Multicultural conference focuses on inclusive education

The 11th annual Multicultural Education Conference, titled "Creating Equitable School Communities: Academic Excellence for All," will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov. 4, in the Student Union Building.

This year's conference focuses on developing school cultures that are inclusive of all students and successful in counteracting bias and discrimination.

Keynote speaker Edward Fergus, director of research in the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education in the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University, will address the field of multicultural education and its successful focus of attention on the need to incorporate the culture of groups that have historically been excluded from the curriculum. He will describe how less attention has been devoted to developing school cultures that are inclusive and effective at countering the debilitating effects of racial stereotypes.

There will also be an afternoon performance of "Spoken Word Performance," by the SLAM Poetry Team. This presentation will consist of original expressions of culture, politics, spirituality and many other social issues.

To register, call x3033, and for more information on specific workshops, call Nancy Schniedewind at x2827.

Workshops will be assigned on a firstcome, first-serve basis.

OCTOBER 24, 2005
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