New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME): Wednesday Oct. 16, 2013

Registration is open for the 18th annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME). The conference will be held at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, on Wed. Oct. 16, 2013 - 8:30AM-3:30PM. 

Admission is free when you register at www.necme.org.

Sonia Nieto  - "Creating Multicultural Learning Communities: Lessons From Thriving Teachers." Professor Emerita, Language, Literacy & Culture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst - School of Education, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies. When Sonia Nieto began her teaching career in 1966 at Junior High School 278, a school in Ocean Hill Brownsville in Brooklyn, teachers, staff, parents, community members, and students were all angry. For Nieto, a young Puerto Rican teacher, it was a baptism by fire. The award-winning Nieto is one of the leading authors and teachers in the field of multiculturalism.

Kevin Jennings “American Dreams: My Multicultural Journey”
Kevin Jennings is the newly-appointed Executive Director of the Arcus Foundation a leading global foundation advancing pressing social justice and conservation issues. From 2009-2011 Kevin served as Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education, heading the department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS). In this role, Mr. Jennings led federal efforts to promote the safety, health and well being of America’s students. Kevin led the Obama Administration’s anti-bullying initiative, which culminated in March 2011 with the White House Conference on Bullying Prevention keynoted by President Obama. Kevin began his career as a high school history teacher and coach in Providence, R.I. and Concord, MA. He founded the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), a national education organization bringing together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and straight teachers, parents, students, and community members who wanted to end anti-LGBT bias in our schools.  

James Loewen “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong”A sociologist who spent two years at the Smithsonian surveying 12 high school American history textbooks only to find an embarrassing blend of bland optimism, blind nationalism, and plain misinformation, weighing in at an average of 888 pages and almost five pounds. A best-selling author who wrote Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong and Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong.