E-Newsletter - May 5, 2004
from the Washington State Coalition for International
Education
Special Announcements
The Henry Street School for International Studies
A New 6-12 public school opening in Manhattan's Lower East
Side
Teach students what it means to think globally and act locally!
We are looking for passionate, committed Middle and High school
teachers of English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Mandarin,
Spanish, Physical Education, English as a Second Language and Special
Education. We are partnering with Asia Society, a leading force in
International Education, and supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation. Teachers must be certified or able to become
provisionally certified in NYC. Applicants should send resume & cover
letter to
info@henrystreetschool.org. To find out more information about HSSIS,
visit
http://www.henrystreetschool.org or see the
Flyer (PDF).
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CAPITOL FORUM ON AMERICA'S FUTURE CIVIC EDUCATION INITIATIVE 2004 -
2005 School Year
The World Affairs Council has been asked by the Choices for the 21st
Century Program to coordinate the Capitol Forum on America's Future
program in Washington State next school year. Choices is based at the
Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. We invite
high school teachers interested in getting involved to contact us this
spring (no commitment needed at this point). The Capitol Forum on
America's Future is a civic education initiative that engages high school
students in civic practice and consideration of current international
issues. The program begins with a professional development workshop for
teachers in the fall and involves classroom preparation within the context
of the participating teachers' regular courses. The centerpiece of the
program takes place in the spring when 80-100 high school students from 20
schools come to a regional center (i.e. Olympia or Seattle) as
representatives of the participating classrooms for an all-day forum. They
deliberate about the role they believe the nation should play in an
increasingly complex international environment and join in an open forum
to share their views with elected officials and policymakers. Following
the spring forum, the student representatives return to their own
classrooms to lead their fellow students in a dialogue on international
issues. The program culminates in a national on-line balloting activity in
which all students in the participating classrooms vote. For more
information about Capitol Forum, visit
http://www.choices.edu/capitol_forum/index.cfm. Interested teachers
should email Nancy Bacon at
nbacon@world-affairs.org.
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NETAID AWARDS PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHTING GLOBAL POVERTY The
suggested deadline is June 30, 2004.
NetAid, a New York-based nonprofit that works to mobilize people in
developed countries to end extreme poverty, is inviting applications for
its new "Global Action Awards" competition, which honors young Americans
who have made significant contributions to the fight against global
poverty. The awards will honor young people ages 14 to 18 in the United
States who have taken outstanding actions and made significant impact on
efforts to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. While awardees
will be united in Their vision of building a better world, the nature of
their actions will vary: Applicants who run awareness-raising Internet
campaigns or make innovative uses of media will be considered alongside
those who raise funds or volunteer to have a direct impact on the lives of
the world's poorest people. Selection criteria will include an assessment
of applicants' innovation, leadership, and ability to involve and inspire
others, as well as the impact of their work. Awardees will each receive a
$5,000 prize to be applied to their higher education or to a charitable
cause of their choice. For more information, visit
http://netaid.org/youth/awards/global_action/.
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Upcoming Events
May 4, 2004 4:00 - 7:00 pm A NEW
LOOK AT CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
Nippon Business Institute Japanese Culture and Resource Center at
Everett Community College. The economy may be stalled, but today's Japan
is a society in motion. Co-sponsored by the East Asia Resource Center at
the University of Washington. For more details and to register, visit
http://www.world-affairs.org/calendar.cfm.
Cost: $15 includes clock hours, resources, and buffet dinner.
May 5, 2004 Building a Better World:
Trade as Part of the Solution to World Problems, featuring Bill
Center, president of the Washington Council on International Trade, a
nonprofit, nonpartisan association of trade interests in Washington state.
Lecture is free and open to the public. For additional information, please
contact Debra Alderman in the Antioch Center for Creative Change at (206)
268-4906 or
dalderman@antiochsea.edu. See
http://internationaledwa.org/news/flyers/AUS_Global_Lectures.pdf (PDF).
May 10-15, 2004 Seattle
International Children's Festival at Seattle Center
Seattle International Children's Festival, the 18th annual celebration of
world cultures through the performing arts! For schedule, see
http://www.seattleinternational.org/seattle/index_archive.html.
May 11, 2004 7:00 - 9:00 PM
LIVING IN HARMONY THROUGHOUT THE AGES: THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF
CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND ENTERTAINING EVENTS TO CELEBRATE THE WARM
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKS AND JEWS FOR OVER 500 YEARS
Presented by The Jewish Studies Program of the Henry Jackson School of
International Studies and The Turkish Studies Program of the Department of
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the University of Washington,
along with the Sephardic Jewish and Turkish communities of Greater
Seattle. At the HUB Auditorium, University of Washington campus. FREE AND
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. For more information, call Rochelle Roseman
(206)543-0138 or
roseman@u.washington.edu or see Living In Harmony poster (PDF).
May 13, 2004 7 to 9 pm
Unpredictable Emergence: Creation of Home in the Age of Sustainability
featuring Farouk Seif, Ph.D., AIA core faculty Whole Systems Design
Program
The desire for a sustainable way of living through the use of
unconventional materials and nontraditional methods of construction
triggered challenges and brought unexpected outcomes.
Farouk Seif, Ph.D, AIA has taught design, creative thinking and visual
communication at several universities in the United States and abroad. He
has published, lectured and exhibited his work internationally. His
interests focus on the metaphysics of design, wholeness and design
communication. At Antioch University, 2326 Sixth Ave., Seattle. For more
information, contact Debra Alderman in the Antioch Center for Creative
Change at (206) 268-4906 or
dalderman@antiochsea.edu. See Flyer (PDF).
May 14, 2004 Seattle, full day
program WORLD AFFAIRS CHALLENGE: Program for Middle School Students
Middle school teachers - save the date! May 14, 2004 marks the first
World Affairs Challenge program for middle school students in the Seattle
area! For more information, see
http://www.world-affairs.org/calendar.cfm.
May 15, 2004 9 am - 5 pm
"Rethinking 'American" second annual conference of The DIALOGUE Project,
a student organization through the Comparative History of Ideas (CHID)
program at the University of Washington. This is a conference on
international dialogue, focusing on the American identity issue, featuring
speakers from local organizations, the University of Washington and high
schools in Washington State. Through three focused sessions, we will
encourage students, educators, and community members to question what it
means to be "American" and to acknowledge the voices of those marginalized
by our current national narrative. In opening up a space to discuss the
changing significance of American identities, the DIALOGUE Project hopes
to create a forum to explore how national identity is interpreted and
reconstituted by government structures, grassroots movements, and
international perspectives.
"Rethinking 'American'" will take place on Saturday, May 15, in Kane
and Parrington Halls, at the University of Washington Campus.
Conference attendance is free of charge, and all community members,
teachers and high school or college students are welcome! Please email
Beth Bennett to obtain registration confirmation materials or with
questions at:
bethbennett@riseup.net We're looking forward to seeing you
there!"
May 15-16, 2004 Slavic Fest will
include our annual Cyril & Methodius Day celebration the evening of
May 15 as well as a series of afternoon workshops preceding C&M. The next
day will feature a parade and free concert on the UW-Seattle campus. For
more information and to register, please see
http://www.washington.edu/alumni/clubs/slavic.html.
May 28-31, 2004
Northwest Folklife Festival at the Seattle Center
promotes the cultural
heritage of Pacific Northwest communities. For more information, see
http://www.nwfolklife.org/.
June 7 - July 4, 2004 Africa EdVenture
The Arizona State University Program is designed to offer students an
interdisciplinary opportunity to study animal life, conservation biology,
technology, and education, while exploring the rich cultures of South
Africa and Namibia. This program is open to all ASU students, students
from other universities, and non-students (proof of measles immunization
required). Africa EdVenture information can be found at
http://edventure.asu.edu.
For further information contact: Shannon LeCompte, Program Coordinator
phone: (480) 965-0101 email:
slecompte@asu.edu
June 9, 2004 Globalization and its
Discontents,
featuring Don Comstock, Ph.D., core faculty in the Graduate Management
Program, Antioch¹s Center for Creative Change Lecture is free and open to
the public. For additional information, please contact Debra Alderman in
the Antioch Center for Creative Change at (206) 268-4906 or
dalderman@antiochsea.edu.
See
http://internationaledwa.org/news/flyers/AUS_Global_Lectures.pdf (PDF).
June 9, 2004 2004 Humanities Washington
Award Luncheon
Tom Ikeda, founding executive director of
Denshō: The Japanese American Legacy
Project, has won the 2004 Humanities Washington Award for outstanding
and exemplary achievement in the public humanities. An award luncheon will
be held on Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel and
Towers. The keynote speaker is Franklin Odo, Director of the Asian Pacific
American Program at the Smithsonian Institution. For ticket information
and reservations, contact Humanities Washington at 206-682-1700 or
info@humanities.org by
June 4.
[Denshō (meaning "to pass on to future generations") preserves rapidly
vanishing testimonies of the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans
during World War II. Nearly 200 video interviews, 2,000 historical images,
and a curriculum on civil rights are offered free of charge on the website
www.densho.org.]
June 26 - July 21, 2004 SUMMER IN
RUSSIA PROGRAM 2004
Trip for High School Students This summer, high school students
have the opportunity to live with a Russian host family for three weeks in
the summer while participating in Russian language classes (inside and
outside the classroom) and taking part in a variety of excursions and
activities in the city of Vladimir. The program is offered by NorthWest
Student Exchange (NWSE) and includes a two-day trip to Moscow. Students
also have the option to be matched with a Russian exchange partner of
their age. If this option is chosen, the two exchange partners first spend
three weeks together with the Russian student's family in Russia and then
three to four weeks with the American student's family. The program costs
about half of what most other organizations charge and allows American
high school students to develop Russian language skills, gain insights
into Russian culture, and build lasting friendships by stepping beyond the
role of a tourist. NorthWest Student Exchange is a non-profit
international educational exchange organization designated by the U.S.
Department of State and listed with the Council on Standards for
International Educational Travel. For more information about this program,
visit http://www.nwse.com
or contact Sergej Buchholz by e-mail at ergej@nwse.com
mailto:ergej@nwse.com or by phone at
206-527-0338.
July 11-17 2004 iEARN International
Teachers Conference in Kosice, Slovakia
The iEARN International Teachers' Conference is being held this year
July 11-17 in Kosice, Slovakia. Teachers from around the world will gather
to collaborate on iEARN curricular projects and learn with one another
about building global international teaching and learning for K-12
students. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet and work with teachers
from many countries during the week-long event. A group of Seattle area
teachers from the The Friendship through Education International Education
Teacher Professional Development Project "Connecting Classroom Communities
in the World" are already registering to go as part of that U. S.
Department of Education funded project. They will share their new
experiences in iEARN with teachers at the conference and then share
conference experiences with colleagues in Washington State when they
return.
The conference is open to all. For further Information and Registration,
the iEARN Slovakia Conference website is:
http://www.iearn2004.net.
July 27 – August 9, 2004 VIETNAM: FROM
THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA: Trip for Educators
For more information about this program, please visit
http://www.pacificvillage.org/villagevoices/vietnam/ or email
Info@pacificvillage.org.
August 2-22, 2004 African
Studies Summer Institute University of Sahel See ASSI Poster (jpg).
The ASSI is committed to giving opportunities to high school students who
would like to take African Studies courses in Africa! The first two weeks
students will attend classes in the morning and in the afternoon will
benefit from cultural enrichment workshops to learn things such as African
dance and drumming as well as will make visits to nearby sites of
interest. Although Senegal’s principal languages (there are many dialects)
are woloff (used in daily interactions) and French (the official language
used in government transactions), all classes, workshops and outings will
be conducted in English. Finally, during the third week students will
participate in community service opportunities. During the three weeks
students will have the option to live on campus or to live with an African
family. Through all these experiences we hope to help American high school
students and African students come together to build relationship with
each other, create a forum for discussion, and provide a source of
empowerment that spans across the Atlantic.
Let us unite our vision for the future and provide an opportunity for
our young people to be leaders in their local communities and on the
global stage. Please free to contact us if you have any questions.
adiallo@jfksn.org and Britt
Williams bwilliams@jfksn.org
Tel (206) 660-2282 (Seattle, Washington)
August 4 -10, 2004 Beijing Wangfujing
International Music Festival for High School Students
To build a platform for international culture and arts exchanges based
on music -- the common language of the people around the world --
through holding this event named “Beijing Wangfujing International Music
Festival for Middle School Students," to demonstrate the themes of
“Adolescence-Friendship-Peace-Development”; to present the sceneries,
attractions and culture of Beijing; to show the modernization of Beijing
that marching into the 21st Century as one of the international
metropolises; to demonstrate the healthy and upward spirit of the
contemporary teen-agers; and sincerely hope and search for the peaceful
and friendly world. For more information, see
Flyer
and contact amclink@yahoo.com.cn.
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