Upcoming Events

July 13-16, 2020       Teaching in Uncertain Times 

Join IHI for Re-imagining Migration's Summer Seminar, a unique online learning experience for K-12 teachers, school administrators, and education professionals. This seminar will introduce participants to the Re-imagining Migration’s approach to advance the education and well-being of immigrant-origin youth, decrease bias and hatred against these youth and help all young people develop the understanding and habits of mind, heart, and civic participation to nurture inclusive communities and healthy democracies. IHI is leading a special break-out session focused on Chinese Exclusion and the physical manifestations of borders in this painful and important history.

To learn more and sign up for the seminar, please click here.



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Past Events & Recordings

June 12, 2020        Equity in Education

How inclusion and equity in education benefits all students in the rapidly diversifying and globalizing landscape. Featuring: Julia Wang and Kathy Lu of the Immigrant History Initiative; Steven Hernadez, Executive Director of CWCSEO; Roszena Haskins, West Hartford Public School Director of Diversity and Advancement; Nkaozer Yang, 7th Grade Geography Teacher; Yukiyo Iida, EDI Parent. Moderated by #IAMNOTAVIRUS Emily Huynh. Hosted by the Connecticut General Assembly Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity, and Opportunity and #IAMNOTAVIRUS.

View the full recording here.

 

May 7, 2020           Addressing Anti-Immigrant Bias 

​​IHI, Smithsonian APAC, Re-Imagining MIgration, and ADL Education discuss  resources and strategies for educators to help address the wave of anti-immigrant and anti-Asian bias that has spread with the COVID-19 pandemic. The following questions are addressed:
1. Why is this important?
2. What is the impact on young people, those who are targeted and those who are witnessing the bias?
3. What resources can teachers use while teaching from home to help address it?

View the full recording here.
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