Name: From Community Cultural Wealth to Self-Advocacy: Exploring and Harnessing Students' Linguistic and Cultural Assets
Start: 2025-03-09T11:15:00-0400
End: 2025-03-09T12:30:00-0400

Welcome to #MABE2025! We are still building Sched for you, but check out what sessions our conference is offering.

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Registration Closes: February 14, 2025
Late Registration Period: February 15–March 6, 2025, subject to late fee
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Sunday March 9, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

TBA

This dynamic workshop is designed to equip educators with practical knowledge and a tool to help students recognize and utilize their cultural and linguistic resources. Participants will engage with the Community Cultural Wealth Framework through interactive activities that include reflective writing, drawing, and coloring. This hands-on session aims to provide educators strategies to foster students’ self-advocacy and leadership, emphasizing the value of bilingualism and cultural diversity as assets in both personal and community advocacy. Expect to leave with practical tools for nurturing student-driven advocacy in diverse educational settings.

Presenters

Dr. Violet Jiménez Sims

Managing Director of Academic Programming and Legislative Affairs, CT Teacher Residency Program

Dr. Violet Jiménez Sims is the Managing Director of Academic Programming and Legislative Affairs for the CT Teacher Residency Program. A Dominican-born U.S. immigrant, Dr. Sims is bilingual, bicultural, and a first-generation college-educated professional. With over two decades in... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
TBA UMass Center at Springfield, Tower Square, 1500 Main St, Springfield, MA

Family and Community, Advocacy, building cross-cultural understanding

Audience School or District Administrators/Leaders, Elementary Educators, Secondary (Middle and/or High School) Educators, Support Staff (e.g. coaches, interventionists)
Target Educators Educators at any level of experience
Target Programs All levels
Presentation Language English

2025 MABE Dual Language Bilingual Education Conference

Dr. Violet Jiménez Sims

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