From sherrie.moine at state.or.us Fri Jan 15 14:47:06 2016 From: sherrie.moine at state.or.us (MOINE Sherrie) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 22:47:06 +0000 Subject: [Currdir] World Affairs Council K-12 Educator Conference on the Immigrant & Refugee Experience: FINDING PLACE 1/30/16 PLEASE SHARE! Message-ID: World Affairs Council K-12 Educator Conference on the Immigrant & Refugee Experience REGISTER TODAY! The World Affairs Council of Oregon invites you to attend: "FINDING PLACE: The Human Face of Migration, Displacement and the Search for Home" A FREE Conference for K-12 Educators, Youth Program Leaders, and the Community Saturday, January 30, 2016 8:30am to 4pm George R. White Library, Concordia University, Portland, Oregon "Finding Place" is a day-long educational experience for the community and a professional development opportunity for educators that will explore both global and local perspectives and reveal the human stories of families on the move. * Educators will leave with teaching tools that address the political, social, cultural, and economic issues that impact new arrivals in both school settings and the community at large. * Community participants will leave with content knowledge and a deeper understanding of what it means to be displaced. Highlights of the Day Include: * Opening Keynote Panel on global migration patterns, international immigration policies and their effect on the United States and Oregon. * Morning Breakout Sessions addressing on-the-ground rescue efforts abroad and community support efforts here, discrimination backlash and the enrichment that new Oregonians bring and the plight of climate refugee. * Morning & Lunch Hour Exhibition of Local Organizations working with and advocating for newly arrived students and their families. * Afternoon Breakout Sessions with opportunities to learn about different cultural backgrounds reflected in local classrooms, participate in relevant simulations, gather grade level curriculum ideas and listen to the voices of youth. * Educators Earn 7.5 Professional Development Units and receive a Finding Place Virtual Resource Package developed by the World Affairs Council. * REGISTRATION DEADLINE 1/28/16 * Co-Sponsored by Concordia University, Department of International Studies Attendance to the conference is FREE! A delicious box lunch is available for purchase and can be ordered at the time of registration. Ordering or bringing lunch is highly recommended in the interest of time and due to the lack of alternative eating establishments nearby. Questions? Email K-12 Education Director, Karen Ettinger at karen at worldoregon.org Register TODAY! www.worldoregon.org Sherrie Moine Executive Support Specialist | Office of Learning | Oregon Department of Education Dawne R. Huckaby, Assistant Superintendent Instruction, Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Unit and Winston Cornwall, Civil Rights Specialist Education Equity Unit 255 Capitol Street NE | Salem, Oregon 97310 ? 503.947.5649 | 7 503.378.5156 | * sherrie.moine at state.or.us | www.ode.state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: WAC Immigrant and Refugee Experience FINDING PLACE Flier.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 14444 bytes Desc: WAC Immigrant and Refugee Experience FINDING PLACE Flier.docx URL: