Call for Workshop Proposals The UTLA Human Rights Committee extends a call for proposals for 1 1/2 hour workshops to be presented at its conference on December 10 and 11, 2004. All workshops will be conducted on Saturday December 11. The theme of this year’s conference is Making Global Connections, linking attacks on public education and social services at home with increased U.S. militarism and privatization both nationally and internationally. Some suggested topics include organizing through the use of technology, education not incarceration/death penalty abolition, Palestine/ Afghanistan/ Iraq/ Middle East, privatization and “free trade”, public education: a right or a commodity, militarism, human trafficking, student leadership, student led advocacy, organizing and empowering youth, youth culture, strategies for teaching human rights across the curriculum, gender gap/ gender expectations, the achievement gap, reinforcing home language, immigration and immigrant rights, racism.
Workshop proposals should include a workshop title, description including targeted grade level/s and subject/s, bio, resume or curriculum vitae of the proposed workshop presenter, materials needed, contact information (email, school, phone number), workshop content and strategies, and where it may have been presented previously. Submit proposals by October 22, 2004, to Emma Rosenthal, Conference Committee Chair at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or UTLA Human Rights Committee 3303 Wilshire Blvd, 10th floor. Los Angeles, Ca 90010. For more information and applications go to: http://home.earthlink.net/~utlahrcc APPLICATION UTLA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS To be presented at the UTLA HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE Saturday December 10, 2004 Application deadline: October 22, 2004 Applications must be received by this date! THEME: MAKING GLOBAL CONNECTIONS (Linking the situation here at home with increased U.S. militarism and privatization both nationally and internationally.) Name of presenter ________________________________School or organization____________ Phone number____________________________ Email address_________________________ Title of workshop_______________________________________________________________ How does this workshop apply to the theme of the conference? Outline of workshop: Materials needed: Has this workshop been presented before? Where? Please include a presenter’s bio, resume or curriculum vitae, a description of the workshop, and any materials, texts or graphics that will be included in the workshop presentation. Submit proposals by October 22, 2004, to Emma Rosenthal, Conference Committee Chair at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or UTLA Human Rights Committee 3303 Wilshire Blvd, 10th floor. Los Angeles, Ca 90010. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
