CONTACTS:
• Armando Laguardia, College of Education , 360-546-9670, armando@vancouver.wsu.edu
• Brenda Alling, Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9601, brenda_alling@vancouver.wsu.edu
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The crisis in Latino education, which includes high dropout rates, will be the subject of a day-long summit to be broadcast at Washington State University Vancouver on Monday, March 29.
The public is invited to view all or part of the Latino Education Advocacy Day summit, "A Day of Courageous Conversations," which will be held at California State University-San Bernardino. 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø's real-time video broadcast will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Administration building, room 129. Parking is available for $3 (cash only) in the Blue Daily Pay lot.
The goal of the summit is to promote awareness of the crisis in Latino education and to enhance the intellectual, cultural and personal development of educators, administrators, leaders and students.
The summit schedule can be found online at . It includes a 9 a.m. keynote address by civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez, who was the 8-year-old plaintiff in the 1946 desegregation case, Mendez v. Westminster. Her successful case paved the way for Brown v. Board of Education, which ended school segregation nationwide.
There will be a 1 p.m. feature presentation by Juan Sepulveda, director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. Forums on various topics will start at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m., 2 and 3:30 p.m.
"The College of Education is committed to collaboration with diverse communities in the promotion of equitable education for all students. The Latino Education and Advocacy Day summit represents an opportunity for us to demonstrate that commitment concretely. We, along with the LEAD organizers and other universities and agencies involved, hope that our support will contribute to raising local awareness of the crisis in Latino education, promote a deeper understanding of that crisis, and lead to real change in the educational opportunities and outcomes for Latino students," said June Canty, director of 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø's College of Education.
91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø is celebrating 20 years of bringing quality education, research and service to the citizens of Southwest Washington. The campus is located at 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. 91³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø offers 16 bachelor's degrees, 10 master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 36 fields of study. Learn more at .
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