March 27-28, 2012
Program Flyer
Schedule at a Glance
Emailed Articles, Readings, and Study Guide
Session Descriptions
Hotel Information
Directions to the Friday Center
2012 Costa Rica Study Visit
*Registration is $175 for one seminar and $325 for both.
*A team of 4+ attending the SAME seminar is $150 per person. (see flyer)
**ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED! (you may still register at the seminar)**
Co-sponsored by the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies (UNC & Duke) and The Jack and Mary McCall Foundation, the 2012 Latin America and North Carolina Seminar offers insights into Latin America and support for K-12 and community college educators facing the challenges and opportunities of our growing immigrant student population. Help your Hispanic/Latino students succeed in school by learning more about the region, critical issues facing Latino students, and new teaching strategies to support students and their families. This seminar will also offer valuable breakout sessions to educators from all grade-levels and subject areas.
Featured Speakers
Leonor Clavijo. Leonor Clavijo is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Since her arrival to North Carolina in 2006, Leonor has been very involved with the Latino Community. She first worked as a Communications Specialist and Volunteer Coordinator for El Centro Hispano in Durham, the largest Latino grassroots organization in the Southeast. Prior to moving to North Carolina, Leonor worked as a television news reporter. Her first media experience was in her native country Colombia. Clavijo also worked as news reporter for Univision Spanish Network in California, and currently hosts a weekly radio show with Spanish radio station La Ley 96.9 FM. Clavijo holds a B.A. in journalism and communication and marketing from the University Autonoma in Colombia, South America and currently is a graduate student at Duke University.
Patrick D. Duddy. Ambassador Patrick D. Duddy is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at Duke University’s Center for International studies. He served as the U.S. Ambassador in Venezuela. Prior to his posting in Venezuela he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (DAS) for the Western Hemisphere. During his tenure as DAS, he played a lead role in coordinating U.S. support for the restoration of democracy in Haiti. Later he played a similar role in the efforts which led to a bio-fuels agreement between Brazil and the United States. Over the course of nearly thirty years abroad he lived and worked in 10 different countries, including eight in Latin America.
Marco Polo Hernandez-Cuevas. Marco Polo Hernandez-Cuevas is a professor of Hispanic and Africana studies at NC Central University. He is an African-Mexican native of Mexico City’s inner ghettos and Chilango (an Afro-Hispanic language) is his first language. His publications include: African Mexicans and The Discourse on Modern Nation; Africa en el carnaval mexicano (Africa in Mexican Carnival); Africa en Mexico:una herencia repudiada (Africa in Mexico: A Repudiated Heritage); and Eternidad (Eternity) a collection of his own poetry. Hernandez has produced and directed a series of short films. In addition, he founded and directs the Instituto Mexicano de la Africania Americana (Mexican Institute of Africana Studies) IMAA. Hernandez has lectured in the Americas, Europe and Africa.
Ramon Zepeda. Ramon Zepeda was born in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. At the age of 10 he moved to Los Angeles, CA to join his family and lived there until migrating to North Carolina in 2002. Ramon participated in Student Action with Farmworker’s (SAF) Levante Youth program when he was senior at Hoke County High School and helped to start an AIM Club for migrant students. He attended UNC-Pembroke to study sociology. In 2005 he participated in SAF’s Into the Fields Internship Program and got the opportunity to work at the Western North Carolina Workers’ Center, where he was exposed to the struggles that workers face when the try to organize for better working conditions, dignity, and respect on the job. After graduating college in 2008, Ramon joined the labor movement as a union organizer and worked on campaigns such as “Justice at Smithfield Campaign” and a “Wage Theft Campaign”. Ramon has served on the SAF board of directors and joined SAF as the Youth Organizer in 2011.
Schedule At-A-Glance*
| Tuesday, March 27 | Wednesday, March 28 | ||
| 8:00 | Check In and Registration | 8:00 | Coffee, Juice, and Pastries |
| 8:45 | Welcome Consul General Carlos Flores-Vizcarra |
8:30 | North Carolina Demographics According to the 2010 Census Steven Mann NC Hispanic/Latino Affairs Office of the Governor |
| 9:00 | Is the Monroe Doctrine Still Relevant? Ambassador Patrick Duddy Center for International Studies Duke University |
9:30 | Racial Identity and Afrodescendants of Latin America Marco Polo Hernandez-Cuevas North Carolina Central University |
| 10:30 | Break | 10:30 | Break |
| 10:45 | Concurrent Sessions I: Understanding Latin America Grades K-12 and Community College |
10:45 | COLLEGE IS POSSIBLE…FOR EVERYONE? A Student Performance and Panel Discussion Ramon Zepeda Student Action with Farmworkers and Levante Leadership Institute Youth |
| 1. U.S.-Mexico Cooperation on Education Consul General Carlos Flores-Vizcarra Consulate General of Mexico, Raleigh, NC |
12:00 | Next Steps and Adjournment Robert Phay World View |
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| 2. U.S. and Cuba Russell Bither-Terry Department of Political Science UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 3. Costa Rica’s National Institute of Learning: An Educational Empowerment Model Jennifer Horschman Spanish Immersion Costa Rica |
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| 4. Why Can’t We Be Friends: Argentina and the United States Robert Howes U.S. State Department Foreign Service |
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| 5.Venezuela: African Diaspora, Art, Politics, and Beyond Joseph Jordan Sonja Haynes Stone Center UNC at Chapel Hill |
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| 12:00 | Lunch Costa Rica Study Visit participants meet for orientation and lunch. |
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| 1:00 | Hispanics in the Business World Leonor Clavijo NC Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
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| 2:15 | Break | ||
| 2:30 | Concurrent Sessions II: Teaching Latin America and Working with Latino Students | ||
| Grades K-12 | |||
| 1. How to Start Your Own Parent Training in Your School District MariaRosa Rangel Wake County Public School System and Adelante Education Coalition Luisa Martin-Price Wake County Public School System |
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| 2. Connecting Home and School with Latino Students Stacie Thompson Cuthbertson High School Union County Public Schools |
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| 3. Bilingual Education and STEM: Using Spanish to Connect Young Minds through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Nicole Lodoño and Michelle Gray Brunson Elementary Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools |
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| Grades 9-12 and Community College | |||
| 4. Undocumented Students CAN Go to College! Graig Meyer Blue Ribbon Mentor Program Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools |
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| 5. Integrating Latin American Art in the Classroom Beth Shaw McGuire and Chris Currie Ackland Art Museum |
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| 3:40 | Break | ||
| 3:45 | Concurrent Sessions III: Teaching Latin America and Working with Latino Students | ||
| Grades K-12 | |||
| 1. Meeting the Needs of Limited English Proficient Students through Differentiation Amanda Miller Wake County Public School System |
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| 2. Effective Strategies for Working with Students of Mexican Origin Stacie Thompson Cuthbertson High School Union County Public Schools |
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| Grades K-12 and Community College | |||
| 3. Assessing Dropout Retention through Teacher-Led Research LeAnne Disla Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies UNC at Chapel Hill and Duke University |
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| 4. The “Real Life” Latin American Resource Connection Jennifer Horschman Spanish Immersion Costa Rica |
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| 5. Global Education Action Plan Information and Assistance Carina Brossy World View |
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| 5:00 | Reception at the Home of Robert and Jean Phay | ||
*Program is subject to change. Click here for a printable PDF version of the program.
