collaboration from K-12 through lifelong learning. She advocates for deeper university – K12 partnerships. She was one of the founders of the UNESCO GigaPan Project. Her primary research interests are issues of development, equity, and technology.

Lois Francis, Ethnic Minority Achievement Consultant, City Council Lois trained as a teacher and as taught in primary schools in Wiltshire. She has subsequently worked across all phases of schooling from early years through to secondary. Lois currently works as a Consultant for Bristol Ethnic Minority Achievement Team (EMAT), which aims to raise the achievement of black and minority ethnic students in schools. She also coordinates the Windsor Junior Fellowship, a programme designed to enhance pupils’ academic and social capabilities. Lois has been involved in developing the lesson plans for the Black Bristolians teaching pack. International Inclusive Curriculum

Conference Dot Lee, Ethnic Minority Achievement Consultant, Bristol City Council Dot Lee has worked as a teacher for 34 years, in the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham and then Bristol, before moving into the area of Black and Minority Ethnic Achievement. She became an Advanced Skills Teacher (AST) in 2006. She is currently a Consultant in the Bristol EMA team. She was part of a team who put together the Black Bristolian project. This consists of Engaging with Diversity and Community Cohesion biographies of Bristol African Caribbean people who have made a difference in the city, together with lesson plans and resources for Early Years, Primary and Secondary pupils. All schools have at through the Teaching of Sensitive Subjects least one folder and all the work is online on www.emas4success.org.uk and www.breazshare.net websites.

Marvin Rees is currently the Director of the Bristol Partnership. He has been seconded from NHS Bristol where he has been the Programme Manager for Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health. Prior to this he worked for the Black Development Agency, supporting BME led voluntary sector nd organisations. He has a background working in the UK as a BBC Broadcast Journalist and in the 2 July 2010 United States in community and Student organising roles. Around this he completed two Masters, a first in Political Theory and Government: The Politics of Black America and a second in Global University of the West of England, Bristol Economic Development.

He is a graduate of Operation Black Vote’s MP and Commissioner shadowing schemes and is Frenchay Campus Room 4E13 frequently called up to speak on issues pertaining to Race and Reconciliation with particular attention to his experiences growing up mixed race. When he is not speaking, he might be chairing. He can be heard Sundays evenings presenting his Radio Show on BBC Radio Bristol.

Dr Marie-Annick Gournet is Director of Widening Participation in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. As such, she is responsible for the Faculty’s Widening Participation strategy and manages a range of targeted programmes aimed at raising aspirations and widening access into higher education for people from under-represented backgrounds as well as developing strategy to ensure a successful experience of undergraduate students with no family traditions of higher education or/and those who are considered a minority. In addition to the PATH project, Marie-Annick manages the SchoolsLink Project which trains university students from ethnic minority backgrounds to work as positive Role Models for students in secondary schools with similar backgrounds. Other strands to this project include: the Ethnic Minority Higher Education Awareness Programme (EMHEAP) - focusing on mentoring support for transition from year 6 to year 7 (10 to 11 year olds) and Ambassador Support for young people in year 10 and 11 (14 to 15 year olds) on the Windsor Junior Fellowship.

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published earlier this year. A former editor of Primary History, Penelope has also written extensively on primary history education.

Conference programme Dr Peter Fleming is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His

11:45 – 12:00 4E13 Arrival and registration research interests include later medieval political culture, urban society and migration. With Madge Dresser he is the author of Bristol: Ethnic Minorities and the City, 1000-2001 (Phillimore, EPE, 2007), 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch and other works on urban and landed society in later medieval England. A Londoner by birth, a graduate of the University of Wales, he has lived in Bristol since 1985. 13:00 – 13:15 4E13 Welcome - Prof Ron Richie (Assistant Vice Chancellor, UWE)

13:15 – 15:00 4E13 Presentation from UWE team: Madge Dresser is a Reader in History at UWE and a Fellow of the Royal Historical society. Much of her work has dealt with questions of the position of ethnic and religious minorities, the history of Dr Penelope Harnett (Head of Department Primary, School of Education slavery in 18th century Britain and the way the past is today remembered. She was the first to UWE) ; chronicle the against the colour bar (Black and White on the Buses), wrote the Challenges in learning and teaching about controversial history most definitive account so far on slavery in Bristol (Slavery Obscured) and was the historical advisor Dr Peter Flemming (Principal Lecturer in History, UWE): title: ‘Bristol and to the city’s first ever exhibition on the slave trade in 1998. She has since appeared widely on radio the other slave trades: possible comparative material for teaching the and television, and served as consultant to various museums including the MShed (Museum of trans-’; Bristol). Her most recent publication with Peter Fleming is Bristol: Ethnic Minorities and the City c. 1000-2001 (London: Phillimore Press with Institute of Historical research, University of London), Madge Dresser (Reader in History, UWE) 2007, reprinted 2009. Remembering slavery-a tale of two cities

15:00 – 15:15 Break Marney Murphy is State of Ohio Educator of the Year with a Master’s of Education from Xavier

University. She is a member of the National Board of Directors of UNESCO’s Transatlantic Slave

15:30 – 17:00 4E13 Presentation from guest speakers: Trade Project—USA and a Regional Director of TST-USA. She was on the international program committee for the UNESCO World Youth Forum held in Trinidad & Tobago. Marney is an alumna of Dr. Annette I. Kashif (Director of the Wells Museum, Orlando) the Holocaust and Resistance Fellowship Program held in Poland and Israel and has studied at Yad "Puttin' On Ol' Massa” Vashem in Jerusalem. Her Publications include Safe Passage, a multi-media kit about the Underground Railroad; The Path to Citizenship, a book for educators to teach citizenship and host a Rachel Burcin (TST Regional Coordinator): Making Education Whole naturalization ceremony on their school’s campus. Recently, her lesson plans for citizenship were Georgette Norman (Curator of Rosa Parks Museum): Using the Past to nominated by UNESCO—USA to be included in UNESCO’s Third Book of Best Practices. Marney Reshape the Future Murphy has been on a mission to promote tolerance, encourage community service, and support the responsibilities of being a citizen of the world. 17:00 – 18:15 Workshops: sharing resources – teaching packs

Workshop A Ron Thompson and Phil Williamson take an active role in promoting diversity and preserving that 17:00 – 17:30 4E18 Ms. DuPree (TST Regional Coordinator): The Rosewood Massacre of 1923 balance. Not only do they balance their very demanding jobs as first-line supervisors and participate in Florida; in company activities, they also take the diversity awareness message out into our community. Ron and Phil regularly make Diversity presentations at local schools. They even presented to an audience 17:30 – 18:00 4E18 Ron Thompson and Phil Williamson (Duke Energy) Present : Balance, of several hundred professors and teachers at Penn State University this summer. Their efforts help Improve, Grow the next generation become more inclusive and appreciative of other’s differences and improve our Marney Murphy ( TST Regional Director) relationships with our customers – the schools, teachers, and parents of the students they meet. Ron and Phil’s civic contributions and volunteerism help to maintain Duke Energy’s reputation within Workshop B our communities, which leads to high satisfaction for our utility service.

17:00 – 17:30 4E22 Angela Keiser (TST Regional Coordinator): The Citizens All Project (CAP)

17:30 – 18:00 4E22 Dot Lee and Lois Francis ( Bristol City Council - Ethnic Minority Rachel Burcin. Since 2004, Rachel has served on the education staff at the world renowned Robotics Achievement Team): Effective use of the Black Bristolian Pack; Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA, also named the most international University in the US. Currently as Graduate Programs and Immigration Coordinator Rachel develops international 18:00 – 18:15 4E13 UWE Students – Key points from workshop collaborations. She has served as an advisor and board member for various community and education organizations including: the UNESCO Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project 18.15-18.30 4E13 Closing remarks - Marvin Rees (Director of Bristol Partnership) (Pittsburgh Site), FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), and the Institute for Science and Technology Education. Rachel is working more toward effective

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Presenters’ biographies: Conference abstracts: Angela McCord Keiser. With over 30 years experience in education policy planning, legislative liaison, project administration, classroom instruction, education technology, curriculum design, Angela Keiser, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University development and implementation, her long-term work explores effective methods of shifting educational paradigms and propagating respect for the uniqueness of ‘self’ and ‘other’. ‘BREAKING THE SILENCE’:

As programme advisor, consultant and curriculum specialist, Angela interfaces with the United UNESCO Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project in Action Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization through various global initiatives supporting international education outreach. Ms. Keiser works directly with multi-national education policy The UNESCO TST Education Project (TST) was established in the United States almost a decade ago makers, university leaders, school system administrators, and teachers to build collaborations that by founding National Coordinator, Dr. Sylvia Frey (Tulane University, New Orleans LA) at the elevate the quality of instruction and enhance more effective university K12 partnerships. invitation of the Paris UNESCO –ASPnet office. TST, through its teacher - participants - has heightened the profile of creative instructional methods of integrating scholarship about the Angela currently serves as a Curriculum Specialist, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. transatlantic slave trade (its history and legacy) into current curriculum content. She draws upon her curriculum specialist skills to identify and document upper-grade classroom applications for the effective use of GigaPan technology. Work done through the auspices of the TST Education Project has fertilized new summer school pilot course work for high school students in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Citizens All Project (CAP) Student Summer Research Institute is ready to launch its 2010 session on Monday, 5 July. Hear what Georgette M Norman. Georgette founded Alabama African-American Arts Alliance (a state-wide arts it’s all about from Ms. Keiser. organization and partnership program of the Alabama State Council on the Arts) in 1992 and served as its Executive Director for 7 years. She was an instructor in the Theatre Department at Auburn Montgomery for 20 years and is currently the Director of Troy University Rosa Parks Museum. She also works as an independent consultant in the arts, education, program design and implementation Georgette M. Norman, Director Troy University Rosa Parks Museum and conducts workshops in creativity and cultural diversity. Georgette sees herself as an observer and active participant in life and believes her life to be her self-portrait, her masterpiece. ‘HONEST DIALOGUE’: Using the Past to Reshape the Future

What is the role of civil society in meeting the challenges of minority-majority tension in the modern Dr. Annette I. Kashif. Dr Kashif is a Fulbright Scholar and educational consultant with a background nation? The Civil Rights Movement forever changed the national sensibility of the U.S. and the that includes administration, supervision, the professoriate and grade school instruction. The bulk of places where we search for truth. But the legacy of segregation remains with us in harsh realities. her experience is situated within Africana Studies and multicultural education, flowing from her The 21st century beckons us to address and redress the tensions. The project title, Using the Past to scholarly specialty in comparative African and African Diaspora culture, language and history. Reshape the Future, was chosen to create a forum for public intellectual exchange and innovation by Recently Dr. Kashif pioneered an undergraduate Africana Humanities program; and presently she is forming an interdisciplinary perspective on reshaping how the past is studied and presented. Using the consulting Director of Special Projects for the Wells' Built Museum of African American History the events of the 1950s, special emphasis is placed on the world that created the events, race and and Culture in Orlando, FL. Her published research includes: Notes on the Origins and Evolution of class perspectives and the need for effective communication among diverse audiences. The content African American Language and African Influences Upon the Land: A Study of African Influenced of sessions using language, history, literature, music, and popular culture will cross historical periods Place Names of the USA. Her presented research papers include: A L’il Bird Told Me-The Legacy of and cultures. Medew Nefer and Medew Ntr in African Diaspora Language; Female Register in African Cinema; and Where Did Our Love Go? A Comparative Analysis of Black Cultural Values from the Ancient to Contemporary Eras. Sherry Sherrod DuPree, Historian

The Rosewood Heritage Foundation, Inc. Professor Sherry Sherrod DuPree. Professor DuPree’s primary focus is African-American history. She was a project director at the Institute of Black Culture, the University of Florida for ten years. She is In 1980, DuPree became involved with Rosewood family members. Since 1985, Rosewood family currently teaching in the Student Development Instruction Department at Santa Fe College, members have family reunions and tell stories of the 1923 Massacre that destroyed their town Gainesville, FL. She received her B.S. and MA from North Carolina Central University, Durham. NC. established in 1845. In 1994, the Florida Legislators approved the Rosewood Claims Bill by awarding Her AMLS and Ed.S. from the University of Michigan. She has been a Smithsonian Fellow. 2.1 million to the survivors and their descendants. In 1994, The Rosewood Heritage Bus Tour was established with funds from the Rosewood Forum, LLC, a citizen’s organization founded by Barbara Kramer and DuPree. The bus tours have taught through stories over 40,000 students, senior citizens, Dr Penelope Harnett is Head of the Department of Primary, Early Childhood and Education Studies and historians. In 1999, the Rosewood Travelling Exhibit, entitled "Rosewood..... The Beginning that at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research interests lie in the field of learning Never Ends" was opened with grant funds from the Florida Humanities Council and Displays for and teaching history with a particular focus on themes of power and social justice. Penelope’s latest Schools, Inc. DuPree designed the exhibit. The exhibit has been viewed by over 60,000 in Virginia, book, Exploring Learning, Identity and Power through Life History and Narrative Research was Georgia and Florida. We (the Rosewood Heritage Foundation) support events: March 2006 The

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Alliance for Truth and Racial Reconciliation (ATRR) at Old Mississippi, Oxford; The Beloved Ron Thompson and Phil Williamson, Duke Energy, Community Center and The Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission July 8-10, 2006; the International Center for Transitional Justice New York; The Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta Balance, Improve, Grow Race Riot September 21-23, 2006; We share with many groups by providing our unique approach for change. We educate against prejudice, , and stereotyping. Our goal is "Keep the 1923 For our employees, diversity appreciation has become a way of life. Now that diversity appreciation Rosewood Massacre Alive." has become so widely integrated, some may not think about the need for an on-going effort to ensure that this important issue continues to hold an important place. Ron Thompson and Phil Williamson of Power Operations realize that on-going efforts need to be taken to ensure that Dr Peter flemming, Principal Lecturer in History, University of the West of England diversity appreciation and respect remain central in the workplace. They regularly participate in company activities and events, sharing the message that diversity in our workforce balances Bristol and the other slave trades: possible comparative material for teaching the trans-Atlantic slave employee needs and business needs. trade Through this Balance, employees benefit from an inclusive and open environment where each can Bristol’s role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade of the late 17th and 18th centuries is well known. Less so reach his or her full potential and contribute to Duke Energy’s continuing success. Duke Energy also is Bristol’s ‘slave trades’ with Ireland in the 11th, and Iceland in the 15th centuries. These will be the benefits from a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customer base and offers a desirable focus of this session, along with another trade, that of indentured labour and prisoners of war in the work environment for existing and future employees. earlier 17th century. The aim of this session is to encourage discussion of appropriate ways of using evidence for such activities in the schoolroom. Rachel Burcin, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Madge Dresser, Reader in History, University of the West of England Making Education Whole:

Remembering slavery-a tale of two cities University - K12 – Community Partnerships The legacies of slavery were among the greatest problems (and most ignored) facing Pittsburgh. Yet, we lacked a common understanding, a shared This illustrated presentation considers the politics around the public commemoration of slavery in history, and language for honest dialogue and reconciliation. From the riots of the late 1960’s to the two cities: Bristol England and Richmond Virginia. Both cities have slavery trails which are very exploration of Mars, Rachel Burcin will share the uniquely Pittsburgh story of embracing our different in both their approach and content and both cities have contested views of the past which diversity, building a UNESCO TST (Transatlantic Slave Trade) Education site, and participating in tell us much about contemporary social divisions. global exchange. At the core of this work were supportive and challenging university – k12 – community partnerships.

Dr Penelope Harnett, Head of the Department in School of Education Studies, University of the West of England

Challenges in learning and teaching about controversial history

This session will address some of the key issues currently facing history educators in their work. It will draw attention to different conceptions of historical content and the processes of learning history. Recent research and classroom examples providing insights into children’s learning and teachers’ responses to teaching about controversy in history will be discussed.

Dr. Annette I. Kashif, Director of the Wells Museum, Orlando

"Puttin' On Ol' Massa”

The Dual Code System of Enslaved Africans (on stealth communication strategies such as singing spirituals, appliqués on quilts and other masking speech acts). If it's the conference, I would present, "Why can't we talk about race? (Exploration of USA attempts to address this hypersensitivity through projects like that of the Ford Foundation's "Difficult Dialogues" and Pres. Bill Clinton's, "National Conversation on Race" projects).

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