Ethnic Studies Week, October 1-7

'Students and supporters gather in front of Willamette University and the Oregon State Capitol as part of the May Day 2010 Rally for Immigration Reform.' © 2010 Nathaniel I. Cordova, Exposure Latitudes, LLC

The first Ethnic Studies Week October 1-7, 2010  was inspired by opposition to the May 11 2010 passage of HB 2281 in Arizona banning ethnic studies in the AZ public schools and the May 21 2010 passage of new social studies standards by the influential Texas State Board of Education 
It was  initiated by 225 educators, endorsed by educational and activist organizations around the country, and open to all who wanted to participate, as hundreds did in  individual K-12 and college classrooms,where   students, listened to speakers, watched films and paused to reflect on the importance of ethnic studies. Public events  occurred in dozens of venues in San Diego, Long Beach, Los Angeles,  San Francisco, and Watsonville California;  Greeley, Boulder and Denver Colorado,  Salem and Seattle Oregon, Laramie Wyoming,  Tucson, Prescott, Phoenix, and Tempe Arizona; Albuquerque New Mexico, Lincoln Nebraska, Honokaa Hawaii, Minneapolis, St Paul, and St Cloud Minnesota,  Madison Wisconsin,  Chicago Illinois, Gary Indiana, Gainesville Florida,  Middletown Connecticut, Bridgewater and Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, Long Island , New York City, and Poughkeepsie  New York, El Paso and Austin Texas, Albion Michigan,  and more. 

HELP US MAKE ETHNIC STUDIES WEEK 2011 twice as successful.
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Students Protest cuts to public schools in New Jersey April 26 2010 Photographer Ruth Fremson The New York TimesPhoto Below attended article in New York Times, April 27, 2010, entitled: In New Jersey, a Civics Lesson in the Internet Age http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/28/nyregion/28jersey.html