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Center for Educational Pluralism
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Fall 1995

Latino/a Issues

The CEP has a bimonthly theme that deals with an issue concerning multicultural education. During the months of September and October the theme was Labor/Class/Poverty issues. Videos and discussions address situations of immigrant agricultural workers, social class issues and economics in poverty stricken areas of the United States. In the months of November and December, Latino/a issues will be the theme. The remaining discussions and films involving these issues will be held Nov. 20 at 2:00, Nov. 28 at 12:00, Nov. 30 at 5:00, and Dec. 6 at 12:00.

VOICES panel

The Center for Educational Pluralism (CEP) is in the process of developing a VOICES panel session. Specifically, we want to focus on the educational implications of conditions faced by migrant farm-workers. We will be presenting the video, No Grapes, which details the situation of migrant farm-workers in the grape fields of central California. Our panel of experts will be taking questions from the audience concerning the issues. The Environmental Center is co-sponsoring the event.

Recommended Resources

In an effort to provide a valuable and effective resource for faculty and students, the CEP has a suggested resources sheet in our office. Students and faculty may inform us of literature they believe would be useful as reference material for our expanding library. Recently we have purchased a variety of reading books, guidebooks and childrenŐs story books off the suggested material list, now available for checkout. Our new policy is one-week checkout for most materials and two-hour reserve for materials with a gold star.

New Resources

• The Gifted Kids Survival Guide
• I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf
• I Shall Not Be Moved
• Peace Begins with You
• Survival Guide for Kids with Learning Differences
• American Dreaming
• 50 Ways to Help Your Community
• The Other America
• I Have A New Friend
• Starlight and Candles
• Helping Gay and Lesbian Youth
• Growing Up Latino-Memoirs and Stories
• Beginnings
• Wasting Americas Future

CEP Storytelling...

The CEP currently has a volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 6 o'clock, as part of a reading program. Storytime is announced and any interested children gather to listen to books read aloud by our volunteer, Erika Jones. The books read are resources in the CEP library such as Ibraham by Fancesca Sales. After listening, the children take part in a discussion of the book on any topic that arises from the reading. On Thursdays they have the opportunity to write a review for the Boys and Girls Club newspaper. This program aids in reading readiness and exposes children to different cultures, ideas, and beliefs through books!

Multicultural Competency Requirement

In an effort to provide more updated and concise information for students doing the Multicultural Competency Requirement (MCR), the CEP has updated the notebooks used for the requirement with newer articles, current events and statistics pertaining to multicultural education. In addition, we have replaced articles according to student response. Each MCR packet has student evaluations that inform us of which articles students liked and which ones they thought should be removed.

Also, we have made it easier to locate the desired resources for student and faculty needs. The CEP now has set up a computer with a resources database to help users track down resources according to author, title, subject, etc.

For those who like to find resources on the internet the CEP is preparing a homepage that will be accesible through the Wood-ring College of Education homepage. If you have any ideas for the CEP--for the newsletter, resources or other internet sites-- email us with your ideas: cep@wwu.edu

A REMINDER to Education students: You need to have your MCR done before you apply to student teach!!! Applications are due for 1996-97 placements in Jan., 1996.

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