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Dr. Ada Cheng, as her role as the former Education and Outreach Specialist for Campus Advocacy Network at University of Illinois Chicago and her co-presenter Kevin Cane, the Director for Fraternity and Sorority Life at UIC, will discuss the close collaboration between these two units and the use of creative and innovative programming, such as storytelling events, dialogue-centered workshops, intimate circles, and GBV Courageous Leadership Training to engage college men in critical self-reflections and in intimate dialogues with other campus communities. They will discuss how these collaborative programs have shaped students and the campus culture as a whole.
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Agenda
  • Run-Time: 1 Hour
  • Email JanasCampaign@gmail.com for presentation handouts
Presenters
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Ada Cheng, Ph.D.
scheng@dom.edu

Dr. Cheng was a tenured professor in sociology at DePaul University from 2001-2016 when she resigned to pursue performance and storytelling. She has since been featured at storytelling shows and done her two solo performances in theaters, universities, and conferences across the nation. In 2019, she delivered her solo performance, Not Quite: Navigating Citizenship and Belonging, as the keynote for Women and Girls in Georgia Conference at the University of Georgia. In 2021, she delivered keynotes for Chicago Cultural Alliance’s Activating Heritage Conference, AAPI Heritage Month at Dominican University, and AAPI Heritage Month at Environmental Protection Agency. She will also be a keynote for Immigrants in Our Midst Conference in October 2021. Talented as a creator and producer, her storytelling event This Is America: Truths through My Body was the signature event for Cook County Racial Equity Week in 2020 as well as for the Teach-in Day at Benedictine University in 2021.

Dr. Cheng has been speaker for Illinois Humanities Speakers Bureau since 2019. She works at UIC Women’s Leadership and Resource Center as the Education and outreach Specialist, doing training and outreach related to gender-based violence. Her interests encompass academia, storytelling/performance, and advocacy.
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Kevin Cane, M.Ed.
kcane@uic.edu

Kevin Cane, M.Ed., serves the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) as the Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL), with over 15 years of experience in higher education, including work with educational non-profits, an international fraternity headquarters staff, and various institutions, to shape leadership development for student organizations, particularly fraternities and sororities. He earned his Master of Education in College Student Affairs Administration at the University of Georgia. At UIC, he is charged with advancing student engagement experiences for 30+ fraternities and sororities and their organizations’ members on campus and in their surrounding community. He is passionate about collegiate health and wellness, gender-based violence prevention education, and harm reduction strategies that are enhanced when student organization leaders collaborate to uplift their peers and neighbors. Kevin has certifications from the Hazing Prevention Institute and Hart Institute for Social Event Planning and is Green Dot and Mental Health First Aid trained.
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