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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

CLACS Outreach

At the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) our mission is to increase knowledge and awareness of Latin America and the Caribbean in the educational community and the general public by promoting language and area studies in their broadest sense.

Outreach at CLACS is a service-oriented program funded through a Title VI Federal Area Studies grant. It is designed to increase public knowledge about Latin America and the Caribbean and Latin American and Caribbean peoples and cultures. All our services are free!

CLACS K-12 Educators Outreach

• 2010 LATIN AMERICAN TEACHERS WORKSHOP :
  200 Years of Independence Across Latin America: Legacies and Challenges

  Saturday April 24, 2010
  Lucy Ellis Lounge
  707 South Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL

+ Offered to K-14 Educators, Teachers and Librarians
+ The professional development teachers’ workshop will provide up to 6.5  CPDU credit hours
+ Click for more Information and Registration
For more information, please contact Alejandra Seufferheld, 244-2790, amsseu@illinois.edu

• 2009 Latin American Teachers Workshop. April 18, 2009
  Building Bridges: The Diversity of the Latin American Culture
  2009 Latin American Teachers Workshop pictures.
• K-12 Web based Teaching Resources curriculum-related materials on its outreach Web pages as a means of facilitating access to curriculum resources and research materials on Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Speakers Bureau for presentations in schools on Latin American topics.
• Outreach Library for k-14 teachers and instructors.
• Publishes several Curriculum development workbooks including: Columbus: Beyond the Myth, A Teacher's Workbook on Tropical Rain Forests, and Historia Oral: The Latina/o Experience in the United States.
• Participation at School Fairs/Festivals

CLACS Children Outreach

• Spanish Story Time
  The Spanish Story Time haven been organized by CLACS & the Urbana Free Library since 2006. The event is for children and their parents and consists of storytelling, live music and art. It is presented bilingually in Spanish/English, the second Saturday of February, March, April ; June ; September, October, November, December from 2:30 to 3:30 PM.
  "Spanish Story Time" pictures, click here.
• School-to-Library Spanish Time
  The goal of Library Spanish Time is to encourage elementary school students to discover literature, enjoy reading and at the same time learn about Latin American culture.
  In this project, school teachers and librarians bring the children to the Library for bilingual (Spanish/English) storytelling and music.
  "Schoo-to-Library Spanish Time" pictures, click here.
• "Tales in the Theater and Theater in the Tales": a Theater Workshop for Middle School Students. March 7, 2009
  The students will have the opportunity to learn a story, choose a character and represent it the same day.
  "Tales on the Theater" pictures, click here.

CLACS Outreach to the Community

• REALIDADES ... / REALITIES...
  Bilingual presentations (Spanish/English) to the Community on various topics related to Latin America.
  

  2009-2010 Realidades/ Realities about ....
  Nutrition and Budgeting, Family Nutrition
  Oral Health
  Cancer Prevention
  Influenza H1N1
  Passport to Argentina

• Lecture Series
  CLACS Organizes the Latin American Lecture Series, a weekly series of noon seminars in which faculty, students, and visiting scholars present current research and speak on topics of special interest. Additionally, the Center sponsors many cultural events, such as Latin American music and dance ensembles, and art exhibitions.
• CLACS this Week, an online weekly Calendar of Events.
  If you want to receive CLACS weekly bulletin with announcements on lectures, workshops, films and activities related to Latin America and the Caribbean please, contact the Associate Director, Angelina Cotler, cotler@illinois.edu.
• Colaborates with the Illinois International Review, the University of Illinois
• Correo de Linguistica Andina,an annual newsletter on Quechua instruction : http://www.clacs.uiuc.edu/quechua/correo/
• Additionally, the CLACS sponsors many cultural events, such as Latin American music and dance ensembles, and art exhibitions.