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I agree with Rita about having Dalton Sherman as a keynote. In fact,
I recently viewed the video clip of his keynote speech just last week
and shared it with students in a college class. Prior to viewing
Dalton's keynote, I asked the students one question: "Are you ready?"
I believe we need to hear from students. They can also re-inspire,
re-invigorate, and remind us why multicultural education and social
justice are necessary just like an adult key note speaker. Are we
ready to hear from students about their experiences and perspective on
multicultural education and issues we need to be concerned about? Are
we ready to sit down with them and have conversations where they lead
the discussion and guide us to a revelation of what is and is to be for
them? Just something to think about as a keynote speaker(s) are being
considered.<br>
<br>
Janet McClain<br>
University of Northern Iowa<br>
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Rita Kohli wrote:
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Here here to all of those speaking against a glorification of the
white savior. I also am a little upset at the concept of a "darker
skinned Erin Gruwell." It is a very white constructed concept to have
one individual as a hero, a savior, regardless of their race. If the
goal of the speaker is to re-inspire and re-invigorate us, I would
prefer not to see someone who has a maverick bootstrap notion of
change, but rather someone who believes in communities to make change.
Do you really think Erin G. was the first adult to listen to her
kids? Or Jaime Escalante was the ONLY person to believe in his class?
The individual hero is a construction of white and capitalistic
society. Change is made through communities, through the work of
many, not one.
So anyway, I suugest Dalton Sherman, a fifth grader from Dallas
Unified as our keynote speaker:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://vodpod.com/watch/970676-dalton-sherman-—-dynamic-speaker-extraordinaire">http://vodpod.com/watch/970676-dalton-sherman-—-dynamic-speaker-extraordinaire</a>
He is amazing!
Rita Kohli, PhD
Faculty Advisor
UCLA, Teacher Education Program
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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:32:45 -0500
From: "Vidhya Shanker" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Vshanker@rainbowresearch.org"><Vshanker@rainbowresearch.org></a>
Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Suggestions for Keynote Speakers
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I have to say I'm really tired of issues of race/ class/ gender
suddenly becoming "issues" because someone from the dominant culture
says they are and cheerleads them into mainstream consciousness. Of
course one could argue that without that cheerleading, they would
never enter mainstream consciousness. But part of
multiculturalism--part of ending white supremacy and promoting an
anti-racist society--involves questioning the sense of entitlement
among some segments of the larger population. When they become
issues because members of the dominant culture says they are, women,
people of color, and poor people end up getting pathologized. There
is something to be said for not re-inscribing the patterns that
sustain imbalances of power. If white women teachers want to learn
from each other's experiences around multiculturalism, let them form
a group of their own and do so. But why do members of the dominant
culture have to take up all the space in other fora, yet again? Why
do the rest of us have to be subjected to hearing their experiences
of us, yet again?
That's why I was so grateful to learn of the concept of cultural
HUMILITY (Tervalon & Murray-Garcia, 1998), as opposed to cultural
competence or sensitivity or responsiveness, etc. "Cultural humility
is best defined not by a discrete endpoint but as a commitment and
active engagement in a lifelong process that individuals enter into
on an ongoing basis with patients, communities, colleagues, and with
themselves? a process that requires humility in how physicians
bring into check the power imbalances that exist in the dynamics of
physician-patient communication by using patient-focused
interviewing and care."
I've heard what white people think of us my whole life. Now that I
have a choice, I would like to hear about the experiences of other
people of color.
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Subject: (NAME-MCE) City of Long Beach Looking to Hire Youth and Gang
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:23:30 -0400
From: robert simmons <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rsimmons9@hotmail.com"><rsimmons9@hotmail.com></a>
Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Suggestions for Keynote Speakers
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Erin Gruwell fits into a much larger issue that NAME must take on.
The growth in books, movies, etc. that create this missionary
ideology around white people coming to save the poor "inner city
kids." It would seem to me that this mythology hangs on the same
notions Ruby Payne has postulated for far too long. Why was I in the
book store and the book that was featured was by Thomas
Blotch...Stand
for the Best: What I Learned after Leaving My Job as CEO of H&R
Block to Become a Teacher and Founder of an Inner-City Charter
School. Buried in the African American interest section was a book
by Dr. Barbara Sizemore. Why?
I am unwilling to hear her story because her story is the foundation
for what people in education have framed as "best practice."
Thinking of my own experience as a an African American male teacher
in Detroit, I would have given top dollar to hear a teacher of color
speak truth about this current educational crisis facing far too
many non-white students.
If we are really looking to engage in critical conversations, and it
has been mentioned that we are unaware of her political
consciousness, then why would we consider her or folks like that?
Isn't teaching, at it's core, when implementing an anti-racist,
anti-sexist, anti-classist, etc. framework, political work? As a
young African American man, I am not sure I joined NAME for an
apolitical stance on things such personas that continue to push a
missionary ideology on me.
Regards,
Robert Simmons
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To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:name-mce@nameorg.org">name-mce@nameorg.org</a>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:29:31 -0400
Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Suggestions for Keynote Speakers
I heard Erin Gruwell speak a few years ago at a very large conference
organized by high school students and attended by about 800 urban and
suburban high school students.. I had read the book and found it
interesting. She is a good speaker. She received a very positive reception.
I never saw the movie. Hearing her speech left me with two deep impressions.
1) She talked about her experiences as a young teacher struggling in what
she portrays as a tough, gang-ridden school. It was inspiring in many ways.
I love stories about people who stick to their principles and do the right
thing despite a bureaucracy and society that works against them. It takes
courage. It takes a desire to put aside career ambitions to be true to
oneself. What Erin Gruwell managed to accomplish as a young, impressionable
teacher took guts and conviction, something I see sadly lacking in so many
educational bureaucracies. She could just as easily gone the other route and
become another drone that marched lock-step to conformity, pessimism and
negativity. So let's give her the credit she deserves.
Having said that I shared the same feelings as Robert Simmons in his email
reply - good god, another white person with a heart of gold rescuing those
poor, wretched minority kids. Let's praise the black and brown teachers who
teach in our urban cities and who have accomplished the same things day in
and day out without the notoriety and movie deals. What about a book and a
movie about those minority teachers who have succeeded in white suburban
school districts despite the overwhelming obstacles they face? This is what
I call the "Amber Alert Syndrome."
I don't dislike Erin Gruwell. I applaud her for what she did. I detest the
society we live in that glorifies her accomplishments while ignoring the
amazing achievements of thousands of other darker skinned Erin Gruwells.
2) The second issue is that after her amazing start as a high school
teacher, she leaves the classroom shortly after to teach at the college
level. I would have been more impressed had she stayed in order to further
change the system and mentor other younger teachers. Hopefully she is still
making a difference through her teaching and speaking engagements.
I would use Erin Gruwell as a keynote speaker. I don't know how far her
political consciousness has developed concerning the issues raised here
about her. I think her personal story is worth telling if it will inspire
the 90% of the US teachers who are white female. I would plan a conference
that would raise this as discussion and debate. If there was an opportunity
for Q & A, it would be a great forum. I would invite, as speakers, some of
the many great teachers of color that I know who have taught heroically in
urban classrooms for years without recognition and faced exactly the same
crises as Erin Gruwell.
I would love to hear more recommendations for keynote speakers. If there are
counter arguments as to why the person would be a good choice, please take
the time to explain (in a productive manner) so we all can be better
enlightened.
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Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Suggestions for Keynote Speakers
Why is she a good speaker? Doesn't she tell the story that urban teachers,
mostly of color, have lived for many years. Might we be buying into a
missionary mentality with the plethora of white teacher saving "inner city
kids"? I would not attend the NAME conference if she appears on the program.
Robert Simmons
Edchange
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From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:negeleta@salisbury.edu">negeleta@salisbury.edu</a>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Name-mce@nameorg.org">Name-mce@nameorg.org</a>
Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) Suggestions for Keynote Speakers
Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers author and teacher is a great speaker
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<pre wrap="">for Higher Ed and P-12 audiences. She can be contacted through the Freedom
Writers Foundation website.
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<pre wrap="">Best
--Nomsa
Dr. Nomsa E. Geleta
Chair, Department of Education Specialties
Seidel School of Education & Professional Studies
Salisbury University
1101 Camden Avenue
Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: 410-543-6297
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:negeleta@salisbury.edu">negeleta@salisbury.edu</a>
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It is not too early to begin thinking about keynote speakers for next
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difficult task. Scholars and authors (often to their own admission) are
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<pre wrap="">always the best speakers but have great name recognition. People will come
just to hear the person speak about their published works. There is great
value in that. Then, there are great speakers who have not published
extensively (or at all) and may not be widely known. Then there are the
folks known well in higher education circles but less so among PK-12
teachers.
Finding people who have written significant contributions to the field of
multicultural education and can deliver a motivating speech that keeps the
audience engaged and motivated is the goal for most of us who plan
conferences. So help us. Who would you suggest as a major speaker at a
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<pre wrap="">conference? Who would you pay and travel to hear? Who have you heard that
you loved as a keynote speaker?
Oh also, please keep in mind that big names like Bill Cosby, Colin Powell,
John Stewart, etc can command fees of $50,000 plus - way out of the reach
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<pre wrap="">non-corporate funded conferences. Not that they don't do pro bono for the
cause.
--
Bill Howe
13th Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME)
October 8, 2008, Connecticut Convention Center - Hartford, Connecticut
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