Congratulations to graduating UNC Asheville interns Sarah Boeshart, Hugh Browder, Maria Pedro Vicente, Lindsey Sprague, Sarah Trento, and Tiffany Xiong! 

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Teachers embrace diversity in the school community and in the world.  Teachers demonstrate their knowledge of the history of diverse culturesand their role in shaping global issues. They actively select materials anddevelop lessons that counteract stereotypes and incorporate histories andcontributions of all cultures. Programs at the Center for Diversity Education help meet the
NC Essential Standards and Common Core

WNC Goes Global
6-12 grades – This 45 minute interactive presentation presents six steps toward being a global ready for a career and as a citizen. WNC in the World UNC Asheville student interns come to your class at no charge. Power point available on line.
 
UNC Asheville Global Ambassadors
UNC Asheville students present in regional classrooms about the countries they are from or the countries they have visited.
 
Seasons of Gratitude, Festivals of Light, Good Fortune Road Shows
K-12 grades – These 30-45 minute artifact and food based presentations travel within an hour’s drive of Asheville. $2.25 a student
 
Speakers on the Holocaust
6-12 grades – Eric Wellisch, Lotte Meyerson, and Rubin Feldstein are available to share their experience of escaping the Holocaust in Poland, Germany, and Austria. To learn more about their stories visit Choosing to Remember: From the Shoah to the Mountains.
 
Speakers on Desegregation
4 -12 grades – Members of the 1960’s Asheville Student Committee on Racial Equality are available to speak to students in grades 4-12 about their experience as high schoolers in the desegregation of lunch counters and other public places.
 
Regional Exhibits for Loan
11 traveling exhibits are available to K-12 schools at no charge for a month long loan. Visit our Digital Exhibits.
 
No Name Calling Week
January 23-27, 2012 – As part of Asheville Safe Schools for All (facebook), CDE is partnering for this national effort. To register visit No Name-Calling Week and contact CDE for additional regional materials.
 
Traveling Exhibits
From time to time CDE hosts traveling exhibits on the campus of UNC Asheville that are available at no charge for student tours. In March 2012 CDE will host The Heroic Present: The Gypsy Photographs of Jan Yoors with student tours available March 5-9. Lincoln and the Constitution will be hosted in October, 2012.
 
Teacher Scholarships
CDE is currently offering a $500 scholarship (grades 6-12) for WRESA Professional Development Trip to Berlin and Prague June 23-July 2, 2012.

 Thanks to Matt Buys of Green Leaf Circle Films for this wonderful snap
shot of the Atlanta Houses of Worship Field Trip for students at Asheville Middle School.