Selected Multicultural Events in Oregon & Beyond

Call for Proposals
  • Call for proposals to K-12 teachers to help write a book on teaching students to be socio-linguistically competent. Three Oregon State University professors are collaborating to edit a new book and are looking for K-12 teacher-authors. Proposals are due September 1, 2010.

Oregon Events Regional and National Events
  • International Day of Forgiveness
    August 8, 2010
      International Forgiveness Day has been celebrated since 1996. The purpose of this reflective day is to unite and celebrate in the healing power of reconciliation.

  • Race & Pedagogy National Conference
    October 28-30, 2010, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
      The theme for the 2010 conference is Teaching and Learning for Justice: Danger and Opportunity in Our Critical Moment.

  • 20th National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) Conference
    November 3-6, 2010, Las Vegas, NV
      The theme for the 2010 conference is WINNING: Using Culturally Responsive Teaching to Close the Achievement Gap & Reduce the Drop Out Rate. Join NAME in Las Vegas for an exciting and energizing experience! Registration is now open. There are also over 200 concurrent sessions, as well as full-day and half-day intensive training sessions. Confirmed keynote speakers are Arnetha Ball (AERA President-elect), and well-known multicultural education authors Kevin Kumashiro, Gary Howard, and Christine Sleeter.

  • National Association for Bilingual Education 2011 Conference
    February 16-19, 2011, New Orleans, LA
      The theme of the 40th annual NABE conference is "Celebratng 40 years of educational excellence in reforming, renewing and achieving equity through bilingual education and biliteracy for all"

  • 11th SIETAR (Society for intercultural education, training and research) Conference
    April 13-16, 2011, Denver, CO

  • White Privilege Conference
    April 13-16, 2011, Minneapolis, MN
      12th annual White Privilege Conference, sponsored by The Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion.

  • NCORE 2011
    May 31-June 4, 2011, San Francisco, CA
      24th annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (NCORE) in American Higher Education