Athens, Ga. – Georgia educators, students, parents, community and business leaders will have an opportunity to speak to leaders of a White House Initiative on how to improve education for Latino immigrants in a Community Conversation on Friday, Nov. 13 at the Atlanta Latin American Association.
More than 150 participants are expected from the entire preschool through college spectrum, including parents, students and faculty, as well as community/business and faith-based leaders, and legislators. The event is open to anyone with an interest in improving Latino education.
The Community Conversation, one of dozens being held around the country, will be an open dialogue between Juan Sepulveda, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, his staff, and members of the Atlanta metro area community.
The University of Georgia Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education is co-hosting the event with Atlanta’s Latin American Association and the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
There will be two sessions, 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 12:45-2:45 p.m., each providing participants with an opportunity to voice their thoughts on two questions:
1) How can Latino education be improved? and
2) What should the White House Initiative be doing to spearhead those efforts?
Participants will be asked to not only share their thoughts with WHI staff, but also to share them with other participants in small-group discussions. The information gleaned from these sessions will be recorded and collected, and will serve as the foundation for a new presidential executive order, which will govern the White House Initiative.
The sessions will be held at the Atlanta Latin American Association, 2750 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Ga.
For more information see:
www.ed.gov/about/inits/list/hispanic-initiative/index.html
