CA-NAME Conference Reclaiming Multicultural Education: Fighting Back, Imagining and Building Socially Just Worlds

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE

JANUARY 11, 2014

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON

OVER 25 WORKSHOPS! POWERFUL KEYNOTE SPEAKERS! 

REGISTER ONLINE! REGISTRATION WILL BE CAPPED AT 250 PARTICIPANTS!

www.CaliforniaNAME.org

On behalf of the California Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education (CA-NAME), we invite you to our 3rd annual conference, entitled "Reclaiming Multicultural Education," that will take place Saturday, January 11, 2014 at California State University, Fullerton.

The conference is an all-day event that offers teachers, counselors, and others working directly with diverse student populations an opportunity to learn about multicultural teaching, curricular, and community strategies.   We have a line up of respected scholars in the field of multicultural education, including Dr. Antonia Darder, Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, and Dr. Thandeka Chapman.  

Workshops topics include:

• Culture, Community, and the Arts

• Multicultural Literacies

• Critical Media Literacy

• Literacy and Social Studies

• Second Language Learners & Policy Changes

• Student Identities and Institutions

• Teacher Identities and Practices

• Ethnic Studies: Surviving Neoliberal Assaults

Panel topics include:

• Decolonial Perspectives on Higher Education

• Bilingual Teachers: Raising Critical Consciousness

• Student Organizing in the CSUs

• School-Based Family Counseling

Conference registration: University Affiliates: $50.00; Teachers and Community Activists: $25.00; Students: $15.00.  Registration fees include access to conference, conference program, lunch, and gift.  Attendees can register online at: www.CaliforniaNAME.org.  If you have any questions, please contact ca.name.conference@gmail.com.

SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS: California Teachers Association (CTA), Student California Teachers Association (SCTA), Los Amigos of Orange County, Researchers and Critical Educators (RACE), Cultural And Public History Association (CPHA). Cal State Fullerton Departments: Chicana & Chicano Studies, African American Studies, Asian American Studies.