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| Title | Call for Presenters: NAAPAE & NAFEA Joint Conference |
| Body | The 2006 national annual conference (April 28 and 29, 2006) will be a joint conference between the National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education (NAAPAE) & National Association For the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans (NAFEA). The theme for the national conference is: Hear Our Voices: Here We Are! The conference format is composed of three strands: Asian/Pacific Islander leadership; outreach to Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, and AAPI research. We are calling for individuals who will deliver workshops on leadership development and outreach to Asian or Pacific Islander communities. We are also calling individuals who have research papers to present on AAPIs. Research topics might be any of the following: Education (includes, but not limited to, the following topics): Heritage, Language, and Culture; Bilingualism; Teacher Education; Higher Education; Multicultural Education; English Language Acquisition; No Child Left Behind; Ethnic Studies Community Development (includes, but not limited to, the following topics): Youth Advocacy; Political Participation; Community Service Learning; School Boards; Health Social and Legal Services: Business and Politics; Family-School-Community Partnership; Public Policy Social, Health, and Cultural Issues (includes, but not limited to, the following topics): Identity; Asian American Media Production; Immigration; Asian and Pacific Islander American Images; Demographic Changes; Interracial Dating and Marriage; Labor; Dependency and Addiction; Gender and Sexuality; Myth of Model Minority; Hate Crimes; Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans Workshops are scheduled for Saturday, April 29, 2006 and run 75 minutes. Individuals interested in presenting papers will have 10 to 15 minutes to present a summary of their research and implications for AAPIs. Individuals interested in presenting their research must submit a one page written summary to be published in the conference booklet. To submit a proposal to deliver a workshop or present a paper, complete the information on the Presenters Form and submit with your Conference Registration Form. All presenters must register for the conference. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Betty Jeung at bjeung@nea.org or call 202-822-7736 or Hiep Chu, President of NAFEA at hiep@vietaid.org or call 617-822-3717 x 12. Method for Submission: Send proposals as email attachments to Kevin Kumashiro, kkumashiro@nea.org or mail your proposal on a CD to: 2006 NAAPAE & NAFEA Conference Proposal c/o Kevin Kumashiro, National Education Association 1201 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036, (Tel: 202-822-7439, Fax: 202-822-7578) Wright, W. FW: [apalist] NAAPAE and NAFEA Joint Conference - April 28 and 29, 2006 (Registration and Call for Presentations). BILING listserv. BILING@asu.edu (31 Jan. 2006). |
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| Inputdate | 2006-02-03 17:02:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2006-02-03 17:02:00 |
| Expdate | 2006-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Publishdate | 2006-02-06 00:00:00 |
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