As part of our ongoing efforts to
center marginalized students and to make our community a more radically
welcoming space, the UW-Milwaukee Honors College recently hosted two summer
camps designed to foster a sense of belonging among current and future Honors
students who identify as students of color. Both camps utilized an asset-based
model and highlighted (near)peer-mentoring. The idea for these camps originated
from Honors students in an experiential-learning tutorial, and they were
planned and run by students on the Honors Equity Team with the help of our
graduate student partners and faculty advisor. In this interactive panel,
Equity Team students and our graduate partners will highlight our planning
processes for both camps, the activities we offered, the challenges we faced,
and our goals for future camps. We will also include time for brainstorming and
collaborative
problem-solving for audience members who wish to host similar events on their
own campuses.