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Annual New England Conference on Multicultural Education (NECME) Annual Multicultural Education Conferences and Themes |
1st Annual Conference (1996) - Sheraton Hartford Hotel
Theme:
Bridging Theory and Practice
Keynote Speaker -
Valerie Ooka Pang, San Diego State
University
2nd Annual Conference (1997) -
Radisson Hotel in Cromwell
Theme: Bridging Multicultural Theory and Practice
Keynote Speakers: -
G. Pritchy Smith, University of North
Florida; James P. Ashton, Virginia Department of Education
Keynote Speakers: -
G. Pritchy Smith, University of North
Florida
3rd Annual Conference (1998) -
Hartford Marriott, Farmington
Theme: Moving Multicultural Education Forward: Works in Progress
Keynote Speakers:
Linda Christensen, Jefferson High
School, Portland, OR
Christine Sleeter, California State
University at Monterey
Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
4th Annual Conference (1999) - Sheraton Waterbury
Theme:
Multicultural Education Creating a
Culturally Responsive Curriculum
Keynote Speaker:
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Mt. Holyoke
College
Featured Speakers and Guests:
Donna Gollnick, NCATE; Jill
Christianson, NEA
5th Annual Conference (2000) -
Sheraton Waterbury
Theme:
Multicultural Education Equity, Social
Justice, and Achievement for All Students
Keynote Speakers:
Jeannie Oakes, UCLA; Carl A. Grant,
University of Wisconsin
6th Annual Conference (2001) -
Sheraton Waterbury
Theme:
Teaching for Social Justice
Keynote Speaker:
Louise Derman Sparks, Pacific Oaks
College
7th Annual Conference (2002) -
Hartford Marriott, Farmington
Theme:
Moving Beyond Tolerance: Creating
Successful Learning Communities Through Multicultural Education
Keynote Speaker:
Lee Mun Wah, Stir-Fry Seminars &
Consulting
8th Annual Conference (2003) -
Hartford Marriott, Farmington
Theme:
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Stories from
Multicultural America
Keynote Speaker:
James W. Loewen, (Washington, DC)
9th Annual Conference (2004) - Hartford Marriott, Farmington
Theme:
Brown v. Board of Education:
Which Achievement Gap Are We Closing?
Keynote Speaker:
Enid Lee, Santa Cruz, CA
10th Annual Conference (2005) -
Hartford Marriott, Farmington
Theme:
Multicultural Education 10 Years
Later: A Retrospective
Speakers:
Lewis Diuguid (moderator Kansas City
Star)
Carl Grant (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Christine Sleeter
(California State University, Monterey)
Sonia Nieto (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Philip C. Chinn (California State University,
Los Angeles).
11th Annual Conference (2006) -
Hartford Marriott, Farmington
Theme: Best Practices
Multicultural Education
Speaker - Kevin Jennings, Executive Director of GLSEN, NYC
12th Annual Conference (2007)
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT
Theme: Best Practices in
Multicultural Education
Keynote Speaker Ronald Takaki (University of California,
Berkeley)
Keynote Speaker Beth Harry, University of Miami
13th
Annual Conference (2008) Connecticut Convention Center,
Hartford, CT
Theme: Best Practices in Multicultural Education
Keynote Speaker Dr.
Carlos E. Cortιs
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