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Welcome to The Next Step website! This retreat is a program of UVM’s Student Life Leadership & Civic Engagement Programs. This year's retreat will be held Friday, Jan. 22nd-Sunday, Jan. 24th. Next Step facilitator applications are due Friday, Oct. 16th at 5pm and participant applications are due Monday, Nov. 16th at 5pm. Please visit the forms section of the website for info on how to apply.
Occurring
each January, Next Step provides 65 participants (undergraduate,
graduate, staff and faculty) with a personal and collective experience
in which to further develop their own knowledge and skills about their
own social identities. Participants learn how to become
better
change agents and activists against racism, sexism, heterosexism,
ableism, religious discrimination, classism and other socially
constructed oppressions.
We believe that to be an effective social justice activist one must:
• understand one's own cultural
backgrounds;
• hear the experiences and stories of
others;
• learn about the roots of specific forms
of oppression and privilege;
discover
ways to address everyday bias, stereotypes, and discrimination as an
ally (or someone who isn’t personally impacted, but who is responsible
based on their privilege).
Next Step’s long term goal is to
impart concrete skills to students so that they can return to campus
and their community and give value and voice to people and cultures
which have historically been denied access in our society.
Please explore our website to learn more about how you can be involved
in The Next Step.
As the Next Retreat draws closer, this page will also include information specifically for participants, facilitators and an important dates and deadlines page. If you have further questions, please email nextstep[at]uvm.edu, or contact Dustin Evatt or Llu Mulvaney-Stanak (the Next Step logistic staff) in the Department of Student Life, at (802)656-2060. We are excited to have Diana Gonzalez and Joe Russell as this year's Next Step Planning Committee co-chairs. They can be reached via the UVM directory (phone & email).
