Catalyst Conference 2013
Application
A Committee of the Campus Y at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
February 22 –February 24, 2013
Please type or print neatly and leave nothing blank.
Name: ______
Email Address (if applicable): ______@______
Gender: Female Male
Year in school (2012-2013 Academic Year): Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Have you attended the Catalyst Conference before? (circle one) Yes No
Ethnicity (Optional): ______
Home Address: ______
______
Home Phone #: (_____) ______
High School, County: ______
Please answer the following 2 questions in essay format on additional sheets of paper. There are no right or wrong answers; you need only respond honestly and openly. Typed answers are preferred, though not required. Please limit your answers to one-typed page or two-written pages for each question!
1. In your own words, respond to one of the below quotations. In answering, consider the following questions: What has led you to want to be a part of this conference? What do you hope to get out of this conference?
(A) We are of course a nation of differences. Those differences don't make us weak. They're the source of our strength -Jimmy Carter
(B) The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; It is this. –Chinua Achebe
2. What is a social justice issue that you see in your school or community? Define this problem and propose a possible solution. What can you, yourself, do to change the situation?
Applications must ARRIVE at UNC no later than FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012. You may submit the application online via email to . (Please include all application documents in one attachment.) If you have any questions, please email the Catalyst Conference Co-Chairs, Ashlea Carver and Amanda Gorman, at or call the Campus Y at (919) 962-2333.
Send applications to: Campus Y
Attn: Catalyst Conference
UNC-Chapel Hill
CB# 5115 YMCA Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5115