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Dealing With
Difference Summer Institute
State and national leaders in multicultural
education will gather in Macomb Sunday, May 19 through Wednesday,
May 22 for the annual Dealing with Difference Summer Institute
for Pre-K-12 teachers and two- and four-year college and university
faculty, administrators and professional support staff.
The Dealing with Difference Summer Institute
(DWDSI) offers educators an opportunity to deepen their understanding
of the cultural diversity that defines the United States - and
the world - and to consider ways of creating courses, classrooms
and campuses which reflect knowledge of, and respect for, that
diversity, according to co-directors J.Q. Adams, educational
and interdisciplinary studies, and Janice Welsch, English
and journalism.
The 2002 institute begins May 19 with dinner
and a poetry reading by Denise Sweet, an Anishinaabe poet from
White Earth and a professor of creative writing and literature
in the department of humanities studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green
Bay. All institute sessions will be held at the WIU Union.
In addition to the poetry reading, Sweet
will also lead a discussion on the affirming power of song and
personal narrative after the reading and she will lead a workshop
Monday, May 20 on interweaving oral tradition with new technology
to preserve the wisdom of elders in the modern world.
Other presenters include Johnnie Aseron,
who will focus on indigenous cultures in a program of music and
storytelling, and John Sanchez, who will discuss the impact mass
media and public schools have on American Indian cultures in the
21st century. Carl Allsup will lead a discussion on thinking critically
about sports team names and logos. Emory Shaw Campbell will speak
on "Renewing Cultural Pride: The Evolving Popularity of Gullah
Culture." Deborah Clifton will speak on Creole culture in
Louisiana.
Also making presentations will be Savario
Mungo, who will explore the value of cross-cultural field experiences
as well as multiple in-class strategies that can promote successful
communication across cultures; Linda Holtzman, who will discuss
the use of video production to teach about racism; and Tasha Lebow
whose topic will be "Illuminating Women Herstory: Primary
Sources and the Other Half of History." J.Q. Adams
will lead a workshop on teaching about race, our "most dangerous
myth."
An institute schedule and registration information
as well as further information about the speakers is available
on WIU's web site at www.wiu.edu/users/mifdo
or through Penny Corder (ps-corder@wiu.edu or 298-1103).
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