Respecting Ethnic and Cultural Heritage
REACH Basic Principles
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"When there are walls of ignorance between people, when we don't know each other's stories, we substitute our own myth about who that person is. When we are operating with only a myth, none of that person's truth will ever be known to us and we will injure them -mostly without ever meaning to. What assumption did you make because she is a woman? What assumption did you make because he is Black? What myths were built around the neighborhood listed on the application? What myths were built around the employment of the father or the absence of the mother? What story did we tell ourselves in the absence of knowing this person's real story?"
Paula Lawrence Wehmiller
Harvard Educational Review, Fall 1993
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REACH Training
The purpose of REACH training is to provide participants with the skills necessary to:
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Increase personal cultural awareness.
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Understand and recognize prejudice, racial discrimination, and stereotyping.
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Build positive understanding of cultural diversity; and promote this new understanding in relationships with students, teachers, co-workers and members of the community.
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Infuse multicultural education concepts into lesson plans.
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| Monday |
October 20, 2008 |
REACH Day 1 |
| Tuesday |
October 21, 2008 |
REACH Day 2 |
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| Thursday |
November 13, 2008 |
REACH Day 3 |
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| Monday |
December 1, 2008 |
REACH Day 3 |
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| Thursday |
January 22, 2009 |
REACH Day 1 |
| Friday |
January 23, 2009 |
REACH Day 2 |
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| Friday |
February 6, 2008 |
REACH Day 3 |
| Wednesday |
February 18, 2009 |
REACH Day 1 |
| Thursday |
February 19, 2009 |
REACH Day 2 |
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| Friday |
March 20, 2009 |
REACH Day 3 |
| Monday |
March 30, 2009 |
REACH Day 1 |
| Tuesday |
March 31, 2009 |
REACH Day 2 |
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| Thursday |
April 23, 2009 |
REACH Day 1 |
| Friday |
April 24, 2009 |
REACH Day 2 |
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| Thursday |
May 14, 2009 |
REACH Day 3 |
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REACH 2 Day Registration Form
REACH Day 3 Registration Form
NOTE: REACH Day 3 should be attended 4-6 weeks after completing REACH Day 2
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