Join Asheville Safe Schools for All and the Center for Diversity Education for No Name Calling Week January 23rd-27th

Progress Report

The goal of the Year End Appeal is 100 donors and $10,000 in donations. As of 1/03/12, there are 89 donors giving $8,100. Donations may be made on line or by checks or stock transfers. For additional information call Deborah Miles at 828-232-5024 or email dmiles@unca.edu). The mailing address for donations is:

Center for Diversity Education

One University Heights, 1200

Asheville, NC   28804

Thanks to the following individuals who support the work of equity and inclusion in our community:

 Rebecca Anderson

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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.

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.

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Festivals of Light is in progress.....register now for Good Fortune

Invite Center for Diversity Education presenters to your classroom to experience the festivites of seasonal celebrations from all over the world. Each holiday brings an exciting new food for students to try, a long with an interactive presentation showcasing a taste of the traditional music, clothing, decorations, ceremonies, practices and more related to over 20 holidays.

 

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 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.