Classroom as Safe Space: Refugee & Immigrant Issues

April 18, 3:00pm - 4:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 106 Events Room

The Center for Teaching Excellence in collaboration with University of Hawai`i-Immigrant and Refugee Action Coalition (UH-IRAC) offers two opportunities for learning and discussion:

Event 2: What can you do proactively to make your classroom a positive experience for your students? How can you respond when a potentially explosive situation emerges? Presentations and activities will focus on strategies to create a classroom environment conducive to a diversity of opinions.

​Presenters include:
Vernadette Gonzalez, American Studies/Honors Program
Sue Haglund, Ethnic Studies/Honors Program
Hector Valuenzela, CTAHR
Vilsoni Hereniko, Academy for Creative Media​
Moderator: Brenda Ivelisse, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, KCC

UH-IRAC is a volunteer group of faculty, staff and students active around immigration and refugee issues within the 鶹ýsystem and beyond. We are working with President Lassner's 鶹ýsystem task force to support: students' rights and resources, establishment of safe zones, and professional development and training at all campuses. We embrace the University of HawaiÊ»i System motto: Maluna aÊ»e o nā lāhui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Above all nations is humanity). Contact: irac.uh@gmail.com


Event Sponsor
Center for Teaching Excellence, Mānoa Campus

More Information
(808) 956-6978, cte@hawaii.edu,

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