[Assam] [Frgraduates-list] three forthcoming talks on civic education at HGSE

[umesh sharma]

Himendra-da , Amlan-da , Rajneesh-da and others in Boston area
   
   might like to hear about how educators and communities can build ----Drawing upon her work, Jeannie Oakes, 
Presidential Professor in Educational Equity at UCLA and Director of UCLA's Institute for 
Democracy, Education & Access, will discuss the role that academics and researchers can play as 
collaborators with community and youth organizations to build a new movement for educational 
equity and justice.
   
  Umesh
  

Fernando Reimers <reimerfe at gse.harvard.edu> wrote:
  Thursday March 9, 2006
6:00 pm-7:30 pm Askwith Education Forum - Community Organizing and School Reform
This forum will focus on community organizing as a strategy to build civic participation and power 
in low income communities and as a powerful force for change in urban schools. Ernesto Cortés, 
Jr., Director of the Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation, will speak about forging broad-based 
and multiracial alliances for social change. He will discuss his work as founder of Alliance 
Schools, the nation's largest community-based school reform network, bringing public schools into 
the organizing process as centers for democratic life. Drawing upon her work, Jeannie Oakes, 
Presidential Professor in Educational Equity at UCLA and Director of UCLA's Institute for 
Democracy, Education & Access, will discuss the role that academics and researchers can play as 
collaborators with community and youth organizations to build a new movement for educational 
equity and justice. Karen Mapp, Lecturer on Education at HGSE and former deputy superintendent of 
Family and Community Engagement for the Boston Public Schools, will serve as a respondent. This 
discussion will be moderated by Mark Warren, Associate Professor of Education, HGSE. This forum is 
co-sponsored by the doctoral concentration in Culture, Communities, and Education. For 
information, contact Meghan Liegel at liegelme at gse.harvard.edu. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow 
Hall. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not 
necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Tuesday March 14
10:30-12:00, "Separate but Equal? Segregated Schools and the Fragmentation of Civic Narrative"
MEIRA LEVINSON
Middle School Teacher, Boston Public Schools; and mentor teacher for
Teacher Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
D.Phil. in Politics from Nuffield College, University of Oxford, England (1997)
Subject area: social studies, Gutman Conference Center, Area 3


Tuesday March 14, 2006

5:00 pm-6:30 pm Askwith Education Forum - Learning to be a Citizen: Civic Education and 
Immigration in the U.S.
Please join us for a discussion of the opportunities that this fourth wave of immigration pose for 
the civic education of immigrant children, and for the debates about membership in American 
society. Participants will address questions such as: How important is political socialization of 
immigrant children to the expansion of their opportunities, relative to the development of 
cognitive skills and credentials with more immediate returns on the marketplace? Should civic 
education be a priority in schools with a concentration of immigrant children? And if so, what 
kind of civic education would be most helpful to develop effective political participation among 
these new Americans? Panelists will include: Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios 
(D-Cambridge); Maria Carlo, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Miami; Antonio 
Gonzalez, President, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project; Judith Torney-Purta, 
Professor of Human Development, University of Maryland; and Fernando Reimers, Ford Foundation 
Professor of International Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education. This forum is 
co-sponsored with the University Committee for Human Rights Studies. For information, contact 
Meghan Liegel at meghan_liegel at gse.harvard.edu. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall. All Askwith 
Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless 
otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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