INVITATION: AERA Presidential Session—"They Tried to Bury Us, They Didn't Know We Were Seeds: The Fight for Mexican American Studies in Arizona."

INVITATION: AERA Presidential Session on the Ethnic Studies battle in Arizona titled, "They Tried to Bury Us, They Didn't Know We Were Seeds: The Fight for Mexican American Studies in Arizona." This is a full, two-hour session that takes place in New York City on Sunday, April 15th from 8:15-10:15.

Organizer:  Angela Valenzuela, Professor, Educational Administration, University of Texas at Austin

Chair: Lorenzo Lopez, Director, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Instruction, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, Arizona

Presenters: 

·      Richard Martinez, Civil Rights trial attorney

·      Angela Valenzuela, professor, University of Texas-Austin

·      Alexei Marquez, former TUSD-MAS program student

·      Dr. Nolan Cabrera, associate professor, University of Arizona-Tucson

·      René Martinez, former curriculum writer and teacher, TUSD-MAS program; currently, a vice-principal in the Isaac School District in Phoenix, AZ.

·      Dr. Erica Ávila, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum Head, Isaac School District in Phoenix, Arizona

After our presentations, we would like to open up the conversation to a more intimate community conversation on Ethnic Studies.

-Angela Valenzuela