(NAME-MCE) "Blazing the Trail: Education Among the Earliest Americans".

[KispokoT at aol.com]

Greetings!
The Loretta Y.  Jackson-African American Historical Society (LYJ-AAHS), 
located in  Chickasha, has the distinct honor of hosting a national  
conference.  The Country School  Association of America (CSAA) is planning its  Tenth 
Annual conference, June 21-23, 2010, at the University of  Science and Arts 
of Oklahoma in Chickasha.  The Conference  theme:  "Blazing the  Trail:  
Education Among the Earliest Americans".   Optional bus tour to several country 
schools (June 23rd), including  LYJ-AAHS's fully restored African American 
one room school.   Lead a panel discussion, present a paper, conduct a 
workshop,  present a play, organize a symposium or give a demonstration.   
Deadline for proposals:  March 1, 2010.   For details, email Richard Lewis 
<_richard.lewis-1 at nasa.gov_ (mailto:richard.lewis-1 at nasa.gov) >.  For updates, 
visit_http://www.countryschoolassociation.org/_ 
(http://www.countryschoolassociation.org/) .
I have attached a "call for  proposals" flyer and am hoping you can 
distribute it to your faculty  and friends.  This is CSAA's first visit to Oklahoma 
and their  first time to focus on early (rural) African American & Native  
American education.  The more widely we can distribute this  call, the 
better!
As we prepare for the 2010 CSAA  conference, the LYJ-AAHS is asking anyone 
who attended (or taught  in) a one room school for their stories and 
first-hand accounts of  life in a one room school as well as copies of any  
photographs. These stories will be compiled into a  book.  Attached is a "One Room 
School Experience" flyer  along with anAuthorization Form that I am hoping 
you can  also distribute to your faculty and friends.  Anyone interested  in 
sharing their written experiences of attending/teaching (in) a  one room 
school may send accounts/photos andAuthorization  Form to "One Room School", 
P.O.  Box 2044, Chickasha, Oklahoma   73023


Cynthia  W. Anderson   LYJ-AAHS Board Member  _anderson2425 at sbcglobal.net_ 
(mailto:anderson2425 at sbcglobal.net)