(NAME-MCE) Knapsack Institute Announcement

[Paul C. Gorski]

FYI. Please direction questions to Abby at aferber at uccs.edu.

Paul

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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE SUMMER 2008 /KNAPSACK
INSTITUTE: TRANSFORMING THE CURRICULUM/, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS, JUNE 4-7, 2008.

   /THE KNAPSACK INSTITUTE: TRANSFORMING THE CURRICULUM/ supports
faculty across the nation as they create or revise courses to
integrate race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class and other forms of
social inequality. /THE KNAPSACK INSTITUTE/ is a program of /THE
MATRIX CENTER/ /FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION/,
the home of the /WHITE PRIVILEGE CONFERENCE/.

   /THE KNAPSACK INSTITUTE/ provides educators with a framework for
teaching about the matrix of privilege and oppression. The Institute
welcomes ALL faculty! Alumni include faculty, teachers and educators
at many levels, from a wide range of disciplines.

   /THE KNAPSACK INSTITUTE:/

   *Is a forum for sharing ideas and strategies

   *Emphasizes pedagogical approaches to teaching diversity

   *Provides professional growth and development

   *Provides mentoring and leadership development

   *Provides hands-on activities for the classroom

   *Provides strategies for dealing with resistance to these topics in
the classroom

   *Provides suggestions for creating institutional change on your
campus

   *Provides resources and networking opportunities to support
on-going change

   For more information about /THE KNAPSACK INSTITUTE/ please visit:

   http://www.uccs.edu/~lases/knapsack.htm[2]

   Abby L. Ferber
Director, The Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and
Inclusion
Director, Women's Studies
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Phone-719-262-4139
Fax-719-262-4450
aferber at uccs.edu[3]