We welcome all 2024 CCCC Annual Convention attendees to join us for these special events during the Convention! Please note that all events will be held in person only except for the CCCC Annual Business Meeting.
In addition to the events noted below, we hope you will also spend some time in the #4C24 Exhibit Hall and Action Hub visiting the various organizations, events, and activities throughout the Convention, including works of local Indigenous Artists and Spokane-Based Artists of Color in the vendor space. See the Convention Schedule for hours of the hall.
Find information about Spokane on the #4C24 Hospitality Site. Visit the Visit Spokane Digital Passport to gain access to collection of discounts that you can use around the downtown core area (you will be asked to provide your name and email address). The discount list includes restaurants, retail shops, and attractions. See a calendar of local events happening during the Convention dates as well as Digitally Guided Experiences in Spokane.
Thursday, April 4
Newcomers’ Coffee Hour, 7:30–8:15 a.m.
Birch Ballroom (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
The CCCC Newcomers’ Welcoming Committee looks forward to meeting you at the Newcomers’ Coffee Hour, a congenial start to the first full day of activities, where you can begin the kinds of professional conversations that have made this conference one of the high points of the year for each of us.
Opening General Session featuring the 2024 CCCC Chair’s Address with Frankie Condon, 8:30 a.m.–10:15 a.m.
Ballroom A/B/C (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Cross-Caucus Event, 10:15–11:45 a.m.
Spilling Tea: Grad Students Only
Room 201 C (Upper Level, Spokane Convention Center)
A.28 Social Justice in the Classroom: Local Abundant Approaches, 10:30–11:45 a.m.
Room 303 A/B (Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Sponsored by the Social Justice at the Convention Committee
This roundtable will celebrate the social justice work of local Spokane-based and PacNW-based two-year college faculty and high school English instructors. Participants will share their approaches to teaching about local social justice issues in their classrooms. Attendees and participants will engage in an informal table discussion about the strategies shared, social justice work in Spokane, and ideas for how to approach the local issues that impact our own communities. Overall, this roundtable is designed to celebrate the important work writing instructors are doing in the Spokane area while those interacting at each table could get ideas for how to design courses inspired by their own location.
Cross-Caucus Event, 12:00–1:30 p.m.
Standing Lunch Hour
Room 304 (Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Cross-Caucus Event, 12:15–1:30 p.m.
Spilling Tea: Early Career Scholars
Room 201 C (Upper Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Cross-Caucus Event, 1:45–3:00 p.m.
Speed Research / Job Talk
Room 205 (Upper Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Creative Reading and Open Mic, 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Conference Theater (Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Sponsored by the Social Justice at the Convention Committee
The Creative Reading and Open Mic event at CCCC 2024 invites local social justice poets to help us make meaning. This year, we have collaborated with local Spokane poets! An open mic for interested Convention attendees to perform creative work from multiple genres will follow.
Office Hours with SWR Editor Stephanie Kerschbaum, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall, near NCTE Central (Ballroom 100B, Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Chat with the editor of the CCCC Studies in Writing & Rhetoric (SWR) book series. Learn about her vision for the series and find out how to submit a proposal.
Cross-Caucus Event, 3:15–4:30 p.m.
Sit Down and Write!
Room 203 (Upper Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Scholars for the Dream Reception, 6:00–7:00 p.m.
Cedar Ballroom (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Come celebrate and network with the 2023 CCCC Scholars for the Dream recipients!
Anzaldúa Award Reception, 7:00–8:00 p.m.
Maple Ballroom (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Come celebrate and network with the 2023 CCCC Gloria Anzaldúa Award recipients!
Cross-Caucus Engagement Event, 8:00–9:00 p.m.
Cedar Ballroom (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Facilitated by Temptaous Mckoy, Cross-Caucus Events Coordinator
This social event aims to foster dialogue among identity-based Caucus members.
Friday, April 5
Cross-Caucus Event, 9:30–10:45 a.m.
Continuing the Conversation: Minority Serving Institutions
Room 301 (Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Keynote with Mira Shimabukuro, 11:00–12:15 p.m.
Ballroom A/B/C (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Mira Shimabukuro is a poet, writer, and Teaching Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. Born and raised in the Pacific NW, Shimabukuro’s poetry and writing has appeared in such publications as CALYX, Raven Chronicles, Bamboo Ridge Quarterly, and the International Examiner. Her Writing Studies contributions focus on the ways Japanese Americans used writing in the so-called “internment” camps during World War II to respond to their imprisonment. This work can be found in both Representations: Doing Asian American Rhetoric and College English, as well as in her 2015 book, Relocating Authority: Japanese Americans Writing to Redress Mass Incarceration.
Cross-Caucus Event, 12:30–1:45 p.m.
Standing Lunch Hour – Book Signing / Book Talk
Room 304 (Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Cross-Caucus Event, 12:30–1:45 p.m.
Workshopping Teaching & Job Materials
Ballroom A/B/C (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Cross-Caucus Event, 2:00–3:15 p.m.
Collaborating Across Caucus Groups
Ballroom A/B/C (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Office Hours with SWR Editor Stephanie Kerschbaum, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Exhibit Hall, near NCTE Central (Ballroom 100B, Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
Chat with the editor of the CCCC Studies in Writing & Rhetoric (SWR) book series. Learn about her vision for the series and find out how to submit a proposal.
CCCC Annual Business Meeting, 4:45–6:00 p.m. (Hybrid Meeting)
In-Person Attendees: Ballroom A/B/C (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Register to Attend Virtually (registrants must be members of CCCC)
CCCC Awards Presentation, 6:00–7:15 p.m.
Ballroom A/B/C (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
During this presentation we announce the recipients of the 2024 CCCC Awards. Past CCCC Chairs, distinguished guests, and international participants will be recognized. Please take the time to come celebrate with your colleagues.
All-Attendee Event: Pau Hana with Karaoke, a 75th CCCC Anniversary Celebration, 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Room 100C (Lower Level, Spokane Convention Center)
All registered #4C24 attendees are invited to spend time sharing and celebrating with colleagues in a supportive, fun, and relaxing evening, including karaoke. Heavy appetizers and sponsored refreshments and bar will be provided. We hope you will join us with an open heart and mind!
Saturday, April 6
Teacher 2 Teacher, 9:00–11:30 a.m.
Maple Ballroom (Ground Floor Lobby, Davenport Grand)
Teacher 2 Teacher (T2T) offers CCCC Convention participants a dynamic professional development and networking opportunity. All CCCC 2024 attendees are welcome to join.
