National Diversity Education Program -- Program Overview and Updates
Submitted by jbower on Wed, 2006-02-01 13:45.
National Diversity Education Program -- Overview and Updates
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In its initial scope, the National Diversity Education Program invited classroom and community-based educators, school and district administrators, graduate students, and university faculty from the States of Arkansas, California, Illinois, Michigan, and Texas to:
- Identify the best practices in diversity education
- Produce, implement, and disseminate new curricula, create educational tools, and present workshops that expand diversity education
- Establish a national network of educators and organizations committed to a deeper understanding of diversity and American democracy
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Program participants, staff, and advisors
All-Participants Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
October 28, 2005
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After receiving a number of outstanding applications, the Program accepted eleven exceptional educators who showed a true commitment to developing meaningful and quality diversity education resources that would impact our country's youth. Participants, staff, and advisors met for the first time at the Japanese American National Museum during a two-day meeting and workshop in October, 2005.
Among the exciting projects developed and implemented were: Community and educator workshops that explored diversity education; curricula that examined the relationship between diversity and U.S. democracy; an oral history project; and current research on diversity education.
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Click on the links below to explore the projects and activities conducted by our Program participants:
For more information, please contact education@janm.org.
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Project Launch in Los Angeles, California
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In October, 2005, Program participants, staff and advisors met for the first time at a two-day meeting and workshop, which coincided with the public opening of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy. The participants engaged in a number of activities that gave them a chance to get to know each other and share the work/projects that they would conduct in their home states.
During their year of developing and testing educational resources based on the diversity/democracy approach, Program participants kept in touch through lively online listserve conversations that fostered the growth of a lasting network of diversity education professionals.
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| "I think this weekend was necessary to launch the spirit within us as a collective working towards similar goals. Having the hands-on experience and the opportunity to meet our colleagues has been invaluable--just knowing that we are not alone in our programmatic efforts is a tremendous way to rejuvenate our own intentions and passions for addressing these social injustices." -- Program Participant |
| Diversity education workshop, October 2005 |
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| Small group discussions, October 2005 |
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"I believe that this can be the beginning of a powerful network of diversity educators." -- Program Participant |
| "Our young people must be exposed to the meaning of truth, justice, and the fact that freedom does not come without extreme effort." -- Program Participant |
Participants and advisors at the public opening for the
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy |
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| "[Diversity education] is a thoughtful inclusion of diversity in all that we teach. It is to be aware that the students we have in our classrooms and the families we have in our communities are not all the same and they deserve to be included in our discussions of what it means to be an American or a citizen of this world." --Program Participant |
National Center for the Preservation of Democracy,
Public Opening, October 2005 |
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| "Diversity is the framework for American Democracy." --Program Participant |
| Group reflections, October 2005 |
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