Tuesday March 25

8:00am Check In and Registration

8:45 Welcome

9:00 Diaspora, Displacement, and Dreams: Rethinking
the Meaning of the Latin American Experience
Louis Perez
Institute for the Study of the Americas , UNC-Chapel Hill

10:15 Break

10:30 North Carolina 's Exports to Mexico and the Cultural Imperative
David Stamey
State of North Carolina Mexico Office

 11:30 Concurrent Sessions 1: Understanding and
Teaching Latin America

1. Brazil: Culture, History, and Politics
Tamera Marko
Consortium for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Duke University
and UNC at Chapel Hill

2. Education in Argentina
Mary Carroll Alexander
International Studies School at Garinger

3. The Music of Latin America
Tom Moore
Duke University

4. Learning About Mexico
Panel moderated by Meredith Henderson
NC Center for International Understanding

5. Teaching Latin America Through Art
Beth Shaw McGuire
Ackland Art Museum , UNC at Chapel Hill

6. U.S. - Latin America Relations through the Prism of
Costa Rican Democracy
Rwany Sibaja
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

7. Oaxaca: Politics in Southern Rural Mexico
Altha Cravey
Department of Geography
UNC at Chapel Hill

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Concurrent Sessions II: Understanding and Teaching
Latin America and Current Issues and Educational Practices

 1. ESL Update: K-12 Sheltered Instruction in the Classroom
Glenda Harrell
NC Department of Public Instruction

2. Soaring to New Heights: Keys to Academic Success for ELLs
Martha Dobson
NC Teacher Trainer, NC Teacher Academy

3. Building the Foundation by Building Partnerships:
Latino Parent Involvement
Heather Whitehead
Harnett Co. Schools

4. Brazil: Culture, History, and Politics
Tamera Marko
Consortium for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at
Duke University and UNC at Chapel Hill

5. Education in Argentina
Mary Carroll. Alexander
International Studies School at Garinger High

6. Cosmic Race, Rainbow People and Other Myths: The Racial
Identity of Latinas and Latinos
Jorge Zeballos
Guilford College

7. Honduras Trip Orientation (for Honduras Trip participants only)
Carina Brossy
World View

2:30 Break

2:45 Latin America, Mexico, the U.S., and Immigration: Key Issues
Consul Armando Ortiz-Rocha
N.C. Mexican Consular Office

Nolo Martinez
Center for New North Carolinians

Axel Lluch
NC Office of the Governor, Hispanic/Latino Affairs

4:00 Concurrent Sessions III: Current Issues and Educational Practices

Grades K-5
1. Model Spanish Immersion Program
Stephanie Cain, Greene County Schools
Angie Brady, Siler Elementary, Chatham County Schools

Grades K-12
2. Learning with Mexico: International School Partnerships
Panel moderated by Jessie Mendez
NC Center for International Understanding

3. ESL Update: K-12 Sheltered Instruction in the Classroom
Glenda Harrell
NC Department of Public Instruction

4. Soaring to New Heights: Keys to Academic Success for ELLs
Martha Dobson
NC Teacher Trainer

5. Building the Foundation by Building Partnerships:
Latino Parent Involvement
Heather Whitehead
Harnett Co. Schools

Grades K-12 and Community College
 6. Cross-Cultural Understanding
Cate Brubaker
VIF

Community College
7. Model Latino Initiatives at NC Community Colleges

5:30 Reception at Jean and Robert Phay's Residence

Wednesday March 26

8:30 Post-1990 Demographic Change in the U.S.: Implications for Education
James Johnson
Kenan-Flagler Business School
UNC at Chapel Hill

9:45 Break

10:00 The United States and Latin America: Clash of Cultures?
Lars Schoultz
Department of Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill

11:00 Panel: Listening to the Voices of Hispanic Students
Ellen Graden, Meredith College
Lisa Huffman, Garner Magnet High
Garner Magnet High and Wake Technical Community College students

12:00 Closing remarks
Robert Phay
World View

12:15 Adjourn