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Latino Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD)

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Latino Education and Advocacy Day (LEAD)

LEAD PROJECT HOMEPAGE

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PROGRAM / SCHEDULE

               

                

Summit Schedule*

 * Summit Schedule to change. Check back for updates.

Components

       (1) Community Engagement,

       (2) Professional Development,

       (3) Parental Involvement, and

       (4) Youth Leadership.

 

 

Strands

  • Schooling Conditions and Outcomes / Educational Pipeline
  • Culture, Identity and Diversity
  • Immigration, Globalization and Transnationalism
  • Language Policies and Politics
  • Early Childhood
  • Latino Perspectives on School Reform
  • Culturally-Responsive Pedagogies and Effective Practices
  • High Stakes Testing and Accountability
  • Community Activism and Advocacy
  • Higher Education Eligibility, Enrollment and Attainment

Santos Manuel Student Union

8:00 AM:      Check-In

                      

        Continental Breakfast

          Distribution of Packets

          Optional Credit Registration

 

 

 

8:30 AM:      Welcome and Opening Remarks

Speakers: Dr. Albert K. Karnig, President, California State University San Bernardino (CONFIRMED)
  Dr. Patricia K. Arlin, Dean, College of Education, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)
  Carolina Zaragosa, Consulate General of México, San Bernardino, CA
  Dr. Art Delgado, Superintendent, San Bernardino Unified School District
Moderator:  Dr. Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Coordinator, Latino Education Projects, and Associate Professor of Education - Language, Literacy & Culture, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)

 

9:00 AM:        Inaugural Address: “My Legacy: Mendez v. Westminster (1946)”

 

Moderator / Introductions:    Sussan Ortega, Dual Immersion Teacher, Washington Elementary, Corona-Norco Unified School District, and Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership Program, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)
Speaker:   Sylvia Mendez, Civil Rights Activist and Plaintiff in historic precursor to Brown v. Board (CONFIRMED)

  

9:30 AM:         Forum: “History, Schooling and Outcomes”

 

Introductions:

Miguel H. López, Guidance Counselor, Coachella Valley High School

ESL Instructor, College of the Desert, and Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership Program, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)

Participants: Dr. Frances Contreras, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, College of Education, University of Washington
(CONFIRMED)

Dr. Eugene E. García, Office of the VP for Education Partnerships, Arizona State University-Tempe, and Chair of the National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics (CONFIRMED)

Dr. Teresa Marquez-Lopez, Associate Dean, Educational Leadership and Change, Fielding Graduate University, Former Director of the Two-Way Immersion Biliteracy Specialist Institute, University of California, Riverside (CONFIRMED)
Dr. Daniel Solorzano, Professor, Social Sciences and Comparative Education, Education Dept., University of California-Los Angeles (CONFIRMED)
Moderator:    

Dr. René Antrop-González, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Associate Editor, Journal of Latinos and Education (CONFIRMED)

 

10:30 AM:       Break / “Un Cafecito”

  

10:45 AM:       Forum: “Theory and Research into Action”

                       

Introductions:

Nori Sogomonian-Mejia, Modern Languages and Spanish Professor, San Bernardino Valley College Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership Program, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)

Participants

Dr. Kris D. Gutiérrez, Professor and Provost's Chair, University of Colorado, Boulder, and President-Elect of the American Educational Research Association (CONFIRMED)

 

Dr. Pedro Pedraza, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College,

City University of New York, National Latino/a Education Research Agenda Project (CONFIRMED)

 

Dr. Pedro R. Portes, The Goizueta Foundation Distinguished Chair of Latino

Teacher Education, and Executive Director of the Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, University of Georgia (CONFIRMED)

 

Dr. Angela Valenzuela, Professor, Director of the Texas Center for Education Policy, and Associate Vice President for School Partnerships, University of Texas at Austin (CONFIRMED)

   Moderator:  

Dr. Juan S. Muñoz, Associate Vice-Provost, Texas Tech University-Lubbock, Associate Editor, Journal of Latinos and Education and Co-Editor, Handbook of Latinos and Education
(CONFIRMED)

 

12 noon:          Lunch

 

 

 

1:00 PM:          Feature Presentation: “White House Initiative (WHI)”

 

Introductions: Dr. William Aguilar, former Vice-President of University Advancement, CSUSB
Speaker:    

Dr. Juan Sepúlveda, Director, White House Initiative on the Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (C0NFIRMED)

Moderator: 

Dr. Margarita Machado-Casas, University of Texas-San Antonio, Associate Editor, Journal of Latinos and Education and Co-Editor, Handbook of Latinos and Education, National Co-Coordinator, National Latino Education Network (CONFIRMED)

2:00 PM          Forum: “The Policies and Politics of Educational Access and Opportunity”

Introductions:  Ramiro Porras, Jr., USDA-HSI Regional Director (Southern California) (CONFIRMED)
Participants: 

Honorable Gilbert Cedillo, California State Senator (D-Los Angeles), and Chair (22nd District) Latino Legislative Caucus

 

Dr. Antonio R. Flores, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (CONFIRMED)

  Diana Fuentes-Michel, Executive Director, California Student Aid Commission (CONFIRMED)
 

Dennis López, Co-Founder, Coalition for Educational Equity & English Learners of the Inland Empire, Moreno Valley AB 540 Organizing Committee Leticia A. Network for Immigrant Access to California Higher Education (CONFIRMED)

Moderator:

Dr. Ruth Trinidad Galván, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque,

Associate Editor, Journal of Latinos and Education and Co-Editor, Handbook of Latinos and Education (CONFIRMED)

 

3:15 PM:         Break / “Otro Cafecito”

  

3:30 PM          Forum: “Youth Development and Future LEADers”

Introductions:    

Henry Yzaguirre, Student Services Coordinator, San Bernardino City Unified School District, and Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership Program, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)

Participants: Maria García, BCLAD Multiple Subject Credential Student, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)
 

Dr. Louie F. Rodríguez, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Curriculum, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)

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Moderator:   

Dr. Corinne Martínez, California State University-Long Beach, Associate Editor, Journal of Latinos and Education and Co-Editor, Handbook of Latinos and Education (CONFIRMED)

4:30 PM          Networking Reception

                      Appetizers and Refreshments

5:30 PM         Capstone Event and Documentary Screening

Introductions: Cesar Caballero, Dean of Pfau Library and University Librarian, CSUSB
Speaker:     

Dolores Huerta, President, Dolores Huerta Foundation, and Co-founder of the United Farm Workers (CONFIRMED)

Documentary:  "Viva La Causa" (dvd 39 mins.)”
Moderator:

Bobbi Houtchens, Teacher and English Language Facilitator, Arroyo Valley High School, SBUSD, and Teaching Ambassador Fellow, U.S. Department of Education  (CONFIRMED)

7:00 PM         Closing Remarks and Acknowledgments

 

Dr. Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Coordinator, Latino Education Projects, and Associate Professor of Education - Language, Literacy & Culture, CSUSB (CONFIRMED)

Dr. Juan S. Muñoz, Associate Vice-Provost, Texas Tech University-Lubbock, Associate Editor, Journal of Latinos and Education and Co-Editor, Handbook of Latinos and Education
(CONFIRMED)

                                              

             

             

             

 

California State University, San Bernardino

 

LATINO EDUCATION PROJECTS

(housed at CSUSB)


JOURNAL OF LATINOS AND EDUCATION

National Latino Education Network

HANDBOOK OF LATINOS AND EDUCATION

For information, please contact:

Enrique Murillo, an associate professor at Cal State San Bernardino, is editor of the Journal of Latinos and Education.

Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Ph.D.
(909) 537-5632

fax (909) 537-5992
email: emurillo@csusb.edu

home page: http://www.emurillo.org/