Sunday, November 23, 2008 - Events

November 18, 2008

Tuesday

NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS: 36th Annual Conference
Nov 18, 2008 to Nov 23, 2008
Location: Georgia World Congress Center
Description: NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BLACK SCHOOL EDUCATORS: 36th Annual Conference November 18-23, 2008 @ Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA Join us for the 36th Annual Conference of the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) and be one of nearly 4,000 attendees from across the country participating in workshops, visiting over 300 exhibits, fellowshipping and networking with other members and friends of the nation's premier association of African American educators. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: NABSE members, supporters, superintendents, principals, school board members, education human resource professionals, deans, professors, education department heads, administrative/educational support staff, teachers, parents, curriculum specialists, students, employers, job seekers, and any individual or organization concerned about the education of our nation's children. For more information, contact: National Alliance of Black School Educators, 310 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 2000
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November 19, 2008

Wednesday

State of the Black World Conference (SOBWC)
Nov 19, 2008 to Nov 23, 2008
Location: Ernest Morial Convention Center
Description: Excitement is building as organizers across North and South America, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean are preparing to lead delegations to the State of the Black World Conference (SOBWC) in New Orleans, November 19-23, 2008. The Conference is timed to occur two weeks after an historic presidential election. While people of African descent are excited about the prospect of an Obama victory, most seasoned observers concur that a myriad of issues rooted in institutional racism and poverty will continue to plague Black people in America and the world whoever wins the White House. “The failure of government to respond effectively to the tragedy of Katrina mirrors a failure to act in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti. Millions of our people around the world suffer because of these failures of vision and will,” remarked Rick Adams, Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee. “SOBWC will be our political convention, a time to collectively embrace priority policy proposals
Created by: KWASI Akyeampong