From: Leila Pine <[log in to unmask]> 03/27/03 07:33AM >>>
Hi Peter,
If you haven't already done so, could you please forward this e-mail =
(which I put on the LUChA listserv Monday) to CU and LaSup listservs and =
any others you think are appropriate? Gracias, Leila
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leila Pine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Peter Munoz" <[log in to unmask]>; "LUCHA (Latinos United for
Change and Advancement)"
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 9:54 PM
Subject: Race and Education: Closing the Achievement Gap
> (Please distribute as widely as possible)
>
> "Race and Education: Closing the Achievement Gap"
> A Conference for Parents, Students and Educators
> Saturday, April 26, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
> Wright Middle School
> 1717 Fish Hatchery Rd.
> 8 a.m. Registration, Coffee and Refreshments
> 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Section I Workshops:
> A. Partnering with Parents: How to Be an Effective Parent Advocate
> --Barbara Golden (w/ Spanish and Hmong interpreters)
> B. Advocacy Skills for Parents of Special Ed. Students--WI
> Coalition for Advocacy
> C. Educators as Allies: Teaching Diverse Learners--African-
> American Educators Association & colleagues
> D. For Students: The Impact of Racism on Students' Mental
> and Emotional Health--Prof. Linda Oakley, UW School of Nursing
>
> 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. Section II Workshops:
> A. Racial Inequality in Zero Tolerance Policies--Ruth Robarts, MMSD
> School Board
> B. Schools: The Gateway to Prisons?--Money, Education and
> Prisons Task Force w/ Ed Steichen, Stan and Yolanda Woodard
> C. From ESL to ELL: A New Approach or Just a New Name?--DPI
> rep, MMSD rep, ESL staff and ESL parents (w/ Spanish
> and Hmong interpreters)
> D. Tracking and Gatekeeping: What Parents Need to Know--
> MAFAAC member parents and educators
> E. For Students: Organizing for Social Change in Middle and
> High School (a continuation of Section I-D w/ Prof. Oakley)
>
> Participants in each workshop will be asked to outline an action plan to
> address the issues of that workshop, to be reported back in the final
large
> group session at 1:15 p.m., "Organize and Mobilize."
>
> Noon to 1 p.m. Lunch and Parents' Panel: Beating the Odds:
> Strategies for Success
>
> 1:15 to 3 p.m. Organize and Mobilize--Large group session to report back
and
> create a unified action plan.
>
> We hope to have Spanish and Hmong interpreters for both the lunch panel
and
> final session, plus the two workshops indicated above. There will also =
be
> free on-site child care. To get a registration form or to volunteer at
the
> conference, contact Barbara Golden at [log in to unmask] or 836-0616 or
Leila
> Pine at [log in to unmask] or 233-5566.
>
> You must register by April 12 to be guaranteed lunch and/or child care.
> Cost of conference is $5 per person. Donations from individuals,
> businesses, churches or other organizations to cover the actual costs of
the
> conference will be gratefully accepted (contact Barbara Golden).
>
>
>
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