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Join Amina Rivers for lessons in West African: dance, songs and history. Sign up with us for an amazing workout involving tradition and technique.
Amina began dancing at the age of 5 and continued through her college years. She’d learned under the instruction of Marie Basse Wiles, Ousman Wiles, Yewande Kelly, Sandella Malloy, Prisca Ouya, Mamadou Diabate, Karen Love, Crystal Harris, and Karen Miles, just to name a few. She has performed at the African Ball, for Minister Louis Farakaan, Mayor Cory Booker, Mayor Wayne Smith, at NJ Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), with Lyben Dance Studio, Maimouna Keita African Dance Company, Zawadi African Dance Company, and is currently a Board Member of Zawadi. She is the Teen & Adult Coordinat ... Go to event
FLAVA is the Foreign Language Association of Virginia, a growing, dynamic organization of professionals in education and business, students, and all those who have a common interest in promoting and utilizing world languages to accomplish their various goals.
The mission of FLAVA is:
To promote and enhance the study, teaching and learning, use, and appreciation of foreign languages, cultures, and literatures.
To encourage among members the exchange of ideas which clarify the place of foreign languages in their schools and lives.
To recognize and publicize excellence on foreign language teaching and learning.
To encourage participation in national, regional, and state language association
FLAVA 2011 Conference Sessions at a Glance
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Judith Sloan’s Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, November 3, 4, 5, at 7 PM
and Sunday November 6 at 3 PM
Nuyorican Poets Café 236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C, NYC
Tix: $20 general $15 students/seniors/groups 212-780-9386
http://www.nuyorican.org/
What happens when a performing artist survives a near-fatal car accident and collides with the oncoming traffic of Hip Hop culture? In Yo Miss! actress/writer Judith Sloan remixes stories from twenty years of reporting on and teaching immigrant/refugee teenagers and incarcerated youth as they grapple with the cataclysmic global events that shaped them. Through poetry, vivid character portrayals and music, she brings their tales to life along with her own stories reveali ... 
Join us for the 5th annual National Chinese Language Conference (NCLC), April 12-14, 2012, in Washington, DC: State of the Field: Proficiency, Sustainability, and Beyond
NCLC is the largest annual gathering of practitioners, policymakers, and school leaders with an interest in Chinese language teaching and learning in North America, and a key venue for bringing together U.S. and Chinese educators in the field.
Since 2008 and the first NCLC, attendance has increased steadily. The growth of this conference has mirrored a growing awareness about the importance of preparing students for a globalized world.
By attending the 5th annual NCLC, you will find the answers to these and other questions:
* Where do Chinese language programs look for continued funding and sustainability?
* How can my sch ... 
