An Office of Student Life and Cultural Centers program

What is the Cross Cultural Retreat?

Workshops, fun, diversity, dialogue, outdoors, and new friends await you at the 20^th Cross Cultural Retreat!  The year’s retreat will take place January 25-27, 2008. At the Cross Cultural Retreat, students, faculty and staff will experience thought provoking workshops and small group discussions about cross cultural issues while striving toward building community.  A unique program at Cal Poly Pomona, the Cross Cultural Retreat provides an opportunity for honest dialogue about issues related to diversity and how to build effective multicultural alliances across cultures.

This Year’s Retreat Goal:

To create a safe environment that supports personal identity exploration through interactive workshops and opportunities to dialogue in large and small groups.  Participants will explore the dynamic impact on the development of one’s identity in a multicultural community.   

Theme: Ability, Able-ism and the Body

Location/Accommodations:  Blue Sky Meadow, Big Bear, CA. If any participants require specific needs such as mobility access, sign language interpreters, or other types of assistance, please call one of the co-chairs at the number below to make the proper arrangements. 

Payment Information:

Please see registration form for fees. All fees include lodging, 2 nights & 5 meals. Cross Cultural Retreat is open only to members of the Cal Poly Pomona community; faculty, administrators, staff, and registered students only. Students may not bring guests to the site.

No refunds on payments made.

Registration Process:

Cal Poly Pomona student participants must apply to attend the retreat by seeking sponsorship from an on-campus department. Please see the attached list of sponsoring departments. Deadline to submit registration form to your sponsoring department is January 11^th, 2008 by 5pm. The retreat is limited to 100 participants and you must attend the ENTIRE retreat. For departments that sponsor participants, contact Cecilia Santiago at ext. 5039 for payment details.

Transportation/Arrival & Departure Time

Participants must travel to the site by a chartered bus that is provided. The bus leaves at 12pm on Friday, January 25^th.  Program begins promptly after arrival on Friday and ends at 2pm on Sunday, January 27^th. You may not leave the retreat site at any time.

To view the 2008 Retreat Information form and the payment instructions

For more information please contact the co-chairs, Fernando Estrada at the Pride Center at 909.869.3064 or Cecilia Santiago at the Cesar E. Chavez Center for Higher Education at 909.869.5039.