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2007-2008 Partnership to Prepare Global and International Educators
Seminar Series
Please join us!
"Bridging the Cultural Gaps: Local Responses
to National Refugee Issues"
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
6:30-8:30 PM
Erickson Hall Kiva, MSU
Free and open to the public, food will be served
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We invited five speakers from the local, Lansing-area community to share their experiences on the panel. Each of them will talk about their involvement with issues concerning immigrant/refugee education from different angles.
The panel will start with Shirin Timms' overview presentation on the historical and social contexts of refugee resettlement in the U.S. and in the greater- Lansing area. She will also talk about the work of the Lansing Refugee Development Center in support of refugee youth's cultural adjustments and academic needs as well as her experiences working with refugee families and local schools. Sergio Keck, the Director of Bilingual Program of the Lansing School District will talk about challenges associated with welcoming immigrant/refugee students into local schools. He will also share his insights about skills and knowledge teachers need to work effectively with diverse student population. Daniel Bang, a pre-service teacher at MSU, will share his stories about cultural shocks, discomfort and self-questionning he encountered during his course of service-learning at the Greater Lansing Islamic School. In addition, he will share his reflections on service-learning experience and the ways in which he learned to acknowledge and appreciate students' diverse cultures. We are pleased to have two refugee students, David Deng and Roya Omari, come in to share their experience with the audience. David, who came to the United Stated at the age of 19, with limited English proficiency, is now a MSU junior student after obtaining a GED diploma and finishing a two-year degree from Lansing Community College. His success not only demonstrates the resilience of many immigrant youth who are eager for education regardless of the daunting obstacles they face in and outside school, but also shows us what teachers can do to help these youth achieve their educational aspirations.
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Organized by Dr. Dorothea Anagnostopoulos, Shih-pei Chang and the TE250 instructor team, and the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity
Sponsored by the Partnership to Prepare Global and International Educators, the Center for Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities (CISAH), the Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions (OCAT) at MSU, and an MSU Creating Inclusive Excellence grant
Special acknowledgement to MSU's Center for Service-learning and Civic Engagement and the Lansing Refugee Development Center |
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