(Name-mce) ListServ Call for Proposals, Northern California NAME conference, March 17, 2007

[Virginia Lea]

Please send out this Call for Proposals for the March 17th 2007  
Northern California NAME Conference to the NAME Listserv.

With thanks,

Virginia

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Northern California Chapter
NAME
[National Association for Multicultural Education]
2007 Conference

Call for Proposals

CHALLENGING INEQUITIES:
TRAVELING PATHS OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN GLOBAL EDUCATION

March 17, 2007

This conference will examine and share ideas, projects, research and  
teaching strategies that are concerned with challenging inequities  
and working towards social justice in education both in the United  
States and globally.

We encourage proposals from a broad constituency, including:
?      University and college-based researchers and practitioners;
?      K-12 teachers, and school-based administrators;
?      University, college, and high school students; and
?      Community activists and parents.
Collaborations between educators, activists and students are encouraged.

Proposal submissions for review should focus on the following themes:
?      Patterns of exclusion in U.S. and global education;
?      Immigration and education;
?      Growth of alternative educational movements;
?      Social construction of underdevelopment in US and global  
education;
?      The intersection between democracy, corporatization, and  
militarism in US and global education;
?      The role of one or more of the following in global education:  
Race, ethnicity, socio-economic class, gender, sexual orientation,  
exceptionality, and whiteness.

Participants may choose to present using a panel format, workshop  
design, or individual presentation.

Proposals should be no more than 500 words, and include the following:
?      A summary of the presentation and/or study, addressing the  
following areas:
-       How the presentation will address one or more of the  
conference themes;
-       The presentation objectives;
-       How the presentation will be organized;
-       Planned outcomes; and
-       Why the presentation is significant;
?      The names, institutional affiliations, telephone numbers, and  
email addresses of the presenters.

Please forward proposal submissions by December 3, 2006 to:  
virginia.lea at sonoma.edu, copied to cathy.kroll at sonoma.edu. Presenters  
will be notified no later than January 27, 2007.

To inquire on the status of as proposal or for general inquiries,  
please contact:
Dr. Virginia Lea at: virginia.lea at sonoma.edu, or
Dr. Cathy Kroll at: cathy.kroll at sonoma.edu

Conference Location:
Sonoma State University occupies 269 acres in the beautiful wine  
country of Sonoma County, in Northern California. Located at the foot  
of the Sonoma hills, the campus is just an hour's drive north of San  
Francisco and 40 minutes away from the Pacific Ocean. The relatively  
small campus of 7,749 students allows for close faculty-student  
interaction. For more about Sonoma State University and to locate a  
map to the campus, please go to http://www.sonoma.edu.

The Conference webpage will be available in November 2006:
http://www.invisibleidentities.org/challenging_inequities/

All participants are expected to register. Deadline for Early Bird  
Registration is March 10, 2007. Late Registration is on the day of  
the conference. Early Bird Registration should be via the attached  
form. Students will not be charged an admission fee, but are  
encouraged to submit an Early Bird Registration form.

REGISTRATION FORM

Name _________________________________________________
Address_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

If you are a student, please check this box

Telephone ______________Email__________________________

Professional affiliation, if any:_____________________________

Conference Fee Scale [Please tick the box that describes you]

  Students: Free of charge.
Early Bird Registration: $10.00, if mailed by the March 10, 2007  
deadline.
  Late registration: $15.00 at the door.

Early Bird Registrants: Please include with your registration a  
personal check payable to Sonoma State University, with your  
registration form, and send
c/o Dr. Virginia Lea, School of Education,
Sonoma State University,
1801 E. Cotati Avenue,
Rohnert Park, CA 94928




Virginia Lea, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Education
Sonoma State University