributions to a Heifer project to provide livestock or other needs in numerous countries.These emphases will allow us to explore the nature of social problems and the ways that responsible citizens have worked and can continue to work to solve them through political involvement, social activism, and volunteerism.
• 2010 Convention Attendance Planning Packet
• 2011 Convention
• Previous Convention Programs/Reports/Info
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