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Friday, October 2, 2020

Schedule with recordings

Updated: 11/19/2020 (This schedule is subject to change.)

Event Dates: Friday, November 13 – Saturday, November 14, Pacific Standard Time (PST)

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
8:30 – 9:00 AM PST	Opening & Introductions (Zoom link A) Maria Carreira (California State University, Long Beach; NHLRC)
9:00 – 10:30 AM	Session 1 Video: Students tackling the challenges of a pandemic world Click to listen to audio only. The COVID-19 Pandemic Flavia Belpoti (Texas A&M University) Alternatives to Study Abroad Fatemeh Towhidi (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center) Hispanic Heritage Month and Social Justice Activists Teresita Eldredge (Liberty High School) Video: Reading and writing with a real-world purpose Click to listen to audio only. Book Review in Portuguese Erika Campanharo de Moraes (Intercultural Language Center) Latinx Representation in Media Janet Eckerson (University of Nebraska-Kearney) Mi comunidad (My community) Nayibe Azzad (Arizona State University)
10:30 – 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 – 12:30 PM	Session 2 Video: Foodways - Explorations of food culture and culinary crossroads Click to listen to audio only. Playing store: Connecting to Heritage Culture through Food Johanna Tigert (University of Massachusetts Lowell) Introducing Vegetarian Korean Food Woojoo Kim (University of Southern California) Teaching Filipino Food, Music & Rituals Leticia Cantal Pagkalinawan (The University of Hawaii at Manoa) Video: Meeting the call for intercultural competence Click to listen to audio only. Exploring Korean culture and its perspective Haewon Cho (University of Pennsylvania) Mijoeng Kim (Washington University in St. Louis) Mental Health and Wellbeing: Differences and Similarities between Japan and US Asako Hayashi-Takakura (University of California, Los Angeles) (CANCELLED) ~~Effect of Pot-Luck Innovative Technique On Persian/Farsi Heritage Learners~~ ~~Hamideh Sadat Bagherzadeh (University of Wisconsin Milwaukee)~~
12:30 – 1:30 PM	Lunch (Get to know each other - Zoom link A)
1:30 – 3:00 PM	Invited Panel #1 Click to view video. Click to listen to audio only. Challenging Contexts: PBL in Mixed Classes and in Lower Proficiency Levels Alegría Ribadeneira (Colorado State University, Pueblo) Resources on Project-Based Learning Julio C. Rodriguez (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) Stephen L. Tschudi (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
3:00 – 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 – 4:45 PM	Session 3 Video: Exploring the target culture and fostering student creativity through cultural artifacts Click to listen to audio only. Learning Arabic through Visual Art and Project Based Learning Fatima Khaled (Peace School) Crafting Persian Food Miniatures in Clay Made Dishes Farangis Siahpour (Farhang Foundation) Video: Supporting learning and planning for the future in K-12 Click to listen to audio only. Careers Wenjing Huang (Wildwood School) Free Online Classes for the Community Carolina Melgarejo-Torres (Williams College) Writing a Message to/from Future Self : Drawing a Road Map to the Future Asako Hayashi-Takakura (University of California Los Angeles)SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
9:00 – 10:30 AM PST	Session 4 Video: Building stronger college communities Click to listen to audio only. Community-based Learning: Career/Academic Mentoring Project Angela Lee-Smith (Yale University) College School Life Tin-Yu Tseng (University of Southern California) PBL: Toward a more inclusive university and community Paola Guerrero-Rodríguez (University of Florida) Video: Outreach projects for healthier HL communities Click to listen to audio only. Outreach Vietnamese Projects to Vietnamese American Community ThuyAnh Nguyen (University of Michigan) Domestic Violence in Lusophone Diasporic Communities Eugenia Fernandes (University of California Davis) Community Health and Wellness Jazmin Mier (Dallas Independent School District) Giovani Rodriguez Rivera (Dallas Independent School District)
10:30 – 11:00 AM	Break
11:00 – 12:30 PM	Session 5 Video: Focus on social justice and civic engagement for HL communities Click to listen to audio only. Inequalities and Discrimination in the Lives of Brazilian Athletes Claudia Da Costa (ABRACE Portuguese School) How can Youth Contribute to Create a Sense of Home and Belonging for Immigrants New in a Place? Vivian H. Franco Díaz (University of Minnesota) Antiracism in Our School and Community Karla Perez-Mendoza (Geffen Academy at UCLA) Video: Telling our stories: Oral history projects for HL communities Click to listen to audio only. Family Genealogy: Story Telling through Literary Work Ching-Hsuan Wu (West Virginia University) Community-based Research through Oral History Emily Bernate (St. Edward's University) Documenting Stories of Immigrants Luz Ede-Hernández (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater)
12:30 – 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 – 2:30 PM	Invited Panel #2 Click to view video. Click to listen to audio only. PBL goes to the theater: Supporting learning and engagement through extracurricular activities Professor Alicia del Campo (California State University, Long Beach) Alfa López (California State University, Long Beach) Leydi Ahumada (California State University, Long Beach) Francisco Soto (California State University, Long Beach) Shady Ruiz (California State University, Long Beach) Monica Chacón (California State University, Long Beach) Lidia Grajeda (California State University, Long Beach) María Juárez (California State University, Long Beach)
2:30 – 3:00 PM	Break
3:00 – 4:00 PM	Session 6 Video: Advancing College-age learners’ professional development Click to listen to audio only. Prepare College Students for the Workforce Through PBL Michelle Smith (University of California, Los Angeles) Professional Development for Heritage Bilingual Learners Estrella Rodriguez (Florida State University) Anel Brandl (Florida State University) Video: Students as academic researchers: Real-world scholarship in the language classroom Click to listen to audio only. Oral History Project in a Russian History Course Anna Kudyma (University of California, Los Angeles) An Inter-Generational Language Study Julianne Bryant (Biola University) Melanie Ramos (Biola University)
4:00 – 4:10 PM	Break
4:10 – 4:30 PM	Video: Wrap up & Closing (Zoom link A) Click to listen to audio only.