It’s not too early to mark your calendars for two fall conferences.  Notice the proposal deadlines are closer than you think.

The 5th Annual Teaching with Purpose Conference will be held on October 10-11th at Roosevelt High School in Portland.  They are accepting presentation and workshop proposals until May 30th.  The keynote speakers are Dr. Geneva Gay (University of Washington professor and distinguished scholar of multicultural education) and Dr. Chris Emdin (Teachers College, Columbia University associate professor and Director of Science Education at the Center for Health Equity and Urban Science Education).

The NW Teaching for Social Justice Conference will be held on October 18th at Madison High School in Portland.  They are accepting workshop proposals until July 1st.  The keynote speaker will be Enid Lee (teacher educator and author of over 30 publications, including Beyond Heroes and Holidays).

World Language and Culture Day is coming up on Thursday, May 15, with events in the MU Ballroom at 9 AM – 3 PM.  OSU’s World Languages and Cultures Department is organizing this “day bursting with performances, informational kiosks, and presentations for university and high school students, faulty, staff, and the surrounding community.” A Facebook event page has now been started, too.   If you go in the morning, look for our College of Education table.

You might also be interested in this week’s Spanish Language Film Festival at the Darkside Cinema (214 SW 4th St., Corvallis).  It’s being organized by the Spanish Film Club and sponsored by the School of Language, Culture, and Society with help from PRAGDA and the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC.

The Center for Latino/a Studies and Engagement (CL@SE) will also be showing Gay Latino LA: Coming of Age at the Darkside on Thursday, May 8th at 6:30 PM – as part of their CL@SE 2014 Documentary Film Series – followed by a Q&A session with director Jonathan Menendez and actor Mario Lopez.   Earlier that same day, Lydia Oterio will be at the Centro Cultural César Chávez speaking on Revisiting the Mexican American Past for a Place-Based Sustainability Model.

Angelo Gomez, Executive Director of the Equity and Inclusion, has extended an invitation to the university community to “join me in a conversation about how we can individually and collectively counter hateful acts and engage in proactive efforts to realize a vision of the preferred future of Oregon State as an equitable and inclusive university community.”

Inclusivity at Oregon State: A University Community Dialogue
Wednesday, April 23rd at 7:00pm
Location: 101 Furman Hall
Contact: oei@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-3556

The 28th annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week at OSU will extend from Monday, April 28, through Friday, May 2.  If you would like further information on any of the events, more details are available at the website of the Holocaust Memorial Program (http://oregonstate.edu/holocaust).  As always, all of our events on campus are free and open to the public.

We are in full promotion mode for Michèle Stephenson’s visit to OSU.  We now have posters going up all over campus for the big event on Tuesday, April 15 – the screening of American Promise followed by Q&A with Michèle.  Please click here to see the full poster and help spread the word.