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

• 4-H International Summer Camps for Latino Youth in Oregon
  Oregon 4-H Conference & Education Center. 5390 4-H Road NW, Salem, Oregon 97304
  
  • Middle School Camp, Grades 6-8, August 9-13, $100
    Challenging Our Minds and Bodies! To Make The Best Better! Through Environmental Science, Engineering, Natural Resources, Culture, Health, Education, Technology, College Information & Sports. (Scholarships are available.)


• Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) Conference – Oregon Education Association
  August 10-11, 2010, Bend, OR
  
  This year's MAC Conference for Oregon educators is offered as Part 1 of OEA's Equity & Leadership Week, August 10-13. Three sections of concurrent sessions focused on educational equity for all students will be offered Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.


• 3rd Annual Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice
  October 2, 2010, Portland, OR
  
  Renowned multicultural educator and author Sonia Nieto will be the keynote speaker for this reasonably priced Saturday conference. Don't miss it! Registration is open now.


• I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women who Changed America, Part II
  October 29 & 30, 2010, Salem, OR
  
  Come see prominent Black women from the Salem area in a staged production of the historical words of Black women who changed America. This is a fund raiser for Oregon Northwest Black Pioneers.


• ORTESOL 2010 Fall Conference
  November 12-13, Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus
  Annual conference of Oregon Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (ORTESOL)


• 2010 Oregon Students of Color Conference
  November 12-14, 2010, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  10th annual conference for college/university students students of color and allies. Three keynoters, 70+ workshops, social events – all for $50 conference registration fee (early bird fee ends October 22).
  
  

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