9:00 INTRODUCTION AT THE DISCOVERY CENTER H.F. Deluca Forum

Introduction to the Conference, Francois Victor Tochon, INLEPS President 

Welcome from Diana Hess, Dean of the School of Education
Welcome, Ben Marquez, CHICLA & LACIS, Division of International Studies

ADDITION: ART SHEGONEE: Native American educator and peace activist will open the conference on behalf of the first displaced people

9:30 KEYNOTES

The Ethics of Linguistic Democracy in Schools and Societies

Donaldo Macedo, UMass-Boston

Critical Media Literacy: A Pedagogy for and about Newcomer Children
and Youth.

Shirley Steinberg, University of Calgary and University of West Scotland, UK

10:30 BREAK

10:45 KEYNOTES

The Misuses of Special Education: Sorting and Classifying Immigrant and Refugee Children
Elizabeth Kozleski, University of Kansas

Nurturing Refugee Aspirations to Attain the American Dream.

Fessahaye Mebrahtu, Director, Pan-African Community Association, Milwaukee

11:45 DISCUSSION Carl Grant, UW-Madison

Teachers Facing Languages, Cultures and Migration: Including the Migrant Student

12:00 ONSITE LUNCH (offered by the Spencer Foundation) 

1:30 BREAK Moving to the Gordon Events Center Sonata Room (2nd floor)