(NAME-MCE) The Brochure is here!! 13th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)

[Bill Howe]

The Brochure is here!!

13th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)

Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT
Oct. 8, 2008



Brochure is attached and can be downloaded at  – www.necme.org



Keynote Speaker: Dr. Carlos E. Cortés

*Multicultural Education: Building a More Inclusive American Future"*

Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside.



Dr. Carlos E. Cortés is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of
California, Riverside.  Since 1990 he has served on the summer faculty of
the Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, since 1995 has served on the
faculty of the Summer Institute for Intercultural Communication, and since
1999 has been an adjunct faculty member of the Federal Executive Institute.



Two of his most recent books, The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach
about Diversity and The Making -- and Remaking -- of a Multiculturalist,
were published by Teachers College Press, while he is co-author of the
Houghton Mifflin Social Studies series and senior consultant for the
McDougal Littell World History series.  Cortés serves as Creative/Cultural
Advisor for Nickelodeon's Peabody-award-winning children's television
series, "Dora the Explorer," and its sequel, "Go, Diego, Go!," and he also
performs his one-person, autobiographical play, A Conversation with Alana:
One Boy's Multicultural Rite of Passage.  His recent honors include the
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators' Outstanding
Contribution to Higher Education Award, the California Association for
Bilingual Education's Inspiration Award, and the University of California,
Riverside's Emeritus Professor of the Year Award.



The recipient of two book awards, Cortés' publications include Three
Perspectives on Ethnicity, Gaúcho Politics in Brazil, and Beyond Language:
Social and Cultural Factors in Schooling Language Minority Students, while
he has edited three major book series, totaling 106 volumes, on Latinos in
the United States.  He also received his university's Distinguished Teaching
Award and Faculty Public Service Award, the Distinguished California
Humanist Award, the American Society for Training and Development's National
Multicultural Trainer of the Year Award, and the California Council for the
Social Studies' Hilda Taba Award, and was selected by the Smithsonian
Institution to be a Public Lecturer.



A consultant to many government agencies, school systems, universities, mass
media, private businesses, and other organizations, Cortés has lectured
widely throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and
Australia on the implications of diversity for education, government, and
private business.  He has also written film and television documentaries,
appeared as guest host on the PBS national television series, "Why in the
World?," and is the featured presenter on the Video Journal of Education's
training video, "Diversity in the Classroom."



*DON'T MISS OUT!*

The first 500 conference participants to arrive will receive

a free copy of Dr. Carlos E. Cortés' book,

*The Children Are Watching: How The Media Teach About Diversity.*

Dr. Cortés will do a book signing.**

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*Sponsors:*

Connecticut State Department of Education;
New England Equity Assistance Center at Brown University;
University of Connecticut, NEAG School of Education;
CT Chapter, National Association for Multicultural Education;
Central Connecticut State University;
Eastern Connecticut State University;
Southern Connecticut State University;
Connecticut Education Association (CEA);
Goodwin College;
Quinnipiac University**

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*New England** Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME) – www.necme.org
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-- 
Bill Howe
Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC) - http://apaact.com/

13th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)
October 8, 2008, Connecticut Convention Center - Hartford, Connecticut
http://www.necme.org
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