Community Seminars
on Diversity and Democracy
The National
Panel guiding AAC&U's American Commitments
initiative on United States pluralism
has recommended
that colleges and universities create
new spaces for public learning and
dialogue about recognition, inequality
and connections in a diverse democracy.
With support from the Ford Foundation,
AAC&U awarded small matching grants
to several colleges and universities
to plan and hold community seminars
on diversity and democracy in contemporary
society. Several Presidents have made
the Seminars a featured activity, and
the follow-up
reports of the Seminars activities
has offered useful examples for campuses
that are considering holding community
seminars with the intention of creating
sustainable change. Listed below are
the participating colleges and universities,
followed by the titles and descriptions
of their seminars.
Community Seminar Descriptions
LOCK
HAVEN UNIVERSITY:Creating Free
Spaces: A Discussion of Democracy in
an Appalachian Region
This seminar explores the ways that
residents of Clinton County, PA, have
experienced a loss of control over their
economic futures. Through study and
dialogue, seminar participants will
evaluate the impact of recent economic
dislocations on this community. They
will also discuss residents' attempts
at democratic self-government as well
as the barriers to this goal. Readings
and films will encourage participants
to explore their identities as residents
of northern Appalachia and to expand
their understanding of the county's
economic resources and cultural strengths.
This seminar is designed for residents
of Clinton County:
- who have themselves experienced
the effects of economic dislocation;
- who have been active in neighborhood,
community, social service or labor
organizations; or
- who are interested in reclaiming
their community's culture and history.
Held in conjunction with: Susquehanna
Legal Services, Clinton County Women's
Center, AIR (Arrest Incineration Remediation),
Lock Haven High School, United Paper
Workers Union.
Sponsoring institution: Lock Haven
University
For information contact: Janet Irons
and Sandra Barney jirons@eagle.lhup.edu
PACIFIC
UNIVERSITY:Comunidad en Dialogo:
Perspectives and Partnerships
This series of six seminars will focus
on bringing together Anglo and Hispanic
members of the local community in a
mutually respectful and constructive
dialogue surrounding issues of concern
in our community. A panel of speakers
representing a variety of views on each
topic will begin each seminar, followed
by audience comments and questions.
We will work with contacts in local
schools, churches, and civic organizations
to ensure wide participation. Hopefully,
from this dialogue will come specific
ways that different groups and the university
can work together to improve our community.
This project will work in conjunction
with a similar community project entitled
the "Three Valleys Project", which is
dedicated to bringing together voices
from all parts of the community in order
to create an understanding among neighbors.
Held in conjunction with: Director
of El Centro Cultural, Superintendent
of Schools, high school principal, local
minister, Chamber of Commerce.
Sponsoring institution: Pacific University
For information contact: Ellen Hastay
COKER
COLLEGE:Dialogues on Democracy
This series of seminars is intended
to: enhance community appreciation for
diversity; to institutionalize the habit
of public discourse on critical issues;
to develop an active multi-racial ministerial
alliance; to develop an annual community
commemoration of Rev. Martin L. King
Jr. with work as well as prayer; to
increase awareness of the ways to strengthen
democracy; and to increase public service.
The seminar topics include: juvenile
justice, race relations, domestic violence,
social gospel- ministers, educational
reformers, welfare reform, health care,
and jobs.
Held in conjunction with: Hartsville
Chamber of Commerce, League of Women
Voters, People-to-People (grassroots
organization on race relations and educational
reform), Butler Heritage Center (grassroots
organization).
Sponsoring institution: Coker College
For information contact: Mal Hyman
WILKES
UNIVERSITY: The Community Voices
Caucus
This series of three community seminar
meetings are scheduled to be held on
the University campus near downtown
Wilkes-Barre in September, October,
and November. The titles of the sessions
are:
- "Can We Build a Bridge to Understanding?:
Race, Gender, Ethnicity"
- "Last One Out Turn Off the Lights:
Economic & Human Development in the
Wyoming Valley"
- "The Troubled Family: Rebuilding
the Center of Our Lives & the Community"
The caucuses are scheduled such that
the participants will be presented with
a problem by the panel members during
the first 45 minutes. The participants
then break down into smaller groups
to discuss the problem and potential
solutions for the next hour. Finally,
the group reconvenes to discuss the
results and decide on a plan of action
for the community.
The location and time of the seminars,
near downtown Wilkes-Barre and on Saturday
mornings, is designed to encourage community
attendance. Community citizens have
been invited to the caucuses by mail,
with a special emphasis on those members
of the community not known to have had
a strong political voice in the past.
In addition to Wilkes University staff,
24 community organizations were solicited
for their participation with much success.
The caucuses will be broadcast by local
radio and taped for use on educational
cable access television. Local newspaper
coverage and possibly even local network
television coverage is expected.
Held in conjunction with: Campaign
for Human Development (Scranton Diocese),
NAACP, Vision Coalition, local historical
society, and other social agencies.
Sponsoring institution: Wilkes University
For information contact: Robert M. Armstrong
UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN CENTERS: Heartland
and Borderlands
This seminar will focus on the impact
of the national call for diversity and
multiculturalism on the "heartland".
The lakeshore counties, like so many
other places Americans live, appear
more homogeneous than diverse. Do these
debates have anything to do with us
in the 'heartland' or are they a feature
of life only in the 'borderlands' of
the big cities and big universities?
The seminar will explore the place of
Manitowac and Sheboygan counties in
the American mosaic with a look at the
ethnographic composition of Wisconsin
and the experiences of immigrants to
Wisconsin both then and now. The experience
of diversity in education and the media
will be examined, as well as the relation
of life in these counties to the 'hypersegregated'
metropolis only fifty miles away.
The seminar will look at recent solutions
to the problems posed by diversity and
examine selections from three authors'
works: Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Disuniting
of America, Ronald Takaki's A Different
Mirror, and Todd Gitlin's Twilight of
Common Dreams.
Held in conjunction with: Local community
representatives participating in the
seminars.
Sponsoring institution: University
of Wisconsin Centers
For information contact: Richard Flannery
ANTIOCH
COLLEGE: Community Transformation:
The Dance of Diversity
Our project intends to engage community
participants, representing various communities
within Seattle, in six seminar sessions
designed to explore multiple experiences
and understanding of democracy as mediated
by cultural factors such as race, ethnic
background, gender, class, sexual orientation,
age and alien status. The series will
explore four primary questions:
- What has been your experience of
democracy -- in theory and in practice?
- What is your vision of multi-cultural
democracy -- its nature and functioning,
dangers and promises?
- What must we learn in order to create
and sustain a multi-cultural democracy?
- What issues must this multi-cultural
democracy address? How? On the basis
of what common values, if any?
The six sessions of the seminar will
utilize advance readings, discussion,
expert panelists, performance art, and
small-group work all of which will work
to weave back and forth between participants'
diverse personal perspectives and in-depth
academic understandings of the subjects
of democracy and multi-culturalism.
We seek to provide a common body of
experience and knowledge, as well as
an opportunity to come to a greater
respect for our differences, and greater
flexibility with which to tackle the
tough issues facing this society. As
outcomes, we hope that participants
will increase their commitment and ability
to work together in a democratic community
and to engage in a mutually beneficial
way in a higher level of "public talk".
Held in conjunction with: Individuals
associated with an anti-poverty community
action agency, Goodwill Learning Center,
transitional housing for homeless, and
a Native American consultant.
Sponsoring institution: Antioch University
For information contact: Lois A. Harris
DUKE
UNIVERSITY: Turning Points in
Durham History
"Turning Points in Durham History"
is an eight-week seminar for campus
and community members to discuss how
diversity has shaped their city's history.
By examining two critical junctures
in Durham's development, one having
to do with land use policy, the other
to do with school redistricting, the
project's goals are not merely to acquaint
participants with these fascinating
historical episodes, but also to encourage
them to reflect upon the possibilities
and limits of democracy in a racially
and socio-economically diverse society.
The seminar will take place from February
to April, 1997.
Held in conjunction with: Local historical
societies, the NC Center for Study of
Black History, and the St. Joseph Historic
Foundation.
Sponsoring institution: Duke University
For information contact: Elaine Madison
LAWRENCE
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: Community
Seminars on Diversity and Democracy
in the New Urban Landscape
Ten "Community Seminars on Diversity
and Democracy in the New Urban Landscape"
will be held in the Fall term 1996.
Because we have identified a dearth
in understanding of the basic histories
and concerns of the communities in our
area, the seminars will be of two types:
educational/informational, and dialectical.
The first, educational/informational
seminars, will introduce participants
to the history, culture, interests,
and concerns of the communities in our
area. For example, we have found that
although the Chaldeans community composes
about 7% of the community immediately
surrounding our school, most of us know
little about their history and their
present day concerns.
All of the events will be composed
of two parts: a lecture by community
speakers to campus and community (students,
faculty, staff, administrators, and
area residents), and a seminar in which
leaders from the community engage in
a round table discussion of the issues.
Readings listed will be primarily for
the use of seminar participants, but
copies will be available for the lecture
audiences. All seminars will be videotaped
and broadcast on the local cable access
channel.
Held in conjunction with: Arab-American
Education Committee, Total Living Commission
of Southfield, Oakland Co. Planning
Commission, Mother of God Chaldean Church,
Agency for Jewish Education, Southfield
Community Outreach, Congressman Sander
Levin, Mayor Dennis Archer
Sponsoring institution: Lawrence Technological
University
For information contact: John L. Recchiuti
RECCHIUTI@ltu.edu
MARYMOUNT
MANHATTAN COLLEGE:The New Immigrant:
Refugee Women: Challenges and Opportunities
in aCulturally Diverse Urban Environment.
The growth of immigrant communities
both locally and nationally has forced
us to examine ideas about nationalism
and democracy, cultural and religious
identity, cultural expression and assimilation,
and community. Nowhere has this been
more important than in New York City,
historically defined as a city of immigrants.
Marymount Manhattan College and Leadership
New York Alliance, Inc., two organizations
actively involved in educating and training
the most recent immigrant population
in New York City, are sponsoring a four-day
seminar entitled `'The New Immigrant:
Refugee Women: Challenges and Opportunities
in a Culturally Diverse Urban Environment."
Seminar participants will explore the
complex relationship between democratic
ideals and the impact -- both real and
perceived--of immigration on the economic,
political, educational, and social life
of the city. Participants will also
work to develop specific plans for their
organizations and programs that will
help refugee women find their place
in the complex society of New York City.
Held in conjunction with: Leadership
New York Alliance (coalition of alumni
from Leadership New York training institute
for minorities and women)
Sponsoring institution: Marymount
Manhattan College
For information contact: Joan E. Brookshire
NEW
YORK UNIVERSITY:Under One Roof
With new York city community organizations,
New York University faculty and student
organizations, the Educational and Cultural
Institute in the Office of African American,
Latino and Asian American Student Services
at NYU will co-sponsor a series of community
seminars entitled "Under One Roof'.
The purpose of "Under One Roof' is to
raise consciousness, promote dialogue
and enable individual transformation
with respect to Black, Latino and Asian
American communities in American society.
Although a particular topic may concentrate
on a specific community, the goal of
each community seminar is to discuss
how the same situation is handled in
each community -- Black, Latino or Asian
American. How does the issue affect
the people in these communities? How
do individuals in Black, Latino and
Asian American communities feel about
the issue? Each forum is designed to
address communities of color and the
reactions of people living as Blacks,
Latinos and Asian Americans in the United
States. Because two hours is not enough
time to process each discussion, a suggested
list of readings, films and resources
will be distributed as a handout to
all of our participants. It is our hope
that "Under One Roof" fosters cross-cultural
interaction which promotes the power
of diversity and democracy so that we,
as people of color and as Americans
in the United States, can begin to come
together as a collective force and work
toward a more just society.
The seminars will be held once a month
from September 1996 to May 1997. The
topics to be discussed are:
- Orientation: What It means to Attend
College in a Diverse Academic Community.
- Career Week: Business and Social
Responsibility.
- Latin Heritage Month: Ethnic movements
on College Campuses.
- HIV/AIDS Awareness week: HIV/AIDS
Among People of Color.
- African Heritage Month: Songs of
Expression.
- Women's History Month: Violence
Against Women.
- Asian Heritage Month: History of
Medicine--Western and Eastern.
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Pride Month:
Meaning of Sexuality.
- Communication, Conflict Resolution,
and Coalition Building.
Held in conjunction with: Concerned
Black Men, Eddie Bauer Corp., Coalition
Against Anti-Asian Violence, Asian Pacific
Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, NAACP,
and many others including educational,
arts, women's, and Hispanic organizations.
Sponsoring institution: New York University
For information contact: Sheelagh Cabalda
sqc8869@is.nyu.edu
PASADENA
CITY COLLEGE/KPCC-FM: Students
Talk About Diversity
NPR affiliate KPCC-FM is working with
Pasadena City College's Students Talk
About Race program to produce a broadcast
and outreach series entitled "Students
Talk About Diversity." In early April,
approximately 40 students, staff members
and faculty members participated in
a three- day Cross-Cultural Retreat.
From this group and the student body
at-large, ten students have been selected
to participate in a live radio show
on diversity (particularly race and
ethnicity) on campus. The show, which
airs May 2, will begin with a ten minute
documentary, created by KPCC news anchor
Greg King. King has been interviewing
a variety of PCC students about their
attitudes on race and ethnicity. Dr.
Lou Rosenberg and Producer Ilsa Setziol
are creating a bibliography and a package
of resource materials (drawn from the
NEH's national Conversation and National
Issues Forum materials). The bibliography
will be coded for the availability of
each book at the PCC library, the Pasadena
City Library and the Wilson Middle School
library. The project will use its $500
in materials costs for the purchase
of books from the bibliography for the
PCC and Wilson libraries. KPCC will
donate additional books to the libraries.
Tape copies of the program, along
with the resource materials, will be
distributed to campus groups and community
organizations. Project materials will
also be made available to PCC faculty
and staff at a seminar to be given by
Dr. Lou Rosenberg on campus in the fall.
Held in conjunction with: Pasadena
Unified School District, A World of
Difference Institute.
Sponsoring institution: Pasadena City
College
For information contact: Ilsa Setziol
iasetziol@paccd.cc.ca.us
SIMMONS
COLLEGE:Community Connections:
The promises and realities of living
in a multicultural democracy.
Building on relationships between
Simmons faculty and the Mary Curley
Middle School and surrounding community,
four community study-dialogues are planned
for the 1996/97 academic year. The broad
framework of the sub-title --the promises
and realities of living in a multicultural
society -- allows for investigation
of some of the fundamental principles
that are espoused in our society --
those of equality and justice, for example,
and how they play out in people's lives.
At the Mary Curley Middle School, tensions
between different parent groups and
between parents and teachers who are
from different racial/ethnic backgrounds
are present and spoken about in small
groups, but never discussed publicly
in the School Site Council meetings
or in the Student Support Team meetings.
In the Parents' Center, however, these
tensions are topics of concern and conversation
between the parent coordinators, one
an African American woman, the other
from the Dominican Republic. In the
Simmons College community, the difficulties
associated with difference are often
framed as an intellectual discourse,
leaving out the realities of people's
lived experiences. An opportunity to
bring these two groups together promises
to be a challenging and transformative
experience.
Held in conjunction with: Mary Curley
Middle School and School Site Council,
and Jamaica Plain community.
Sponsoring institution: Simmons College
For information contact: Jill Taylor
SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY AT EDWARDSVILLE:Community
Dialogues
The Southern Illinois University at
Edwardsville will form a partnership
with two cities and three community
groups to conduct dialogues on the topic
of Diversity and Democracy. Two community
groups consisting of 25 participants
each will discuss six major topics:
- Education in a Diverse Society
- The United States Democratic Experience:
Forging a Nation for Whom?
- Race and Racialization: The Color
of Democracy
- Women, Democracy, and Citizenship
- Rethinking Citizenship: Immigration,
Nationalism, and Cosmopolitanism
- The Limits and Promise of Community
in a Multicultural America
Several common readings for participants
in each of the groups will be provided.
The seminar series will take place in
both the fall and spring of 1996-97.
Held in conjunction with: NAACP, Mayor's
Office, government offices, public school
administrators and teachers, O.P.I.N.
(Ongoing Positive Inclusive Coalition
of Edwardsville).
Sponsoring institution: Southern Illinois
University at Edwardsville
For information contact: Janet McReynolds
SUSQUEHANNA
UNIVERSITY: Entre Dos Mundos
and Beyond
"Between Two Worlds/Entre dos Mundos
and Beyond," is a series of four seminars
and events designed to build upon and
expand the dialogue already established
between Susquehanna University and the
growing number of Spanish-speaking residents
(primarily of Puerto-Rican heritage)
in the surrounding region. The series
will begin and end with seminars jointly
led by faculty and community leaders.
The first seminar will focus on cultural
identity issues in nearby Hispanic communities.
It will be followed by two events: a
public reading on campus by Latina writer,
Esmeralda Santiago, and shortly thereafter,
a performance by the Puerto Rican musical
group, "Los Plerneros de la 21." In
connection with both events, discussion
will look at conflicts and other concerns
raised in the writings and performances.
The final seminar will discuss differences
and commonalties between Hispanic communities
and other groups.
A group of 25 students, faculty members
and community representatives will form
the core seminar members. Students will
be drawn from the fall "Topics in Hispanic
Culture" course, from the Hispanic Organization
for Latino Affairs, and from the Student
Association for Cultural Awareness.
Faculty will be those who are actively
working to integrate multicultural issues
(especially concerning Hispanic peoples
in the United States) into their courses.
Community members will be those already
involved in initiatives with the university
as well as some newcomers.
Held in conjunction with: Penn. Arts
Council, S.W. Writers Institute, Selinsgrove
School District ESL Director.
Sponsoring institution: Susquehanna
University
For information contact: Laurie Crumpacker
crumpack@roo.susqu.edu
EVERGREEN
STATE COLLEGE: A New Educational
Democracy: A welcoming seminar to new
community members in Olympia, WA.
This project will promote understanding
of diverse populations, many of them
new to our community. The families of
our new arrivals often have limited
understanding of the role of education
in American democracy. Local school
systems often lack understanding of
parental involvement in the schooling
and education process of the new members
of our community, who are primarily
Vietnamese and Cambodian immigrants.
We will promote discussion of the ways
in which language minority students
learn in family situations, the expectations
of these students' families regarding
public school education, and the different
roles that education plays in the democratic
process. The program will be divided
into two sections as follows:
From April 1, 1996 - June 15, 1996,
there will be hands on experiential
learning in language and photography
for one hundred (100) students in grades
4 through 7 in the English as a Second
Language (ESL)/bilingual classes of
the Tumwater, North Thurston and Olympia
school districts. The students will
be instructed to take pictures of themselves
and their families showing how they
learn together.
From September 30, 1996 - December
21, 1996, there will be an exhibition
of photographs taken and short essays
and presentations by students. A series
of community seminars using readings,
student essays and the photographic
exhibition as beginning points for discussion.
Local community leaders will be actively
involved in the development of the agenda
for these discussions. A short video
will be produced which describes the
project and disseminates the findings
of the project to the community.
Held in conjunction with: Evergreen
Center for Educational Improvement,
Office on Bilingual Education of the
Washington State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Thurston County Council
on Cultural Diversity, Thurston County
Refugee and Immigrant Service Center.
Sponsoring institution: The Evergreen
State College
For information contact: Magda Costantino
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA:
Community Seminars for Filipino American Advancement
and Acceptance
In collaboration with the community
based Pagdiriwang Coordinating Committee,
the University of Hawaii will conduct
monthly "Community Seminars for Filipino
American Advancement and Acceptance"
on significant issues of concern to
the community, e.g., occupational status,
women and the family, political participation,
educational achievement, and ethnic
identity. The Pagdiriwang committee
has been organized by the Filipino American
community to commemorate the ninetieth
anniversary of Filipino immigration
to Hawaii in 1996. Using the university
campus as a meeting ground for mutual
appreciation and understanding, the
proposed statewide seminars can provide
a productive format for generating advancement
and acceptance in the larger society.
The seminars will take place monthly
from June, 1996 to December, 1996, and
will cover the following topics.
- Occupational Status and Mobility
of Filipino Americans
- The Changing Role of Women and the
Family in the Filipino American Community
- Filipino Americans and Participation
in the Political Process
- The K-12 and Higher Education Systems:
Detriment or Support to Filipino American
Students?
- Drafting and dissemination of summary
of discussion from previous seminars
- Creating a Filipino American Space
in Multicultural America
Held in conjunction with: Pagdiriwang
Coordinating Committee (includes representatives
from education, labor, government, business,
and community leaders from all the islands
of the state).
Sponsoring institution: University
of Hawaii at Manoa
For information contact: Amy Agbayani
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTHERN IOWA: The Cedar Falls/Waterloo/Evansdale
Project
The Cedar Falls/Waterloo/Evansdale
project is designed to create a better
understanding of cultural differences
through a historically based seminar
called Historical Development of Cultural
Diversity in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo
Metropolitan Area: An Iowa Sesquicentennial
University/Community Seminar. Five to
seven issues will be identified by the
conference planning team and addressed
through a working conference format.
Fifty-five to 65 people representing
cultural, racial, ethnic, religious,
socio-economic class, and gender diversity
will be invited to participate. After
self-selecting into issue areas of their
greatest interest, each will write a
position paper, actively participate
in the conference, and assist issue
group facilitators in writing their
summary reports. A monograph reflecting
the position papers as well as the summary
reports will be produced in the effort
to stimulate further dialogue and unity
within the community.
Held in conjunction with: Black Hawk
County YWCA, Waterloo Community School
District, city governments, Hispanic
or Latino Access Association, UNI Minorities
in Teaching, and the Iowa Historical
Society
Sponsoring institution: University
of Northern Iowa
For information contact: David Else
David.Else@uni.edu
UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN, STEVENS POINT: Community
Seminars on the Wisconsin Native American
Experience
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point office of Multicultural Affairs
in cooperation with the Wisconsin Indian
Education Association and the Stevens
Point Area Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa
will conduct for community seminars
during the 1996-97 academic year for
purposes of initiating a dialogue between
Native American and Non-Native Educators
regarding the societal factors which
impede or advance the full integration
of native Americans into the broader
community that is Wisconsin.
Four seminars will be conducted during
the 1996-97 academic year. Each will
focus on a different theme relevant
to Wisconsin's eleven Indian tribes.
Speakers will consist of naive American
scholars from the various tribes. The
last seminar, April 1997, will be conducted
prior to a Pow Wow free of charge. The
seminar moderator, Dr. Ricardo L. Garcia,
will facilitate discussion based on
the readings as well as the speakers
hired to address the seminar topics.
Participants will be drawn from the
membership of the Wisconsin Indian Education
Association and the Stevens Point Area
Phi Delta Kappa Chapter. Funds provided
by the Association of American Colleges
and Universities will be matched by
combining funds from the Office of Multicultural
Affairs and the two other associations.
Held in conjunction with: Wisconsin
Indian Education, Stevens Point chapter
of Phi Delta Kappa.
Sponsoring Institution: University
of Wisconsin Stevens Point
For information contact: Henry St. Maurice
hstmauri@uwsp.edu
UNIVERSITY
OF MASSACHUSETTS, LOWELL: Community
Seminar on Diversity and Democracy
The Community Seminars on Diversity
and Democracy is being jointly developed
by the University of Massachusetts Center
for Diversity and Pluralism, interested
faculty, staff and students from U.
Mass. Lowell, selected Social Studies
teachers from Lowell and Lawrence High
Schools, and leaders from the immigrant
communities in the cities of Lowell
and Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Seminars
will provide an opportunity for all
participants to review the inclusive
teaching and learning model, to renew
their understanding of American cultural
and democratic pluralism in view of
demographic changes in the region, and
to address the daily experiences which
face immigrants as they respond to unsettling
differences between their home countries
and American democratic society. The
Center for Diversity and Pluralism will
develop and conduct a series of dialogues
among U. Mass. Lowell faculty, staff
and students on the issues brought about
by the recent changes in student demography.
High School Social Studies teachers
will engage in conversations with U.
Mass. Lowell faculty and immigrant leaders
to review their curriculum and instructions.
Interested U. Mass. Lowell students
will be prepared for effective community
outreach. Southeast Asian Hispanic immigrants
will be encouraged to participate in
the democratic process, which includes
but is not limited to equal opportunity,
voting rights, and voter registration.
High school students will participate
in an essay contest to share their personal
experience with democracy and diversity
and will discuss the issues that concern
them at a one-day conference on the
UML campus.
Held in conjunction with: The University
of Massachusetts Center for Diversity
and Pluralism, interested faculty, staff
and students from U. Mass. Lowell, selected
Social Studies teachers from Lowell
and Lawrence High Schools, and leaders
from the immigrant communities in the
cities of Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Sponsoring institution: University
of Massachusetts, Lowell
For information contact: Lan T. Pho
Phol@woods.uml.edu
Other programs being held in conjunction
with AAC&U's Community Seminars....
- Partners for Workplace Diversity,
Youngstown State University
- "Let's Talk:" Community Dialogues
on Diversity & Democracy, North Dakota
State University
Please see our overview
of the American Commitments Initiative.
Please see The
Association of American Colleges and
Universities for information about
other AAC&U diversity initiatives.
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