To hear stories about how colleagues have used the strategies for action that will be discussed in the workshops, view one of the illustrations below (with more coming soon!).
Steve Parks – Building Writing Beyond the Curriculum
Sheila Carter-Tod – Getting to Know a Writing Program
Dominic Delli Carpini – Building an Identity for Writing
CCCC 2016’s Taking Action Workshops will provide
opportunities to develop specific strategies for action. These workshops, facilitated by professional organizers and activists, will be offered
Each of the five Taking Action Workshops will be offered twice daily on Thursday and Friday. CCCC attendees are free to visit the workshops in any order they would like and as many times as they would like to.
On Saturday, during the last session of the conference, we’ll hold a plenary session where workshop facilitators will discuss what they learned offering the workshops and attendees will think together about next steps – for themselves, as well as for CCCC.
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Share concerns you might bring to the Taking Action workshops by completing the Taking Action Workshop survey. Please note that you don’t need to complete the survey to attend the workshops, and completing the survey does not obligate you to attend the workshops.
Each Taking Action workshop at CCCC 2016 will focus on a specific aspect of action-taking.
Our concerns are many and broad – but to take effective action, we need to narrow to a definable problem. What is your concern? What’s the “so what” of your concern – to whom does it matter? And how can you narrow it to a workable, solvable problem? This Taking Action workshop will help you focus the issues so that you can take action on them. (Sessions A, D, F, I)
We all do better working together. Who else is interested in your concern, and how can you build alliances with them? This Taking Action workshop will help you to identify possible allies and build connections so that you can approach your concern with others. (Sessions A, C, G, J)
Exploring how stakeholder groups currently understand our issues (writing, students, learning, schooling, and more) is the first step in figuring out how to create change. The frames through which people perceive problems impact their willingness to be part of the solution. This workshop will help you learn how to use strategic framing to craft effective messages as part of your overall taking action campaign. (Sessions B, E, H, J)
Often, we want to change policies related to writing, material conditions for writing education, and writers. But “policy” often seems large and confusing and it’s hard to keep track of policy changes and to know where to begin. How can we make effective contributions to policy and policy discussions? This Taking Action workshop will help you learn more about where you can be most effective and how to contribute to ongoing policy and discussions. (Sessions B, D, H, K)
Once we’ve named and narrowed to a problem, built alliances, and thought about messages and possible results, it’s time to make an action plan. This Taking Action workshop will help you to put your thinking into practice and equip you with concrete strategies and tactics for next steps. (Sessions C, E, I, K)
April 9–12, 2025
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, MD
Program Chair: Kofi J. Adisa
Theme: “Computer Love”: Extended Play, B-sides, Remix, Collaboration, and Creativity
Visit the registration and housing page for registration rates and housing details.
“Computer Love”: Extended Play, B-sides, Remix, Collaboration, and Creativity
April 9–12, 2025 | Baltimore, MD
All proposers received a proposal notification on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
Questions? Email CCCCevents@ncte.org.
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The Conference on College Composition and Communication takes seriously the concerns that are included in the NAACP Missouri Travel Advisory. CCCC’s Convention Siting and Hostile Legislation: Guiding Principles state that we “will work to change state or local policies in host convention cities that diverge from established CCCC positions or otherwise threaten the safety or well-being of our membership.” To do so, we will consult with local groups and “arrang[e] activities and opportunities for members to support those who are disadvantaged by offensive policies . . . as a vehicle for nonviolent protest.”
We cannot move our national convention, which will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 14-17, 2018. As our Guiding Principles explain, moving a national convention can incur hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties. At this late date it is not possible to find an alternative location. We will work with the Visitor’s Bureau and other local organizations to make our expectations for member safety clear. We will also reach out to the local NAACP branch in Kansas City to find out ways we might work together on this and other issues that agree with both organizations’ missions and values.
Additionally, over the next few months and in preparation for our convention in Kansas City, we will work with CCCC members to create a forum for discussion and potential action on this and other related issues in which we might potentially partner with the local chapter of the NAACP and other local groups. The main goal will be finding ways to keep our members safe while travelling to and attending the conference and providing the support we can to anyone affected by the state policies of Missouri.
As part of CCCC’s efforts to create such forums for members, we invite you to provide input via this form: http://tinyurl.com/cccctravel. It will also allow you to review all responses made on it. The form will close on Sept 01, 2017. The program chair and local site committee will review all responses and share them with the CCCC Executive Committee.
If you wish to offer personal feedback to the 2018 CCCC Program Chair, Asao B. Inoue, you may email him at asao@uw.edu.
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The CSWP advocates for issues of concern to women in the profession–contingency in the labor force, examining the specificity of the material conditions that impact the working lives of women teaching in rhetoric and composition, and promotion of feminist scholarship. To those ends, we have sponsored panels at the Annual Convention, co-sponsored the All-day Wednesday Feminist Workshop, and organized SIG sessions to discuss topics of concern and to mentor other women in the field. Our efforts have focused primarily on providing a feminist presence and clearinghouse of ideas of concern to women’s lives in the profession at the Annual Meeting.
Charge 1: Identify feminist questions, concerns, and points of inquiry within the field of rhetoric and composition in areas of relevance to CCCC members and the profession at large
Charge 2: Lead appropriate forms of inquiry into feminist concerns in the field of rhetoric and composition with the goal of proposing solutions, taking a position, or generating action items
Charge 3: Make recommendations to CCCC Officers and Executive Committee based on inquiry, examination, or CSWP actions.
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