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north coast 

education summit 

2006 

Photo by Martha Haynes 

Education, Democracy 

& Social Justice 

February 2–5, 2006 

Humboldt State University 

Arcata, California 

www.humboldt.edu/~edsummit

Schedule-at-a-Glance 

Thursday, February 2, 2006 

7:30 pm Post 9/11, Post 2004 Elections, Post Katrina: 

Post Katrina: Is This Our Moment For Change? 

Friday, February 3, 2006 

Suzanne Pharr, author of In the Time of the Right: Reflections on Liberation 

Social Justice Keynote. See page 9 

Kate Buchanan Room, University Center 

Today’S overarching queSTion iS: 

How do we reclaim public spaces that foster and promote intercultural dialogue? 

8:00 am Registration Desk opens 

Goodwin Forum 

9:30 – 11:00 Workshop Session 1 

11:00 – 12:30 Lunch Break 

Special School Finance Workshop with Lee Lipps, california Teachers association 

Nelson Hall East 106. See page 14 

Looking Back on a Decade of Charter Schools in California 

charter School Track Keynote Panel with Nick Driver and others 

California Charter Schools Association 

The Depot, Banquet Room. See page 14 



4:00 Opening SeSSiOn: TWin KeynOTe ADDReSSeS 

Who Owns the Village Square and Why is it so Square? 

Jewelle gomez, poet, activist, and author of The Gilda Stories 

Celebrating 500 Years of Indian Education 

howard rainer (Taos-Pueblo creek), author, educator, youth advocate 

See page 23 


7:00 FiLM: 

All Power to the People: The Black Panther Party and Beyond 

Followed by A Conversation with Ashanti Alston, long-time Black liberation activist 

See page 24 

Kate Buchanan Room

Saturday, February 4, 2006 



How might education and its practitioners support a more equitable future? 

8:00 am Registration Desk Opens 

Goodwin Forum 



11:30 – 1:00 Lunch Break 

Town Hall MeeTing: 

What Can We Do to Rescue Public Education from the 

Disastrous Effects of High Stakes Testing? 

With Laura rosa and Jan West 

Founders Hall 118. See page 37 

Student poster Session 

Karshner Lounge, University Center 

1:00 – 2:15 naTional TeacHer of THe Year KeYnoTe address 

Equity of Opportunity for All Children 

Jason Kamras, mathematics teacher, John Philip Sousa Middle School, Washington, d.c. 

Kate Buchanan Room, University Center. See page 38 



7:30 norTH coasT filM PreMiere: 

Commune: Free Land for Free People 


7:30 Salmon Is Everything: Theatre, Environmental 

Justice and The Klamath Watershed 

Studio Theatre, Theatre Arts Building. See page 49


Sunday, February 5, 2006 


What models of teaching and learning best promote an active and engaged 

citizenry? 

9:30 am Registration Desk Opens 

Goodwin Forum 


11:30 – 12:30 Lunch Break 

A PuBLIC COnVERSATIOn WITH HOLLY nEAR: 

Cultural Work, Education and Social Justice 

Founders Hall 118. See page 55 



3:45 – 5:00 closing KeYnoTe address: 

From Silent Spring to Silent night: What Do Hermaphroditic 

Frogs Tell us About Environmental and Human Health? 

Tyrone Hayes, Professor of Biology, UC Berkeley 


North Coast Education Summit 2006 2

What is this 

summit really about? 

Our overarching theme is: Education, Democracy and Social Justice 

This week at our summit, over 1,000 educators, activists, policymakers, parents, students and 

community members will debate the issues of our time with a goal of reinvigorating our classrooms, 

strengthening our public life, and energizing our local communities in pioneering and sustainable ways. 

This year, the summit puts forward three major questions for all participants and faculty members to 

consider: 

1 How do we reclaim public spaces as common spaces fostering intercultural dialogue? 

How do we reshape public educational spaces into sites that will invite all of us to: 

• work across differences in race, culture, socioeconomic class, education levels 

• mediate conflicting priorities 

• discover shared visions and values 

• move out of those spaces equipped to change the larger world? 

2 How might education and its practitioners foster and sustain full and active participation 

in democracy’s institutions and support a more equitable, peaceful, and environmentally 

sustainable future? 

“Education” here might include, but is not limited to: 

• K–12 schools and higher education 

• Media and technological literacy 

• Political and workplace organizing 

• The arts and cultural work 

• Entrepreneurship 

• Community self-help organizations and activist groups 

• Knowledge & folk wisdoms generated out of grassroots efforts 

3 What models of teaching and learning best promote an active and engaged citizenry? 

What pedagogies and what forms and models of schools, colleges and universities, 

workplaces, and informal learning communities most effectively promote the education 

of all for civic engagement and, in the process, foster cultural regeneration, creativity, 

innovation, and sustainability? 

While all three questions will be tackled in various keynote addresses and workshops throughout the 

summit, we’re going to focus most intensively on a single question each day: Question #1 on Friday, 

#2 on Saturday, and #3 on Sunday. 

We’ll be asking summit participants to register your own viewpoints on these questions. Make 

YOUR voice heard by filling out the forms available at the Summit Registration Desk in Goodwin 

Forum and at all keynote sessions. 

North Coast Education Summit 2006

Office of the President 

February 2, 2006 

Dear Participant in the North Coast Education Summit 2006, 

Welcome to Arcata, Humboldt State University (HSU), and our fourth North Coast Education Summit. We are 

delighted that you have joined us for our three-day series of over 200 workshops, activities, keynote addresses, 

and hot-topic debates. 

In a short amount of time, this event has become special to many of us in Humboldt County. Not only does it 

provide us with the opportunity to present some of the exciting and innovative programs in both our local K-12 

schools and our two institutions of higher education (HSU and College of the Redwoods), but it draws together 

many of the cutting-edge thinkers who live and work on the North Coast. 

This year, we are delighted with some additional new tracks at our summit, including a track focused on 

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, organized by Maggie Gainer; a track highlighting 

emerging programs focused on Native American Issues in Education, organized by Kevin Simmons; and a track 

focused on critical issues facing colleges and universities (Teaching in Higher Education), organized by Sally 

Botzler. These tracks, combined with our long-standing focus on best practices in K–12 classrooms, model 

public school programs, educational policy issues, environment and community, and community organizing 

and activism, create a very strong and exciting program. 

We at Humboldt State University—in partnership with many local sponsors—are happy again to host this 

event and encourage all people to come together as we tackle tough challenges facing schools and society. 

Enjoy the summit and, while you are here take advantage of our beautiful location and the many opportunities 

provided in our local communities. 

Best wishes, 

Rollin C. Richmond, President 

Humboldt State University

February 2, 2006 

Hello, 

After a year’s hiatus, the North Coast Education Summit has returned, bigger and better than ever! 

This year we again have expanded our program, this time to include a strong focus on teaching in higher education, 

entrepreneurship and small-business development, charter schools, and academic literacy. 

We’ve also added three key overarching questions that will guide our conversations and keynote addresses this 

weekend (see page 3). We are delighted to have a strong list of sponsoring organizations and to bring to our rural 

area some innovative and visionary thinkers who will work with us locally to grapple with many of the challenges 

we face in our schools and institutions of higher education, our region, our state, and our nation. 

We are already looking ahead to 2007 and seek your help and input as we intend to move the summit to a new 

level over the next year. Clearly our original vision, as a small gathering of teachers and other educators, has 

been widely expanded, both in terms of the scale of the event and the breadth of the programming. 

For 2007, we are considering several significant changes: 

• Creating a steering committee comprised of local teachers, academics from HSU and College of the Redwoods, 

local activists and organizers, parents, small-business owners, and journalists who will work this spring to 

re-vision the event and launch it anew for 2007; 

• Identifying a new name and logo for the event in order to capture the full breadth of programming and topics 

with which we grapple; 

• Seeking funding to advertise the summit throughout the West as a mid-winter opportunity for teachers, 

academics, activists, and organizers to come together and share innovative thinking and new approaches to 

contemporary challenges. 

If you have enjoyed the summit and have ideas or want to get involved in building next year’s event, please know 

that we need people to come forward right now. This event has no paid staff and is entirely dependent on the kindness 

of strangers. So please get involved soon. Drop by one of these two meetings: 

• Wednesday, February 15th at 7:30 pm at Harry Griffith Hall 209 

• Thursday, February 16th at 11:30 am at Harry Griffith Hall 209 

If you can’t make a meeting or live at a distance, you can still get involved. Please contact me at er7@humboldt. 

edu or (707) 826-3735 in the next week or two. 

Again, thanks for making the 2006 summit a great success and please help us begin 

building the 2007 summit today. 

My thanks, 

Eric Rofes 

Coordinator, North Coast Education Summit 2006

General Information 

Important items to note before you begin your summit experience . . . 

This event is meant to be fun, energizing, relaxing, and renewing. Please take a moment to consider ways you can step out 

of your usual busy life and give yourself a gift of participation in the event. Consider attending some of the field trips and activities off campus; think 

about attending a workshop on a topic that is of interest to you but as yet unexamined; take time off from the summit if you feel tired or overwhelmed; 

and make use of the event as a time for renewing old friendships with colleagues and discovering some new ones! 

ADDENDUM: Be sure to review the addendum sheet, an insert in your program book. This includes last-minute additions, cancellations, and 

changes—including room changes. Please take out a pen and take the time to mark up your program book with these corrections so that you can avoid 

trouble and confusion over the next three days. 

ROOM LOCATIONS: We did our best with room locations, however, the size and the scale of the summit continues to grow significantly. We have 

managed on Saturday and Sunday to situate most of the workshops in the same general part of the campus. This was not possible on Friday, as HSU 

classes are in session and these classes are already assigned to most of the usable spaces on campus. We also had to fit our schedule within the HSU 

class schedule on Friday, and this explains the shorter time between some sessions. Please bear with us on Friday and plan your schedule carefully. We 

will provide all participants with campus maps at the registration desk. If you get tired of walking on our hilly campus, feel free to flag down the minibus 

provided by Disabled Student Services. They are here to support all summit participants in moving around the campus. 

NAMETAGS: Wear your nametag at all times. It is your entrance ticket into workshops, special events, field trips, and keynote sessions. Please 

keep close guard on your nametag this weekend. And please note that we only included your name on the nametag, not your affiliation with a school, 

organization, or university. This was a decision we made because we want to encourage all of us to step outside our usual work roles and job identities 

and bring to the summit all of who we are; we want to help all of us avoid feeling constrained by titles, stature, and the power structures of various 

systems of education. 

EVALUATIONS: Fill out your Summit Evaluation Form. This form should be stuffed into your program book. Keep notes on it throughout the 

summit. This is how those of us organizing the event learn what’s working and what’s not. Be sure to leave it in the box in the registration area in 

Goodwin Forum. If you take it with you, mail it to NCES 2006, Department of Education, HSU, Arcata, CA 95521. We need to hear your feedback to 

continue to develop and refine our summit! Thanks for your help! 

CHILD CARE: After exploring ways to provide childcare at this event, the Summit Organizing Committee found many formidable barriers (space, 

resources, and insurance) to providing on-site childcare. Instead we ask people with children to arrange their own childcare during the event and request 

reimbursements for your expenses on the registration form. You can fill out a child-care reimbursement form when you register on-line for the Summit 

or pick up a form at the registration desk. 

DINING: Beverages and pastries have been provided during much of the summit. Registrants are invited to stop by Redwood Peace and Justice 

Center food booth in the registration area (Goodwin Forum in Nelson Hall East) to enjoy these snacks. If you seek lunch on Friday, Saturday and 

Sunday, you might visit their booth or walk or drive into Arcata and enjoy our many fine restaurants, or you might visit the food table in Goodwin 

Forum or stop in at the Depot (on Friday) or the Jolly Giant Commons Dining Room (on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) on campus where they have 

terrific breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner foods, including vegetarian treats! 

PARKING: A parking permit is required from 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday. No permit should be required for Friday evening, Saturday, or Sunday, 

but do check with the parking monitor on Harpst Street. Daily parking permits may be purchased from the dispenser on Harpst Street. This permit is 

valid in most lots. Any special parking needs should be directed to Parking and Commuter Services at (707) 826-3773. 

REGISTRATION: All participants and presenters must either pre-register or register at the Registration Desk in Goodwin Forum. You will receive 

a nametag and summit program book. Registration for the North Coast Education Summit was coordinated and managed by the HSU Extended 

Education Office until January 9 th and, since that time, it has been overseen by a team of faculty, staff, and students from the Department of Education. 

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM: It is important to the Summit Organizing Committee that the entire summit be accessible to students, retired 

people, and people with limited financial resources. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we were able to produce a professional, three-day summit with a 

very low registration fee of $40. Yet even this fee is too steep for some interested parties. Hence we’ve offered scholarships to people who could not afford 

the full cost of the event and offer low-cost admission to HSU, CR, and high school students. We want to thank our sponsors and our other registrants 

who donated to the scholarship fund for making it possible to welcome all participants to this event regardless of financial resources. 


General Information 

TABLES FOR LITERATURE: We will include tables for the distribution of literature about activities involving education, schools, organizing, 

activism or anything else in Nelson Hall East. Feel free to leave your literature there for folks to peruse and pick up! If your organization wants to set up 

a table at the event, visit our website (www.humboldt.edu/~edsummit) and review our guidelines and fees. 

ZERO-WASTE EVENT: The North Coast Education Summit 2006 has become well-known for its celebration of education in all its forms 

and its commitment to democracy and social justice. Each, year, a strong thread of workshops and speeches at the summit has examined pressing 

environmental issues. In keeping with this commitment for social and environmental sustainability, we have decided to take a bold step forward and 

strive to make the 2006 summit a Zero-Waste Event. As a participant, there are at least three ways that you can help us work towards our goal of zero 

waste: 

1. Bring your own mug and food ware (i.e. utensils, plate, cloth napkins etc) 

2. Make a conscious effort to reduce the amount of materials you use. 

3. Embrace our collective efforts toward zero waste and encourage others to do the same. 

The guiding principle of zero waste is a whole-systems approach to both product design and consumption. The idea seeks to follow nature’s example: 

all materials are cycled back for productive use. We will provide you with lots of information about zero-waste efforts at the summit and we will offer 

workshops that will assist you in making your home, your school, and your community into zero-waste sites. 

Both the organizers and the participants at the summit will work energetically to create an event that not only makes an effort to recycle and eliminate 

our event’s contribution to landfill, but also to explore ways in which our over-consumption can affect other living things around the world. We hope that 

our successes will inspire and become a model for other educational events, for local schools and classrooms, and for community organizations that are 

committed to social and environmental justice. We expect to learn a lot from our attempt this year and aim to continue to strive for zero waste-events in 

the future. For more information about zero waste check out Grass Roots Recycling Network and Zero Waste Alliance. 

CONFLICTING SESSIONS: We’ve tried to carefully plan the schedule to avoid placing all the workshops on a similar topic, say, bullying 

in schools, for example, at the same time. Sometimes we could not avoid creating conflicts due to workshop leader preferences, room/equipment 

availability, or other factors. Also, be sure to consult your addendum, inserted into each program book, for last-minute room changes, additions, and 

cancellations. 

SO MANY CHOICES: We know that you may want to attend several workshops that are taking place at the same time. Last year we had several 

participants note on their evaluation forms that they believed we should schedule only a very few workshops at a time. We thought over this proposal 

and decided to do otherwise, because we want many of our workshops to be intimate learning activities, rather than large lectures filled with 200 people. 

We ask all participants to understand that making difficult choices is a part of attending a professional development gathering like this and to view this 

abundance as a positive sign of the rich talents we were fortunate to attract to our event this year. 

WORKSHOP TRACKS: Below some of the workshop descriptions that follow, we have listed the names of key tracks of which the workshop is a 

part. Keep in mind that these are not formal or rigid tracks, but simply intended to assist participants as they put together their schedule. 

SPECIAL SYMBOLS: Please note the following symbols that we will use in the text adjacent to specific types of activity sessions 

U Extended Workshop Session 

Time to Eat! 

Field Trips and Special Tours (on or off campus) 

STANDING-ROOM ONLY: Because we do not have the capacity to pre-enroll participants in specific workshops, please know that some 

sessions will be jam-packed and others are likely to have fewer participants. As educators, activists, and community organizers, we should all work to 

make the best of these situations. Please note that workshop leaders have been told that, should participation reach their desired capacity for a session or 

a room to become overly full, they have the right to place a note on the door indicating that the session is full. In such a case, we ask all who are turned 

away to select another workshop session. 

PRESENTER NO-SHOWS: If you show up for a workshop and the presenter does not, please notify Eric Rofes or someone at the registration 

desk in the green & gold room. This will help us screen presenters more carefully in future years. 

Please review closely the rich mix of workshops and activities on the following pages. There is a lot going on here and we’ve found that things work best 

when folks take the time to mull over the program and create their own unique menu of selections for the weekend. 


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Thursday, 5:00 pm – :00 pm 

GREENPEACE CAMPUS ACTIVIST TRAINING 

IN ACTION 

You will help coordinate a local action as part of the Greenpeace Kleercut 

campaign. You’ll gain hands-on experience that will involve pulling off a 

guided local action of strategic importance while building your own organizing 

skills. On Thursday we’ll begin with a briefing on the Greenpeace 

campaign to enable us to launch our local efforts utilizing skills such as action 

planning, community outreach, corporate pressure tactics, and media 

work. This will be an exciting challenge and requires a willingness to dive 

in and make a campaign action happen on a condensed timeline. Please 

familiarize yourself with the campaign at www.kleercut.net. No prior coordinating 

experience is necessary but a flexible and open mind is. 

*This is the first of four meetings during the summit weekend for the organizing 

team. Please attend all four meetings and experience the activist 

training first-hand! 

LINDSEY ALLEN is an organizer for Greenpeace, based out of San Francisco. 

For the past few months she has worked with students to pressure 

Kimberly-Clark, the makers of Kleenex, to increase their recycled content 

and end their role in the destruction of the boreal forest of North America. 

As the National Student Organizer for the Greenpeace forest campaign 

she specializes in local university campaigns and international corporate 

campaigns. She graduated from Humboldt State University in May 2004 

with a degree in Anthropology and minors in Women’s Studies and Ethnic 

Studies. She began her organizing career with the HSU Women’s Resource 

Center in 2002 before moving on to work with the State PIRGs, Environment 

California and, now, Greenpeace. Contact her at lindsey.allen@sfo. 

greenpeace.org. 

Nelson Hall East 116 

Thursday Workshops & Activities 

Thursday, : 0 pm — Social Justice Keynote Event 

POST /11, POST 2004 ELECTIONS, POST KATRINA: 

IS THIS OUR MOMENT FOR CHANGE? 

SUZANNE PHARR, author of In the Time of the Right: Reflections on Liberation 

Suzanne Pharr is the former director of the Highlander Center in New Market, 

Tennessee. She is the founder of the Women’s Project in Arkansas, where she was on 

the staff for 19 years. Suzanne also worked as a lead strategist and media officer for the 

No on 9 Campaign for a Hate-Free Oregon. For the past three decades, her work has 

focused on building a multi-racial, multi-issue progressive movement. Suzanne is the 

author of Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism and In the Time of the Right: Reflections 

on Liberation. She is widely considered to be one of the nation’s most knowledgeable 

experts on the Right. Suzanne can be reached at pharr39@bellsouth.net. 

Introduction by Maria Corral-Ribordy, Ethnic Studies 

Poets: Courtney Terry and Gustavo Sanchez 

Performance by Spare Change 

Supported by the HSU Women’s Enrichment Fund 

Kate Buchanan Room 

North Coast Education Summit 2006 

Photo by Martha Haynes

Friday, 9:30 am – 11:00 am SESSION 1 

Friday, 8: 0 am 

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OPENING MORNING RECEPTIONS 

If you are planning on participating in either of the following 

two tracks, please consider joining in a special kickoff 

reception and meet colleagues who will be attending sessions 

in these tracks. 

CHARTER SCHOOL TRACK RECEPTION 

Agate Room, Jolly Giant Compound 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SMALL BUSINESS 

DEVELOPMENT TRACK RECEPTION 

Kate Buchanan Room - B, University Center 

Friday, : 0 am – 11:00 am Session 1 

KEEP LITERACY ALIVE THROUGH MUSIC 

Come experience new ways to integrate standards-based music in your 

classroom instruction using balanced literacy while maintaining your 

pacing with your reading program. Shared reading lessons, interactive 

writing and writing prompts, center activities, and other strategies will be 

shared. Songs include: There’s a Whole Lot of Learning Going On, Yes I’m 

a Reader, We Won’t Stress When We Assess and Paragraphin’ Rappin’. 

RON BOREN is Teacher and Literacy Coordinator for the Modesto City 

Schools and teaches third grade in a sheltered classroom. He has written 

and produced four standards-based CD’s for classroom instruction. 

He travels to reading conferences and school districts during his off-track 

time. He has two school-wide assemblies: We Won’t Stress When We Assess 

and Character of a Great Nation. He can be reached at Boren2tch@ 

aol.com. 

Harry Griffith Hall 203 

OUTSIDE IN: INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL 

EDUCATION INTO THE K–12 CURRICULUM 

In this workshop, teachers working in the local community will discuss 

their experiences integrating environmental education into the general 

education curriculum for K-12 students. Appreciation for nature can be an 

integral part of a positive learning environment and can lead both to enhancing 

the natural environment and creating great personal growth. By 

taking lessons outside of the classroom for hands-on experiential coursework, 

teachers can ensure that learning becomes more enjoyable, meaningful, 

and fulfilling for both students and teachers. 

ELAINE GRAY is the retired superintendent for Freshwater School District. 

She can be reached at egray2347@yahoo.com. 

KRISTIN PITSENBARGER is a first-year graduate student in the Environment 

and Community MA Program at HSU. She can be reached at kmp30@ 

humboldt.edu. She will be joined by ADRIANA GUZMAN (rae317@juno. 

com) and MARLENE GOMEZ (mg84@humboldt.edu). 

Forestry 105 

QueSTiOn OF The DAy 

how do we reclaim public spaces that 

foster and promote intercultural dialogue? 

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NURTURE AND EMPOWER: GIVING CHILDREN THE 

TOOLS TO DISMANTLE AND BUILD A DIFFERENT 

HOUSE 

Members of marginalized communities are highly skilled at survival, 

even under the most desperate situations. As caregivers to our children, 

we are responsible for providing basic necessities. However, the complex 

social systems in which our lives are embedded dictate that we socialize 

our children for survival beyond mere physical needs. Using a roundtable 

discussion format, this workshop will address the following questions: 

How do we manage the delicate contradiction of subverting the dominant 

world while trying to survive in it? How do we teach our children to thrive 

without robbing them of their humanity? What are some of the tactics we 

may employ to maintain a balance? This presentation 

welcomes those who are interested in addressing the 

needs of all the youth in our community. 

MARIA CORRAL-RIBORDY is a graduate student 

in the Department of Education and a lecturer in Ethnic 

Studies at Humboldt State University. She is also 

the mother of two teenage boys, ages 13 and 14, and 

can be contacted at maru@cox.net. 

CANDICE RICE is the mother of two boys, ages 9 and 

5, is on staff at the HSU Women’s Resource Center, 

and is an ethnic studies major at Humboldt State University. 

She can be reached at davincia@sbcglobal.net. 


THE POWER OF PROTECTION: LEARN TO 

INCORPORATE A CHILD-FRIENDLY SEXUAL 

ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM INTO YOUR 

CLASSROOM. 

This interactive workshop provides teachers with classroom tools that 

help children establish personal boundaries and identify ways to appropriately 

interact with others. Specific rules for “private parts” and 

methods of seeking help when feeling violated are outlined. The question 

“What is normal childhood sexual behavior?” will be a topic of 

discussion, as well as the teacher’s role in identifying and reporting 

child abuse. 

TERI VODDEN, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 

20 years experience working with children and their families. She was 

a founding member of the Humboldt County Child Abuse Services 

Team and is an established expert court witness in the area of child 

abuse. She has facilitated workshops on the subject of sexual abuse for 

schools, police departments, mental health facilities and child welfare 

agencies. She can be reached at tvodden@pon.net. 


Presenters with audio-visual issues: 

call eric Van duzer, staffing the phones now: 

826-3726


CREATIVE DRAMA AND CURRICULUM 

This workshop will demonstrate the skill of taking any lesson plan and 

turning it into an enjoyable, exciting and fulfilling experience for both the 

teacher and student. Using simple strategies and a little creativity allows 

students to be completely engaged while they absorb the information from 

a lesson. This technique is typically characterized as creative drama for 

the classroom and has been proven to be an effective teaching tool. 

TINAMARIE IVEY teaches creative drama for the classroom at HSU and 

offers an all-day creative drama workshop for professional development 

through HSU Extended Education. Tina has been teaching drama as a 

resident artist for the past eight years in both Humboldt County and in 

Southern California. She has been a grantee of the California Arts Council 

and Humboldt Area Foundation and returns each summer as a lecturer 

at College of the Redwoods for the Upward Bound program. She can be 

reached at parafraze@earthlink.net. 

Kate Buchanan Room - A, University Center 

GENDER IDENTITY AND SCHOOL 

ENVIRONMENTS: PROTECTING TRANSGENDER 

AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING STUDENTS 

On January 1, 2005, the Hate Crimes Omnibus Bill (SB 1234), signed 

by Governor Schwarzenegger, went into effect. Among other provisions, 

the law amends the California Student Safety and Violence 

Prevention Act of 2000 by modifying the definition of “gender” as it 

appears in Penal Code Section 422.56(c). The Student Safety Act prohibits 

discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation 

and gender in educational institutions statewide. For purposes of the 

act, the definition of “gender” includes a person’s “gender identity and 

gender related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically 

associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth.” 

In light of the Student Safety Act, school districts have begun to update 

their nondiscrimination and harassment policies and to adopt practical 

measures to protect gender non-conforming youth from possible 

harassment or violence. The Transgender Law Center offers this workshop 

conducted by an experienced attorney, for school administrators, 

educators, and attorneys representing school districts. The goal of the 

workshop is to provide information about the Student Safety Act, with 

particular emphasis on gender and gender identity, as well as practical 

solutions for California educators.. The session 

will discuss implications both for K-12 

schools and higher education. 

CHRISTOPHER DALEY is Director of the 

Transgender Law Center. Chris is a 2001 

graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at UC 

Berkeley. After coordinating the Transgender 

Law Project at the National Center for 

Lesbian Rights for a year, he became the 

Co-Director of the newly created Transgender 

Law Center in 2002. He has worked on 

transgender student safety issues over the 

past four years, including helping San Francisco 

Unified School District and Los Angeles 

Unified School District create guidelines 

for implementing the state gender identity non-discrimination law. He 

can be reached at chris@transgenderlawcenter.org. 

U Extended Session: 9:30-12:30 

Mad River Room, Jolly Giant Compound 

VIDEO SCREENING: 

TO HAvE ANd TO BE (Etre et Avoir) (2002) 

Eric Rofes has called this remarkable French film “the single best 

movie I’ve seen which captures the magic of teaching.” The Internet 

Movie Database plot summary reads: “How do we learn to live with 

others and their wishes? Director Nicolas Philibert poses this question 

in a village one-room schoolhouse in Auvergne, where Georges 

Lopez teaches 13 children, ages ranging from about four to 12. Against 

a landscape of mountains and farmland, from driving snow to rain to 

sun, the children gather in Lopez’s warm and colorful classroom, to 

read, write dictation, cook, and sort things out. At home, the older ones 

do homework with parents after their chores. At year’s end, they look 

ahead to the next, visiting the middle school and meeting the little ones 

coming in the fall. As they learn sums and adjectives, with Lopez’s 

help, they also learn to live side by side.” 104 minutes. 


PUBLIC RELATIONS & CHARTERS: GETTING YOUR 

MESSAGE OUT THROUGH THE PRESS 

The success and well-being of the charter school movement depends upon 

how well the public understands charter schools. This session will discuss 

how charter schools and supporters can strategically tell their story 

through the media, both locally and statewide. The session will also spotlight 

activities and strategies that raise support among elected officials, 

community leaders and other key stakeholders. Panelists will discuss stories 

and lessons from the experience of schools and state associations, and 

share practical suggestions on how best to communicate charter school 

key messages and work with the media. 

In this session, participants will: (1) Learn about successful public messaging 

efforts and strategies used by individual charter schools and state 

charter leaders and, (2) Learn how to engage and effectively communicate 

with important stakeholders and the media. 

Interested attendees should include parents, 

developers, funders, the business community, 

local, state and national policymakers, chartergranting 

entities/authorizers and school staff. 

GARY LARSON is the Vice President of Communications 

for the California Charter Schools 

Association. Gary also served for two years as 

Director of Communications the California 

Network of Educational Charters (CANEC). 

Gary develops and implements the public messaging 

strategy for the state’s charter school 

movement and trains the state’s charter school community in effectively 

engaging the press. He can be reached at garyl@charterassociation.org. 

Charter Schools 


11 North Coast Education Summit 2006


THE JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITY- 

BASED RESEARCH: THREE PROFESSORS SHARE 

THEIR RESEARCH 

Community-based research has long been trumpeted as one possible way 

to challenge traditional hierarchies and power dynamics in academic research 

and to produce new knowledges that cross disciplinary paradigms 

and cultural divides. Yet academics often mean very different things when 

they use the term “community-based research,” and often discover a range 

of barriers to overcome and challenges to be confronted as they attempt to 

create research methodologies that promote decolonization while simultaneously 

being accepted as credible within academic circles. 

In this workshop, three HSU professors share their own perspectives 

on the challenges and joys of conducting community-based research. 

Kim Berry is conducting activist research on a new social movement of 

women living outside the institution of marriage in northwestern India. 

Manolo Callahan is linking popular education techniques and comparative 

community research strategies as part of a broader effort to explore 

the political possibilities of autonomous movement building. Eric Rofes 

has spent much of the past decade using a mix of methods (popular education, 

life-history interviews, walking-tour storytelling) to capture diverse 

perspectives on the ways in which gay men of various races, classes, and 

geographic locations forged identity and community in the 1970s, the decade 

preceding AIDS. The professors will share their research and discuss 

specific obstacles they have faced in attempting to interrupt traditional 

dynamics between researchers and study participants. 

KIM BERRY is Associate Professor and Program Leader of Women’s Studies 

at HSU. She received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from Cornell University 

in 1997. She has worked with feminist organizations in India and has 

conducted research on rural Indian women’s movements, single women in 

rural India, and economic and cultural imperialism in US-sponsored development 

programs for Indian women. Kim’s email is kb14@humboldt.edu. 

MANOLO CALLAHAN is Assistant Professor in the Ethnic Studies Program 

at HSU. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in 

US-Mexico Borderlands/Chicano Studies in 2003. He is also a member 

of Accion Zapatista, a network of activists in California and Texas who 

support the ESLN while exploring Zapatismo locally. He can be reached 

at mc92@humboldt.edu. 

ERIC ROFES is Associate Professor of Education and Program Leader of 

Leadership Studies at HSU. He received his Ph.D. in Social and Cultural 

Studies in Education from UC Berkeley in 1999. He conducts monthly 

walking tours of San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood focused on 

gay men’s cultures of the 1970s. He can be reached at er7@humboldt.edu. 


THE ALPHABET SOUP OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

API, AYP, NCLB, SARC FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS 

AND OTHERS 

The federal No Child Left Behind law and the state Education Code place 

numerous requirements on schools to demonstrate that they are doing a 

good job. Accountability programs call for your school to show evidence of 

complying with these laws. Learn how to conquer your API scores, calculate 

instructional minutes, design and present your school calendar, report 

Advanced Placement, and compare your results with district data. Master 

the School Academic Report Card and use it to identify opportunities for 

future improvement. 

ALICE MILLER is a founder of three California charter schools, including 

California’s first charter, the San Carlos Charter Learning Center. Alice 

has held numerous positions in the charter world, including school director, 

financial officer, technical officer, and counselor. Alice worked for the Cali- 


fornia Network of Educational Charters (CANEC) and provided technical 

support to the U.S. Charter Schools Network for many years. Alice is currently 

the Help Desk Technical Expert for the California Charter Schools 

Association. She can be reached at alicem@charterassociation.org. 


Founders Hall 118 

A ROLLING THINK TANK: IN WHAT WAYS HAS 

THE CURRENT INCARNATION OF THE RIGHT 

AFFECTED YOUR LIFE, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR 

COMMUNITY? 

This session, one of five such gatherings taking place during the summit, 

attempts to bring together students and community activists to share experiences 

and stories related to living through the current political moment. 

Suzanne Pharr, the organizer, will use popular education methods to spark 

a rolling conversation throughout the summit about the ways that today’s 

social, economic, and political context presents both obstacles and opportunities 

for social movements. After the facilitator presents a 20-minute 

overview of the current incarnation of the Right, participants will tackle 

three questions: (1) How have you, your family, your work been impacted? 

(2) What kind of new thinking do we need to do? (3) What are strategies 

for putting that new thinking into effect? Each session will be limited to the 

first eight people either signing up for it at the summit registration desk 

in Goodwin Forum, Nelson Hall East, or arriving at the room. We will attempt 

to mix HSU students and local community activists. 

SUZANNE PHARR is the former director of the Highlander Center in 

New Market, Tennessee. She is the founder of the Women’s Project in Arkansas, 

where she was on the staff for 19 years. Suzanne also worked as a 

lead strategist and media officer for the No on 9 Campaign for a Hate-Free 

Oregon. For the past three decades, her work has focused on building a 

multi-racial, multi-issue progressive movement. Suzanne is the author of 

Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism and In the Time of the Right: Reflections 

on Liberation. She is widely considered to be one of the nation’s most 

knowledgeable experts on the Right. Suzanne can be reached at pharr39@ 

bellsouth.net. 


SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR FIRST-GENERATION 

GRADUATE STUDENTS 

A panel of first-generation graduate students (those who are the first 

in their family to attend graduate school) offers tips and insights regarding 

how to survive graduate school. The panelists discuss the issues 

they have faced and the hurdles they have had to overcome. This 

is intended to be a candid, no-holds-barred discussion of the real-life 

academic experiences of people in graduate school today. 

NICK SKY is a second-year graduate student in the NRPI program. 

He is a first-generation graduate student and can be reached at nick. 

sky@sbcglobal.net. 

JOSEPHINE JOHNSON is a second-year graduate student studying 

composition in the English department. She is a first-generation graduate 

student. 

JAMES BRAGG is a graduate student in the Environment and Community 

MA Program. He is a first-generation graduate student. 

Founders Hall 179


TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR 

SUSTAINABILITY AND SUCCESS IN START-UP 

BUSINESSES 

Presenters will introduce principles and techniques of Total Quality Management 

(TQM) in a 15-20 minute primer. The primer will apply TQM to 

the context of planning and managing for ecological, economic, and social 

sustainability (triple-bottom-line) and success of start-up businesses. After 

the primer, participants will form small groups for approximately 30 

minutes. The groups will use one member’s business concept to identify 

specific activities to manage for sustainability and success in the value 

adding process. After discussion, the small groups will rejoin the larger 

group. For 30-40 minutes the larger group will discuss the results of the 

small group. The goals of the workshop are that: 1) participants will become 

familiar with TQM’s application to sustainability management; 2) 

participants will gain skills to think and to plan stratigically for triplebottom-line 

success; 3) participants will use a framework for guiding the 

process of identifying specific sustainability 

and value adding activities. 

DR. MIKE THOMAS is an accounting professor 

specializing in management accounting 

systems at HSU. As an award-winning 

educator, author, and researcher, Dr. Thomas 

brings a wealth of knowledge and real-world 

experience in strategic planning and profitability 

analysis to the workshop. He also is 

a former consultant with the Small Business 

Administration, and small business owner. 

He can be reached at mft5@humboldt.edu. 

BRANDON HEMENWAY is an undergraduate 

student in HSU’s Business Department. 

He is also currently President of the Sustainable 

Entrepreneurs Network (SEN), a student 

organization dedicated to empowering 

students interested in sustainability and entrepreneurship. 

Brandon has participated in 

the start-up of two businesses—an insurance 

agency and a bumper sticker & t-shirt business. 

Most recently, Brandon has received 

great acclaim in the HSU community for 

organizing the SEN sustainable organic vegestand 

during the month of October on the HSU quad. He can be reached 

at brandon21@cox.net. 

Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development 

Kate Buchanan Room-B, University Center 

GOING BEYOND THE ONLINE SYLLABUS: 

INTEGRATING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES 

INTO YOUR CURRICULUM 

This workshop focuses on the effective use of technologies in the classroom. 

This focus includes the hardware side, such as using laptops and 

data projectors in place of overheads, as well as the software side, such 

as the use of learning management systems like Moodle. Additional subtopics 

might include using concept-mapping tools like Inspiration, online 

image galleries, developing and monitoring online discussion forums, creating 

online assessment tools, and virtual communities. 

RILEY QUARLES is Manager of HSU Instructional Media Services. He 

holds an MA in Education from George Washington University. He can be 

reached at rq1@humboldt.edu. 

TODD STONE is the Coordinator of HSU’s Learning Management Systems 

and holds an MA in Distance Learning from University of Phoenix. 

He can be reached at ms7@humboldt.edu. 

MICHAEL PENNEY is the Learning Management Systems Project Manager 

at HSU. He can be reached at mmp5@humboldt.edu. 

JOAN VAN DUZER works as an Instructional Technologist at Humboldt 

State University where she assists faculty with instructional design and 

technical support in the development of high-quality online courses using 

both commercial and open source software. She holds a BS in Computer 

Information Systems and an MS in Education with a specialization in Online 

Teaching and Learning. Contact Joan at joan@humboldt.edu. 

U Extended Session: 9:30–12:30 

Teaching in Higher Education 

Moonstone Beach Room, Jolly Giant Compound 

LEARNER-CENTERED TEACHING IN THE COLLEGE 

CLASSROOM 

What is learner-centered teaching? How is it possible to cover required 

content while being learner-centered in our teaching? In this workshop, 

you will explore the the various dimensions of a research-based, learnercentered 

teaching framework and discover how you may be able to apply 

learner-centered strategies in your teaching and still achieve your content 

goals. 

DR. DEBORAH L. NOLAN has a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Adult 

Studies (with a specialization in college teaching) from the University of 

Denver. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Education at the College 

of the Redwoods (CR) in Eureka, California, and works with preservice 

teachers and paraprofessionals. Prior to joining CR, she was Assistant 

Professor of Education at a community college in Colorado, a teacher 

education program administrator, a consultant within the educational 

software industry, and a university education grants administrator. She 

also taught elementary school in California for six years. Dr. Nolan can be 

reached at deborah-nolan@redwoods.edu. 


Klamath River Room, Jolly Giant Compound 

Tasty treats and healthy lunch food 

is available at the 

Redwood Peace & Justice Center 

booth in Goodwin Forum! 

SHARING DISCOURSES: REPURPOSING ‘FORMS 

OF JUDGMENT’ AND RECOVERING RUBRICS 

In this interactive workshop, participants will spend time with student 

writing and then explore the ways in which teacher- and student-created 

evaluation rubrics can enhance the writing curriculum. Professor Duckart 

will model student-centered pedagogy that applies across curricula and 

grade levels 

TRACY DUCKART serves on the Redwood Writing Project Leadership 

Team. She is an experienced teacher of writing, and is currently teaching 

in HSU’s English Department. She can be reached at tdd2@humboldt. 

edu. 

Academic Literacy 



Friday, 11:00 am – 12:15 pm SESSION 1 

AN ESSENTIAL SEMINAR 

FOR K–12 EDUCATORS 

UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC 

SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA 

If you are involved in public schools as a teacher, administrator, parent, 

student, or policymaker, you want to attend this unique session. 

This workshop was requested by summit organizers to provide local 

educators and people becoming teachers with a brief demystification 

of education funding in our state. 

How did California drop from 6th in per pupil school funding to 35th? 

How does Proposition 98 work and has it really protected school funding 

since its enactment in 1988? Why do some school districts receive 

much more per pupil funding than others? In an era of chronic state 

budget deficits, are there any solutions to school funding inequities? 

These mysteries and more will be discussed in lay terms for all affected 

by the California public education system. 

LEE LIPPS is a school finance specialist for the California Teachers 

Association. His responsibilities include individual school district budget 

analyses, sitting on fact-finding panels, and analyzing the financial 

impact of proposed state education legislation. He recently served on 

the state committees that revised the K-12 Criteria and Standards and 

the State K–12 Audit Guide. Contact him at llipps@cta.org. 


LUNCH BREAK 

Consider enjoying a hearty lunch at the Depot, on the first floor of University Center, or at the J in the Jolly Giant 

Commons nearby. Perhaps you might visit the food booth in Goodwin Forum, Nelson Hall East and pick up a 

snack. Met any interesting people today? Why not invite them to lunch? 

TWO SPECIAL LUNCHEON OPPORTUNITIES 


CHARTER SCHOOL TRACK 

KEYNOTE PANEL 

THE PAST AND FUTURE 

FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS 

IN CALIFORNIA 

Join two HSU professors and representatives 

of the California Association of Charter 

Schools for a lunch-time public conversation 

on the first decade of charters schools in 

California. How has the charter movement 

fared when placed alongside its original vision? 

What surprises and unexpected consequences 

have occurred as a result of the 

initiation of charters? Where do we think the 

state’s charter movement will head over the 

next decade? 

NICK DRIVER 

ERIC ROFES and PATTY YANCEY, 

HSU Department of Education 

NICK DRIVER, GARY LARSON, and BRANCHé JONES, California 

Charter Schools Association 

FREE AL KALIMA, FREE THE WORD, slam poets from Six Rivers 

Charter High School in Arcata will lead off this session: MacKenzie 

Greene-Powell, Deema Al Shamaa, Erin Davis, Rachel Matteri, Megan 

Davis, Jeff Kieser 

The Depot, Banquet Room 

Dine at “The J” 

on the top floor of the Jolly Giant Commons at HSU! 

Located on the top floor of the Jolly Giant Commons is “The J”, offering great views of the redwoods and ocean 

and great food for a reasonable price. With its pleasant atmosphere,The “J” provides a place for diners to come 

relax with friends and enjoy a meal. The menu offers a wide selection, with full meals, vegetarian entrees, salad bars, 

fresh fruit, baked goods, and pre-packaged snacks, as well as a sandwich line during lunch and ‘cook-your-own’ bar 

at breakfast and brunch. 

At lunch and brunch “The J” offers a salad bar which has a variety of salad toppings as well as assorted salads. 

There will be two different soups offered, including a vegetarian selection. At lunch the restaurant offers a hot food 

line with a choice of different entrees and also a custom sandwich bar with assorted breads, cheeses and meats. 

• Friday: Breakfast available from 7:15–9:45 a.m. 

• Continental Breakfast from 9:45–10:30 a.m. 

• Lunch from 10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. 

• Dinner from 4:30–6:30 p.m. 

Saturday and Sunday: Brunch from 10:30 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.; Dinner from 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Friday, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm SESSION 2 

Friday, 12: 0 – 1:45 pm Session 2 

TEACHING IS A POLITICAL ACT 

Everything a public school teacher is allowed or 

not allowed to do in his or her classroom is decided 

by someone who is elected. In some countries, 

teaching has been a cause for execution. 

This session is an overview of how and why the 

California Teachers Association is involved in 

politics, from historic to contemporary views, 

and why you should also be involved. 

LARRY ALLEN teaches at a continuation high 

school in Lake County. He also serves on the 

Board of Directors of the California Teachers 

Association, representing nine counties on the 

North Coast. Reach him at LAllen@cta.org. 

MIKKI CICHOCKI is a member of the California 

Teachers Association (CTA) Board of Directors. 

Mikki works in the Student Services Department 

in the San Bernardino Unified School 

District. Her CTA directorial district includes 

San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Mikki 

can be reached at mikkicta@aol.com. 


BOOSTING VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT USING 

TEXT TALK WITH PICTURE BOOKS 

A child’s vocabulary is a key indicator of later success in reading, yet children 

start school with vast differences in vocabulary knowledge. Learn 

how to even the playing field by working with young children, ages 3 to 

8, as you read picture books which are rich in vocabulary. Practice the 

Text Talk technique researched by Dr. Isabel Beck, and develop a lesson to 

take home with you using a picture book which you bring to the seminar. 

Appropriate for teachers and parents of young children. Please bring a 

picture book to this seminar, if possible. 

LINDA HILL, MA, works as a Curriculum Specialist in Early Literacy for 

the Humboldt County Office of Education and with Region I of the Preschool 

Instructional Network; she also serves as the Vice President for the 

Humboldt Reading Council. She brings her expertise as a reading specialist 

and participant in the California Vocabulary Forum to this session. 

Contact her at lhill@humboldt.k12.ca.us. 


HOW MIGHT GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM AND 

POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT STRENGTHEN YOUR 

ORGANIZATION? 

How can your organization, charter school, or tribe increase your political 

influence and get better educational opportunities for your kids? How can 

you apply pressure at the local and state level to secure policy changes 

that will result in higher funding levels from the state, and greater clout 

at the local level? In this workshop, you’ll learn core strategies for building 

community support to strengthen education in your community. The presenter 

will address important issues, including how to apply grassroots 

pressure at the local and state level to secure policy changes important to 

your organization. 

BRANCHé JONES is a former California Assembly Leadership staffer, 

a former Chief of Staff to a member of the Sacramento City Council and 

a veteran of over 30 local and legislative campaigns. He is the director of 

governmental affairs for the California Charter Schools Association, and 

brings a strong background in legislative advocacy and campaign consulting 

to his position. He can be reached at branchej@charterassociation.org. 



THE END OF THE SINK-OR-SWIM ERA FOR NEW 

TEACHERS 

Learn more about the support systems now in place for California’s 

new teachers. Find out how to obtain your Professional Clear Credential 

through a state-approved Induction Program. Hear what other new 

teachers have to say about the first few years of teaching. In this session, 

representatives from the North Coast Beginning Teacher Program will 

provide you with a comprehensive overview of California’s Learning To 

Teach System and will give you some practical ideas to prepare for your 

career in teaching. 

BRUCE FISHER is the Humboldt County Coordinator for the North 

Coast Beginning Teacher Program. Bruce has years of experience working 

with new teachers. He worked as a third- and fifth-grade teacher in 

the Fortuna School District for years and he currently serves as Lecturer 

and Student Teacher Supervisor at Humboldt State University where he 

served initially as HSU’s Distinguished Educator in Residence. Bruce can 

be reached at shuttlesite@cox.net. 

JOAN KIENZLE is the Humboldt County Co-Coordinator and the Del 

Norte County Coordinator for the North Coast Beginning Teacher Program. 

Joan has years of experience working with new teachers. Joan 

works as a secondary science teacher and teacher-in-charge at Sunset 

High School in Del Norte County. A teacher leader in both Del Norte and 

Humboldt counties, Joan has provided multiple workshops and trainings 

for administrators and teachers including Project FIT (Forestry Institute 

for Teachers). Contact her at jkienzle@delnorte.k12.ca.us. 

Harry Griffith Hall 225 

INTERNATIONAL INTRODUCTIONS: 

THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE 

Entrepreneurs starting businesses today are entering a global marketplace. 

This session is designed as a roundtable discussion among 

speakers experienced in international business and the different types 

of marketing strategies and business approaches required for different 

countries and cultures. Moderated by Dr. Saeed Mortazavi, the 

following discussants will engage the session participants in this discussion: 

Nick Frank, Fred Chien, Barbara Bryant, Dave Spreen, Steve 

O’Meara, Ray Wang, Ron Samuels. Students, start-ups and entrepreneurs 

who are inexperienced in marketing their goods and services internationally 

will benefit from this session. 

MAGGIE GAINER (Session Organizer) is Director of the Office for 

Economic & Community Development at HSU and can be reached at 

gainer@humboldt.edu. 

Roundtable participants include: DR. SAEED MORTAZAVI, Chair of 

the School of Business at Humboldt State University; NICK FRANK, 

local business consultant with particular experience in international 

markets; BARBARA BRYANT, Humboldt County Film Commissioner, 

former Hong Kong film commissioner; DAVE SPREEN, local 

business owner who organizes trips to China for local business people; 

STEVE O’MEARA, President, Kokatat; RAY WANG from the World 

Languages & Cultures Department at HSU; RON SAMUELS, President, 

Marimba One; FRED CHIEN, Industrial Electric. 


Kate Buchanan Room - B, University Center 



SURFERS FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT 

In this unique session, participants will explore the connection between 

the enjoyment of surfing and an accompanying concern for the environment, 

particularly offshore water quality. We will share a successful case 

study of a California Coastal Commitee meeting concerning the dredging 

of Humboldt Bay and how concerned surfers have effectively stopped the 

dredging indefinitely, pending further studies of dioxin levels in the sediments. 

BRENNAN LAGASSE is a graduate student in the HSU Environment 

and Community MA Program. His love for surfing has led him to work 

towards educating others about the necessity of controlling the amounts 

of pollutants entering our local waters. Brennan can be reached at brennanlagasse@hotmail.com. 

KATHLEEN FAIRCHILD is also a student in the Environment and Community 

MA Program. As an old-school surfer and mother of three, the 

condition of the environment has long been a concern for her. She is a believer 

in grassroots activism at the local level. Kathleen can be reached at 

kaf19@humboldt.edu. 

ADRIANNA R. GUZMAN is another member of the Environment and 

Community MA Program. Adriana recently earned her BA in Wildlife 

Management at HSU. She is concerned about the ways pollutants in the 

water affect wildlife, including surfers. She can be reached at rae317@ 

juno.com. 


EDUCATIONAL ACTIVISM: USING SERVICE 

LEARNING IN THE ENGLISH CLASSROOM TO 

TEACH ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP 

This activity-based session will lead participants through a series of exercises 

designed to give students experience with basic forms of grassroots 

activism such as composing advocacy letters, letters to the editor, soundbites, 

and public speeches. Participants will learn how to incorporate service-learning 

strategies into the English classroom in order to encougage 

student involvement with the larger community and engagement with 

course-based writing assignments. This session will provide participants 

with a variety of activist strategies for their own use, as well as with a 

series of effectively designed, but flexible, lessons that can be incorporated 

into almost any English studies curriculum. 

DR. COREY LEWIS teaches creative writing and environmental literature 

at Humboldt State University and has published and presented widely 

on service-learning and environmental activism. His book Reading the 

Trail: Exploring the Literature and Natural History of the California Crest 

explores the connections between environmental literature and education, 

political activism and environmental policy. He can be reached at cll35@ 

humboldt.edu. 


Founders Hall, Green & Gold Room 

Be sure to stop by the 100 Fires 

book table in 

goodwin Forum! O 


AMERICA’S OBSESSION WITH BEING THIN: 

A POLITICAL & FINANCIAL AGENDA THAT 

WEAKENS OUR FEMALE POWER 

In this workshop, you will learn a new perspective about why the weight of 

America’s women has become such a focus of the advertising world. You 

will discover that physiological effects of weight-loss diets are actually an 

eventual weight gain, rather the promised loss. Together we will examine 

the diminishing effects that focusing on weight loss and unrealistic body 

image will have on a woman’s life and on the positive power that she can 

wield in her lifetime. We will help you explore your own life and health 

goals and examine more fully the profit motive that is behind messages 

that you may not be womanly enough just the way you are. We will ask 

you to consider the possibllity that your ability to redesign your life could 

make a much greater difference to the world you live in than mere weightshifting 

could ever accomplish. We will ask you to consider what your life 

might be like if you fully enjoyed your body, your mind and your spirit. 

You will receive a free book written by Laura Rose: Life Isn’t Weighed on 

the Bathroom Scale. 

LAURA ROSE is author of the book Life Isn’t Weighed on the Bathroom 

Scale. She has spoken at conventions and workshops aimed at empowering 

women of all sizes to love and improve their lives, their bodies and 

their spirits. She believes in nurturing women’s power to make meaningful 

change, including improvement in their own overall health at all levels. 

She resides in Eureka and currently is teaching at Humboldt State University. 

Laura can be reached at lrose1@cox.net. 

Theatre Arts 114 

SEX, LOVE AND THE MEDIA: 

WHO’S TEACHING WHAT? 

Youth today are exposed to ever increasing amounts of sex and the portrayal 

of relationships in the media. The educational content students 

receive in schools often does not match societal and peer exposure and 

influence. This workshop will address European approaches to sexuality 

education, sexual health education efforts in California and current 

research about what works. Through video, advertising campaigns 

and dialogue, participants will be engaged in a conversation about 

ways to teach towards sexual responsibility, healthy relationships and 

media literacy. 

BETH CHATON is the coordinator of the 

TAPESTRY collaborative at Humboldt 

County Office of Education, a California 

Office of Family Planning grant-funded 

project since 1997 with the goal of promoting 

healthy youth development and healthy 

families. The past-president of the California 

Alliance Concerned with School-Age 

Parents and Pregnancy Prevention, Ms. 

Chaton has participated in state and national 

efforts to promote science-based 

comprehensive sexual health education 

programs. Participating in the 2002 Advocates 

for Youth’s European Study Tour, 

Chaton was exposed to cultural practices and attitudes that resulted in 

more positive sexual outcomes for young people. She is also a doctoral 

student working on a dissertation titled Sex, Love and the Media: Who 

is Teaching What to Children in the Middle? Beth can be reached at 

bchaton@humboldt.k12.ca.us. 

Art A – Room 027


HOW TO BECOME AN ADVOCACY JOURNALIST 

AND HELP SUPPORT RIVERS, FISH, AND LOCAL 

VOICES 

This workshop will be a hands-on introduction to creating short stories 

(1-3 minutes) for broadcast on regional community radio stations. You will 

learn the basics of how to frame a story and prepare for an interview, and 

then will conduct and record brief interviews, and learn how to get your 

stories on the air. Recording equipment will be provided, but bring your 

own if you have it. Presenters Joseph Orozco and Rhoby Cook are co-producers 

of the Native radio documentary, Dying for Water: Indians, Politics 

and Dead Fish in the Klamath River Basin. 

JOSEPH R. OROZCO is Station Manager of KIDE-FM, Hoopa Tribal 

Radio and on the Advisory Board of the Center for Native American Public 

Radio. He is co-producer of Dying for Water: Indians, Politics & Dead 

Fish in the Klamath River Basin. He can be reached at managerkide@ 

hoopa-nsn.gov. 

RHOBY COOK is Director of Northern California Cultural Communications 

and co-producer of Dying for Water: Indians, Politics & Dead Fish in 

the Klamath River Basin. She can be reached at rhoby@pcweb.net. 

KRISTI SHELLONER is the producer of Speaking Out, a weekly public 

affairs program on KIDE-FM, Hoopa Tribal Radio and legal spokesperson 

for individual defendants in the Hoopa Tribal Court. She can be reached at 

tribalspokesperson@pcweb.net. 

Kate Buchanan Room – A, University Center 

DIALOGUE VS. DEBATE: RESPECTFUL 

DISAGREEMENTS IN THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM 

Controversial topics will certainly spark disagreements but how can these 

differences be handled respectfully. How can we help students learn from 

another perspective? Mike Goldsby uses the definitions of dialogue and 

debate as a starting point in his College of the Redwoods’ classrooms for 

guiding controversial topics like needle exchange, methadone and medicinal 

marijuana. Learn some concrete ways to make classroom disagreements 

positive. 

MIKE GOLDSBY is a graduate of Ferndale High School, College of the 

Redwoods, and Humboldt State University. He worked in the mental 

health and alcohol/drug field from 1976 to 2002. He is an associate faculty 

member in addiction studies at College of the Redwoods. He serves as 

Director of Values Integration at St Joseph Health System in Humboldt 

County. He is a volunteer board member of the Humboldt Child Care 

Council and is a regular contributor to Community Comment, an exercise 

in free speech on KINS 980AM. Contact him at mgoldsby@stjoe.org. 



BEFORE AND AFTER THE TEXT: CREATIVE 

CONFUSIONS ABOUT BI-DIRECTIONALITY IN 

THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GENRES IN THE 

COMPOSITION CLASSROOM 

Using new ideas about “improvisation” in jazz studies, Sondra Perl’s conception 

of “felt sense,” and Kenneth Burke’s long-term fascination with 

inherent chronological and logical contradictions of discursive structure, 

along with Rob Pope’s interventionist conception of “creativity,” the presenter 

will consider ways in which writing students and teachers have to 

discover and create new forms of writing in technologized academic settings 

by working collaboratively with rubrics to define significant textual 

features even as they invent them. 

DAVID STACEY, a Redwood Writing Project teacher-consultant, directs 

the composition program in HSU’s English Department. His scholarly 

interests include collaborative writing, genre study, and the font of creativity. 

David can be reached at des11@humboldt.edu. 



H 

Please be sure cell phones are turned off 

during all summit sessions. Thank you. 

HEAL OUR HABITATS, HEAL OURSELVES: 

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION BASED SERVICE— 

LEARNING PROJECTS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH IN 

CHARTER SCHOOLS 

If you are interested in developing service-learning activities that help to 

empower at-risk charter school students in grades 3-12, then come to our 

workshop! Students and staff of Pacific View Charter School will present 

our State Farm Foundation funded service-learning projects that focus on 

improving habitats on our school site, in our students’ families through 

Reading Buddies, and through restoration activities on the dunes and 

wetlands of our coastal community. Our partners include Humboldt Bay 

National Wildlife Refuge, Friends of the Dunes and local children’s author, 

Mary Nethery. As a workshop participant, you will hear students’ 

first-hand experiences with service learning and will spend time creating 

your own, “Heal our Habitats, Heal Ourselves” plan for your students. We 

hope you will join us! 

BETSY BURCH, ED.D. is Pupil Personnel Services Coordinator for Pacific 

View Charter School and Coordinator of Public Outreach and Environmental 

Education at Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. She is 

a board member of Friends of the Dunes and chair of its Education Committee, 

a successful State Farm Foundation grant writer, an avid amateur 

photographer, and a beginning birder. She is a retired middle-school principal, 

adjunct professor of education at University of the Pacific, middle 

school teacher and counselor. Contact her at canoe@inreach.com. 

RON FLENNER is Director of Pacific View and Westwood Charter 

Schools. He has special interest and expertise in the development of new 

charter schools. Ron is the past superintendent of Trinidad Union School, 

past principal of South Bay Union School, a successful grant writer, and a 

runner with Six Rivers Running Club. Contact him at sierra@radc.com. 

Pacific View Charter School students and teaching staff will join in this 

session. 



Friday, 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm & 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm SESSIONS 2–3 

WAR TAX RESISTANCE 

What is war tax resistance? What is the history of war tax resistance in 

the United States? What are the different ways to resist war taxes? What 

are some current war tax resistance national campaigns? How might war 

tax resistance be a useful lens for upper-level high school students exploring 

the complexities of US democracy, social change, and contemporary 

issues? These are the questions we will address in this one-hour workshop 

sponsored by participants in the local war tax resistance movement. 

DAVE KENNISTON has worked actively in the war tax resistance movement 

in Humboldt County for ten years. Dave also organizes the HOPE 

Coalition newsletter locally and is on the Board of Directors of the Redwood 

Peace and Justice Center. 

JEROME BEARBOWER recently joined the War Tax Resistance group 

and is still learning a lot about the complex interconnections between taxes, 

wars, and citizens’ movements to build truly democratic and just institutions 

in the United States, historically and today. Jerome can be reached 

at saranagati@riseup.net. 


GREENPEACE CAMPUS ACTIVIST TRAINING 

IN ACTION 




skills. On Thursday we began with a briefing on the Greenpeace 

campaign to enable us to launch our local efforts utilizing skills such as action 

planning, community outreach, corporate pressure tactics, and media 

work. This will be an exciting challenge and requires a willingness to dive 

in and make a campaign action happen on a condensed timeline. Please 

familiarize yourself with the campaign at www.kleercut.net. No prior coordinating 

experience is necessary but a flexible and open mind is. 

*This is the second of four meetings during the summit weekend for the 

organizing team. 













Wildlife and Fisheries Building 250 


THE CORPORATION (200 ) 

Based on the book, The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and 

Power, by Joel Bakan, this documentary examines the nature, evolution, 

impact, and possible future of the modern business corporation. Kenneth 

Chisholm has described the film: “Since the late 18th century American 

legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally 

a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force 

around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination 

of the organization model through various case studies. What the study 

illustrates is that in its behavior, this type of “person” typically acts like a 

dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we 

see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, 


but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can 

stop it.” 145 minutes. 

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Extended Session: 12:30-3:30 


Friday, 2:00 pm – : 0 pm Session 

In Praise of Ordinary Things: BRINGING AN 

INTEGRATED LANGUAGE AND VISUAL ARTS 

APPROACH TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY 

THROUGH POETRY WRITING AND BOOK MAKING 

This session will offer participants a hands-on introduction to a well-proven 

integrated approach for engaging the whole school community—students, 

teachers, and families—in teaching and learning through the arts. 

In the tradition of the great Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, participants will 

gain a first-hand understanding of how to integrate the arts through the 

study of ordinary vegetables and fruits, by reading and writing odes, and 

making simple folded book structures. This session will demonstrate how 

the language and visual arts together are a powerful tool for teaching core 

subject areas. Participants will receive sample lessons, poems and bookmaking 

instructions and will take home a completed book. The session 

is appropriate for participants of all levels and experiences, including K- 

12 administrations and teachers and higher-education teacher instructors 

and students. 

Drawing on a rich background of experiences as educators and artists— 

including participation in the University of California, Berkeley’s Arts 

Education Initiative and an innovative two-year pilot teacher credentialing 

program that partnered the University of San Francisco Arts and Education 

Collaborative with local arts organizations and small public schools 

committed to the arts—CATHLEEN MICHEAELS and BARBARA SEL- 

VIDGE of The Teachers’ Workshop offer resources and strategies to support 

teaching and learning across the whole school community. Recent 

classroom programs and professional development sessions have been 

presented at culturally, linguistically and geographically diverse schools, 

communities and conferences including the Leggett Valley Unified School 

District in Mendocino County; Hillcrest Elementary School in San Francisco; 

Corning Union High School in rural Northern California; Tamarack 

Elementary School in the Central Valley community of Avenal; the 

California Council on Teacher Education’s Artful Teaching in Testy Times 

2005 conference in San Jose; and the USF Reading the World Multicultural 

Literature for Children and Young Adults 2005 conference in San 

Francisco. Cathleen can be reached at cm@mcn.org and Barbara can be 

reached at bselvidge@aol.com. 

Student and Business Services 405 

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION: FROM THE 

GROUND TO THE TREES 

This 90-minute training is for anyone involved in working with groups 

of all ages who is looking for tools and activities for facilitating deeper 

learning. This is for teachers, trainers, students, managers, project 

planners and others working with large or small groups who want to 

get more comfortable with experiential learning—rope courses and 

beyond. This helps everyone better understand stages of group development 

and promote best practices in learning. Take a risk, push yourself, 

and try out this activity! 

JON O’CONNOR is the director of Humboldt Adventure. Reach him 

at adventuretraining@yahoo.com. 

Meet at 2:00 p.m. at the Summit Registration Desk in 

Goodwin Forum.


QUALITY EARLY LEARNING: WHAT’S IN IT FOR 

PARENTS, PROFESSIONALS, ANd CHILdREN? 

Quality early learning is a hot topic in California today. New initiatives 

(Preschool for All) and new standards (Early Learning Credential) are 

rolling into action. In order to insure the highest quality early learning 

experiences for our young children, we all need to be informed advocates. 

We have organized a panel including a parent, superintendent of 

county schools, professionals working with children and families, and 

professors to lead a brainstorming discussion on quality early education 

and advocacy for young children. The first part will focus on “Indicators 

of quality early learning pedagogy” and the second will focus on 

“What is currently happening in California in terms of Early Learning 

(e.g., legislative actions).” Selected panel members will briefly discuss 

key issues related to each topic in order to stimulate small group participant 

discussions. These small group discussions will be followed by 

large group discussions of each topic. We will end the workshop with 

the panel leading a large group brainstorming on “What would you 

want to advocate for?” This brainstorming activity will focus on advocacy 

issues of interest to the participants as well as tools for advocacy. 

NANCY L. HURLBUT, PH.D. is chair and professor in the Child 

Development Department at Humboldt State University. Nancy has 

worked with early childhood programs in two countries and four different 

states and has actively worked with legislatures in developing 

standards for teacher preparation programs. She has worked with 

Head Start programs, directed a campus child development laboratory, 

and worked with numerous preschool programs. She can be reached at 

nlh7@humboldt.edu. 

DR. GARRY EAGLES serves as county superintendent of schools. 

His background includes that of teacher, counselor, school psychologist, 

and college-level instructor. On the state level, Garry serves as 

a member of the Legislative Policy Committee for the Association of 

California School Administrators and on the Executive Committee as 

Treasurer of the California County Superintendents Educational Service 

Association. He can be reached through gbirindelli@humboldt. 

k12.ca.us. 

ERICA THOMPSON is the mother of a 4-year-old and is currently the 

Afternoon Assistant Head Teacher at the HSU Child Development 

Laboratory. She can be contacted at ect2@humboldt.edu. 

WENDY ROWAN is the Executive Director of FIRST 5 HUMBOLDT, 

which supports prevention and early intervention programs for young 

children and their families. Wendy is a former kindergarten teacher, 

school board member, and Healthy Start Coordinator. She can to be 

reached at wrowan@co.humboldt.ca.us. 

The panel also includes CLAIRE KNOX, PH.D. (cgk1@humboldt.edu) 

and MARY ANN HANSEN (mah@northcoast.com). 

Art B – Room 102 

REACHING BEYOND THE STAR: TEACHING FROM 

THE SOUL 

In this workshop we will explore the “Trust Circle” as a technique through 

which teacher and child can be nurtured and invited to bring their hearts 

and minds to their interactions. During a Trust Circle, children are inspired 

toward deeper compassion. The Trust Circle, a non-punitive, problem-solving 

process, expands on the tone set by a morning opening circle 

and the end-of-the-day closing circle. We will use various interactive tools, 

story telling, and video to share this concept with workshop participants. 

Resources and a bibliography will be provided. 

NINA RAVITZ incorporates her experience with nature day camp, international 

human rights, and reevaluation co-counseling into her current posi- 

tion teaching second through fifth grade in a California charter school. 

She received a BA from Chico State University and an MS specializing 

in curriculum and instruction from Dominican University. She can be 

reached at ninabo@mcn.org. 

JOANNA WIGGINTON has discovered that whatever vocation she explores 

(from geologist to midwife), she always ends up as a teacher. A BS 

from Tufts University and an MA from University of New Mexico led her 

from the Navajo Reading Study and work in a children’s center to the creation 

of a school. Her current position is head teacher for the sixth year in 

a California charter school. Contact Joanna at jgreen@mcn.org. 

Art A – Room 025 

ENGAGING THE BODY’S INTELLIGENCE: 

CULTIVATING AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION AND 

POWER 

Particularly in these days of obesity and staring at computer screens, engaging 

life present-time and knowing oneself below the cortex is a radical, 

empowering act, with implications for self-responsibility, cooperation, 

and democracy. While typical education emphasizes thinking and manipulating 

information, it neglects and often discourages the body’s innate 

intelligence. Engaging the body’s consciousness, however, creates 

access to one’s authentic expression, power, and the juiciness of life itself. 

This workshop will bring you into your conscious body. Through sensing, 

touch, movement and drawing, you’ll meet a wealth of sensations and discover 

openings, limitations, memories, strengths and the unknown. You’ll 

experience the organizing interconnectedness and interplay of your physical 

nature, sense of self, emotions, capacity for learning and ability to act 

in the world. The session includes discussion time about bringing the body 

into the classrooms—benefits, concerns, how-to’s, and implications. 

SARA SUNSTEIN, MA, has enjoyed helping people unfold through subtle 

bodywork for 24 years now. Her practice is shaped by extensive training 

in bodywork, psychology, and trauma, as well as her love for nature, art, 

Buddhist dharma, and social justice. Sara maintains a bodywork practice 

in Arcata, specializing in the interface of body, emotions, and spirit. She 

can be reached at sarasun@humboldt1.com. 


EDUCATIONAL CHANGE 

Turn on the TV, open a newspaper and you will see a call for change in 

the California education system. Reform may be necessary but what do 

educators say about what is needed to improve our 

public schools and what reforms are destined to 

collapse the system? Hear from two teachers who 

are also leaders from the California Teachers Association 

and provide your input in this dialogue on 

current issues and ideas for change. 

LARRY ALLEN teaches at a continuation high 

school in Lake County. He also serves on the Board 

of Directors of the California Teachers Association 

representing nine counties on the North Coast. 

Reach him at LAllen@cta.org. 

MIKKI CICHOCKI is a member of the California 

Teachers Association (CTA) Board of Directors. 

Mikki works in the Student Services Department 

in the San Bernardino Unified School District. Her 

CTA directorial district includes San Bernardino 

and Riverside counties. Mikki can be reached at 

mikkicta@aol.com. 




CHARTER SCHOOLS ON THE NORTH COAST: THE 

JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF THE EARLY YEARS 

This special session will feature representatives of charter schools from 

our area. School leaders and founders will discuss the joys and challenges 

of the early years of charter schools and will share basic information about 

their schools’ curriculum, students, and thematic programs. 

Teachers and directors from local charter schools will share their educational 

visions and the ways in which these visions are made manifest in the 

day-to-day operation of their schools. Please join school leaders as they 

discuss the joys and challenges of the early years of charter schools and 

share information about their schools’ curriculum, students, and thematic 

programs. 

JENNI ALLEN-SAN GIOVANNI (organizer) will be joined by BREN- 

DA SUTTER of Laurel Tree, BETH WYLIE of Fuente Nueva, LANCE 

BLODGETT of Campus House and a representative of North Coast Preparatory 

and Performing Arts Academy. 

CHRIS HARTLEY is Principal at Six Rivers Charter High School 

(SRCHS). He worked as an administrator for Northern Humboldt Union 

High School District for last ten years, including serving as principal at 

McKinleyville High School for four years. Six Rivers Charter High School 

is in its second year. He can be reached at chartley@nohum.k12.ca.us. 

THERESE FITZMAURICE is a language arts teacher at SRCHS and was 

lead teacher during the design process for the school. She specializes in 

project-based learning, integration of core curriculum and scheduling. 


Corbett Conference Room, Siemens Hall 224 

A CONVERSATION WITH SUZANNE PHARR: 

ORGANIZING FOR SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE 

OVER THE LIFE COURSE 

This special session will provide summit participants with the opportunity 

to meet informally with Suzanne Pharr and engage in a collective conversation 

focused on her work and her perspectives on organizing for social 

and racial justice. While participants may bring questions about any of 

the work that has been part of Suzanne’s long career as an activist and 

organizer (including her books on homophobia, sexism, and liberation), 

one focus of the discussion will be on ways to nurture and support one’s 

activism throughout the life course. 



where she was on the staff for 19 years. Suzanne also worked as 

a lead strategist and media officer for the No on 9 Campaign for a Hate 

Free Oregon. For the past three decades, her work has focused on building 

a multi-racial, multi-issue progressive movement. Suzanne is the author of 





Theatre Arts 114 

TRANSFORM STUDENTS INTO ACTIVE CITIZENS: 

INSPIRE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SERVICE 

LEARNING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 

Want to design a course that effectively merges student learning outcomes 

with civic knowledge and skills? In a series of collaborative and interactive 

activities, participants will explore essential elements of service learning, 

identify critical civic skills for a range of disciplines, and share strategies 


for syllabus development. Enhance your ability to teach students about 

themselves and the world while networking in a creative and supportive 

atmosphere with other civically concerned educators. 

ANNIE BOLICK-FLOSS is the Service Learning Coordinator for Humboldt 

State University. Annie has worked directly with faculty, community 

partners and students in the field of service learning for the past 11 years. 

Currently, she serves as one of the “Top of the State Service Learning 

Regional Network Coaches,” providing support and resources for K-12 

educators. In addition, Annie has extensive non-profit management experience 

having served in various executive director capacities over the last 

25 years. Contact her at amb2@humboldt.edu. 

ANYA MCDAVITT is Program Manager for Youth Educational Services 

(Y.E.S.) at Humboldt State University, where she supports students in the 

creation, implementation and management of volunteer service programs. 

She has over eight years of nonprofit management experience and has 

trained on topics such as, leadership, experiential education and learning, 

intercultural relations, effective communication, conflict resolution and 

mediation. Anya can be reached at am7007@humboldt.edu. 

MIKE CIPRA has worked as the Community Partner Liaison for Humboldt 

State University’s Service Learning Center since December 2004. 

He has collaboratively facilitated a series of regional forums throughout 

Humboldt County. Contact Mike at mcc21@humboldt.edu. 


Siemens Hall 110 

REALITY—VIRTUAL POSSIBILITIES 

Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have been around for the last decade 

with most of the development occurring in medicine and military contexts. 

What are the current configurations and applications for VR in the 

fields of education, humanities, creative arts, mathematics, science, and 

engineering? What are the possibilities? What are the costs? What are the 

benefits? Join the presenters for a visual and verbal journey through their 

VR web portal. 

DR. DEBORAH NOLAN has a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Adult 

Studies (with a specialization in college teaching) from the University of 

Denver. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Education at the College 

of the Redwoods (CR) in Eureka, California, and works with preservice 

teachers and paraprofessionals. Prior to joining CR, she was Assistant 

Professor of Education at a community college in Colorado, a teacher 

education program administrator, a consultant within the educational 

software industry, and a university education grants administrator. She 

also taught elementary school in California for six years. Deborah can be 

reached at deborah-nolan@redwoods.edu. 

HEATHER AULT has been using digital media tools and computer technology 

for over thirteen years. She is an associate faculty member at College 

of the Redwoods (CR) where she teaches courses in computer literacy 

in the Computer Information Science Department. She also teaches workshops 

in website design and desktop publishing through CR’s Community 

Education Department and the Eureka Adult School. In addition to 

teaching, Heather assists faculty with using instructional technologies in 

her position at the Center for Teaching Excellence at CR, and previously, 

at the Courseware Development Department at Humboldt State University. 

Heather has also worked as a web developer, graphic designer and 

activist for numerous non-profit organizations and political campaigns in 

Humboldt County and the Bay Area. Before moving to California, Heather 

worked in the field of medical multimedia and was the lead designer for 

an educational CD-ROM produced by the American College of Obstetricians 

and Gynecology. Contact Heather at heather-ault@redwoods.edu. 


Siemens Hall 117


STRATEGIC PROFIT PLANNING: HOW MUCH 

PROFIT CAN WE MAKE? 

Learn how to create a spreadsheet program that can be used by a new organization 

to plan its profitability. The program also can be used to play 

profit-planning games such as “What If?” and “Goal Seeking” analyses. 

Bring some of your organization’s financial information (sales price, sales 

volume, variable and fixed costs), or we’ll try to estimate it in this session, 

so that we can plug it into the program and see how specific strategic plans 

will affect your profits. This simple-to-use program will be freely provided 

to any interested participants. 

DR. MIKE THOMAS is an accounting professor specializing in management 

accounting systems at HSU. As an award-winning educator, author, 

and researcher, Dr. Thomas brings a wealth of knowledge and real-world 

experience in strategic planning and profitability analysis to the workshop. 

Mike also is a former consultant with the Small Business Administration, 

and small business owner. He can be reached at mft5@humboldt.edu. 



“THAT’S SO GAY!” A WORKSHOP ADDRESSING 

HETEROSEXISM AND HOMOPHOBIA IN HIGH 

SCHOOL 

This workshop by Spare Change Peer Education Program addresses 

the issue of heterosexism and homophobia in schools. This is an oppurtunity 

to identify new and innovative ways to address heterosexism 

in the classroom that can be both effective and powerful. Spare Change 

reaches over 5,000 people throughout Northern California with theatre 

performance and classroom education. 

KARRIN PALMER, Six Rivers Planned Parenthood Spare Change 

Coordinator, received a BA in Psychology from Humboldt State in 

2004. She is passionate about empowering youth and giving them a 

voice. She can be reached at (707) 445-2018 and karrin@ppeureka.org. 

VIRGINIA FIGERUOA, Six Rivers Planned Parenthood Spare Change 

Assistant Coordinator, recieved a BA in Theatre Arts in 2005. She has 

extensive background in theatre and drama productions. She can be 

reached at (707) 445-2018 and gina@ppeureka.org. 

Founders Hall, Green & Gold Room 

HOW TO CREATE A “DONE BUSINESS” 

This workshop focuses on nine steps to the holy grail of business managment. 

In a DONE BUSINESS things run like they’re supposed to, customers’ 

needs are satisfied with great products and services, and healthy 

profits are consistently produced for management. 

Any business can be a DONE BUSINESS. Anyone can apply the nine 

steps and, over time, be DONE. This is not rocket science. This workshop 

will outline the nine steps with examples, and give participants ample opportunity 

for discussion about how to apply the steps to their situation. 

DR. RICHARD PARIS BOROUGH is an achievement psychologist. For 

more than 20 years Richard has been coaching small business owners 

and managers, helping them re-invent how they work. The objective is to 

work as smart as possible ASAP. Richard is the founder and director of 

the Master-Mind Alliance program and he lives in Eureka, CA. He can be 

contacted at richard@northcoast.com. 


GENDER AND THE ENGINEERING PIPELINE: 

PLUGGING THE LEAKS 

In this session participants will consider the current state of science and 

math enrollment in high school, the pending workforce crisis in engineering, 

and the related attitudes of girls and young women regarding entrance 

into science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. This 

workshop will offer opportunities for participants to reflect on and share 

their own experiences with math & science and share strategies for helping 

girls (and young men of color) see themselves in STEM careers. Presenters 

will offer insights from an ongoing longitudinal study of Northern 

California high school girls and their decision making processes around 

math and science courses and careers. 

MARY VIRNOCHE is Associate Professor of Sociology, teaching undergraduate 

and graduate courses on gender, science and technology at 

Humboldt State University. Dr. Virnoche is directing a longitudinal study 

evaluating outcomes related to the Expanding Horizon Conference for 

girls. The conference encourages girls to take more math and science in 

high school so they have more options later on. This study is funded by 

a national grant from the American Association of University Women’s 

Educational Foundation. Mary’s email is mv23@humbold.edu. 

ELIZABETH A. ESCHENBACH is Associate Professor and Department 

Chair of the Environmental Resources Engineering Department at Humboldt 

State University. Dr. Eschenbach has assisted in the organization 

of EYH conferences since graduate school in 1989 and has served as the 

Chair of the EYH Organizing Committee at Humboldt State University 

since 1999. Her research interests lie in the areas of equity in engineering 

education, engineering education and water resources systems engineering. 

She can be reached at eae1@humboldt.edu. 



SEX, VIOLENCE AND VIDEO GAMES: A CENTURY 

OF MEDIA EFECTS AND PUBLIC POLICY 

This workshop is particularly timely and provocative given the recent 

public-policy legislation signed by the California governor targeting video 

games. We begin a century and more ago with complaints about mass media 

content and the effects (mostly negative) on individuals and society. 

We can make an easy list of such content: sex, violence, drugs and alcohol 

use, provocative or sexist or racist or violent music lyrics — and then 

move to societal response at the family, religious, social level that escalates 

into political response and ultimately public policy at the local, state and 

federal level. The recent video game legislation is a perfect example of this 

public policy process, as is the V-chip on our televisions. We next move to 

the media industry’s response to calls for public policy censorship and/or 

control, where they usually cite the First Amendment against any public 

policy censorship. We then look at the usual industry response of voluntary 

content “codes” to guide user audiences in their consumer behavior 

of that content. This session is lively, thought-provoking and filled with 

audio-visual examples of a century of controversial mass-media content. 

MARK A. LARSON is a professor in the Journalism and Mass Communication 

Department who has specialized in research into media effects 

of exposure to sex, violence and video games. He also is the parent of a 

teenager and can be reached at mal2@humboldt.edu. 





The Imagination Playshop For Faculty: 

PROMOTING CREATIVITY IN AN ERA OF 

STANDARDIZATION 

Jump start your imagination and come prepared to laugh and play! The 

Imagination Playshop for Faculty takes you through a series of fun activities 

that reveal personal qualities we don’t usually think of as appropriate 

to exhibit in the classroom. Yet it is these very qualities that we need to do 

imaginative teaching and creative thinking. At the end of the activities we 

will reflect on what we have discovered about the “normal” structure and 

tacit rules of the higher education classroom through violating most of 

them. K-12 educators will also find this playshop of interest because the 

norms of the college classroom are simply a continuation of the procedures 

governing elementary and high school classrooms. The playshop will conclude 

with ideas for fostering more creative thinking/action in and out of 

the classroom despite structural constraints. 

LINDA J. PULLIAM, ED.D., PH.D. spent 12 years as a university professor 

creating her own unique activities to assist student learning. However, 

her evaluations revealed that some students expect classes to be boring 

drudgery with narrow parameters and are upset when a class does not 

meet that expectation. In the three years since she left academia, Linda has 

thought deeply about the tension between creativity and conformity and 

how we can collectively foster imaginative thinking and creative action 

at the college level. Known as an adventurous risk taker, Linda holds an 

Ed.D. in Social Foundations of Education from University of Cincinnati 

and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern University. She spices up 

her life by creating one-woman performance pieces, working on a memoir 

about her transition from professor to creativity entreprenuer, and wingwalking 

in strong gusts. You can reach her at joyfulpen@hotmail.com. 

Teaching in K-12 Schools; Teaching in Higher Education 


PresenTers wiTH audio-Visual issues: 

call eric Van duzer 

staffing the phones now: 826-3726 

TRANSFORMATIVE KNOWLEDGE IN 

U.S. HISTORY 

At any given historical moment competing knowledges are produced. In 

this session participants will have an opportunity to consider the development 

of knowledge and ideologies throughout U.S. history in the 20th century. 

We will explore the relationships between history, marginalized and 

dominant perspectives, and the insitutionalization of theories that inform 

the prevailing understanding of power and privilege. We will engage these 

questions through facilitated small-group activities using current events, 

individual experiences, and contemporary social research. An audiovisual 

presentation will illustrate the historical trends of knowledge production. 

MARíA CORRAL-RIBORDY is a graduate student in the Department of 

Education and lectures in the Ethnic Studies Program at Humboldt State 

University. Reach her at maru@cox.net. 

JULIO ORELLANA is an Ethnic Studies senior at HSU. He is interested 

in alternative education that challenges the dominant discourses of the 

academy in an effort to produce social change. He also organizes and is 

involved in various constituencies of color here on the university campus. 

In the future he plans to attend graduate school. His email is kruxone@ 

yahoo.com. 



INCREASE YOUR CHARTER SCHOOL’S FUNDING 

LEVELS 

This workshop is a primer on charter school finance, providing a basic 

explanation of funding sources and revenue flow to charter schools. Your 

school’s amount of funding determines how many teachers and programs 

you get. This workshop will describe the various ways the state and federal 

governments fund charters (Prop 98, categorical block grant, EIA funding, 

the Con App). The facilitator and participants will focus on how schools 

can fundraise and apply for grants more effectively. 

ALICE MILLER is a founder of three California Charter Schools, including 

California’s first charter, the San Carlos Charter Learning Center. 

Alice has held numerous positions in the charter world, including school 

director, financial officer, technical officer, and counselor. Alice worked for 

the California Network of Educational Charters (CANEC) and provided 

technical support to the U.S. Charter Schools Network for many years. 

Alice is currently the Help Desk Technical Expert for the California Charter 

Schools Association. She can be reached at alicem@charterassociation. 

org. 


Agate Room, Jolly Giant Compound. 


Friday, 4:00 pm 

OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION 

WELCOME TO THE SUMMIT! 

Twin Keynote Addresses 


WHO OWNS THE VILLAGE SQUARE AND WHY IS IT SO SQUARE? 

Jewelle Gomez, poet, activist, and author of The Gilda Stories 

JEWELLE GOMEZ is a writer and activist and the author of the double Lambda Award-winning novel, The 

Gilda Stories (Firebrand Books). Her adaptation of the book for the stage—Bones & Ash: a Gilda Story—was 

performed by the Urban Bush Women in 13 U.S. cities. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts 

literature fellowship and two California Arts Council fellowships. Her fiction, essays, 

criticism and poetry have appeared in numerous periodicals, including The San Francisco 

Chronicle, The New York Times, The Village Voice; The Advocate, Ms Magazine, 

Essence Magazine and the Black Scholar. She has served on literary panels for 

the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council, the California Arts 

Council and the San Francisco Arts Commission. She is currently on the national 

advisory boards of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Poets and Writers, Inc., 

and the Human Sexuality Archives of Cornell University. An early member of the 

board of the Astraea Foundation she is currently on the funding board of the Open 

Meadows Foundation. Her books include a volume of personal and political essays 

entitled Forty Three Septembers (Firebrand, 1993), and a collection of short fiction, 

Don’t Explain (Firebrand, 1997). 

CELEBRATING 500 YEARS OF INDIAN EDUCATION 

Howard Rainer (Taos-Pueblo Creek), author, educator, youth advocate 

HOWARD RAINER is one of the United States premier Native American youth 

leadership and educational advocates. For over 25 years, this member of the Taos- 

Pueblo Creek Tribe has worked with thousands of Native American youth and parents 

throughout the U.S. and Canada promoting educational opportunities for Native 

Americans. Mr. Rainer is considered by many to be one of the leading Native 

American trainers in providing workshops in building self-esteem and enhancing 

motivation among Native American adults and youth. For ten years, he was the director 

of a national Indian youth leadership program that fostered the development of 

exceptional young Indians. Rainer is currently the Program Administrator for Native 

American Education Outreach Programs at Brigham Young University. Rainer has 

authored volumes of educational materials promoting Native American Pride and an 

appreciation of Indian cultures. 

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Greetings by HSU President Rollin Richmond and College of the Redwoods President Casey Crabill 

Welcome from Eric Rofes, Summit 2006 Coordinator 

Introducing the HSU Diversity Action Plan Council, Jyoti V. Rawal and Eric Rofes, Co-chairs 

Opening Performance by Hip Hop Artists: The Movement: Tarikh Brown & Oscar Stingily 

Introduction by Sue Burcell, Indian Teacher and Educational Personnel Program (ITEPP) 

Sponsored by Associated Students, HSU Faculty Diversity Fund, and HSU Faculty Development Grant Program 

Reception, sponsored by the HSU Diversity Plan Action Council, follows in Karshner Lounge, 

outside Kate Buchanan Room, University Center 


Film Screening 

ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE: THE BLACK 

PANTHER PARTY AND BEYOND 

A Film by Lee Lew Lee (1 6) 

Followed by a conversation with ASHANTI ALSTON, Black Panther 

and long-time Black liberation activist 

ABOUT THE FILM: Opening with 

a montage of four hundred years of 

race injustice in America, this powerful 

documentary provides the historical 

context for the establishment of 

the 60’s civil rights and Black Power 

movements. Rare clips of Martin Luther 

King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton 

and other activists transport one back to those tumultuous times. The 

Black Panther Party not only drew upon the insight generated by a 

whole generation of people of color’s struggles that preceded it, but 

inspired the internationalist connections amongst and between the 

diverse struggles that make up Black, Chicano, indigenous, Asian- 

American and women’s liberation movement. The party challenged 

the white supremacist capitalist establishment which criminalized the 

Panthers as a terrorist group. Yet, the documentary is not a paean to 

the Panthers for, while it praises their early courage and struggle for 

dignity, it exposes some of their contradictions. 

ABOUT ASHANTI ALSTON: Ashanti Alston, Black Panther and 

long-time activist in Black liberation movements, will report on recent 

developments in the struggle for self-determination and community 

autonomy currently underway in both the African American and Latino 

communities. Drawing from his own history in the black liberation 

movement in the United States, Alston will examine the intersections 

and solidarity between these communities as well as investigate the 

critical role of popular education strategies for the Black Panthers and 

more recently the Zapatista communities of Chiapas, Mexico. More 

recently, as a member of Estacion Libre, an autonomous organization 

of people of color in solidarity with the Zapatistas, Alston has been a 

prominent activist in the decentralized, networked global resistance to 

neoliberal structural adjustment as it manifests in the prison industrial 

and military industrial complex. After studying the autonomous struggle 

of Zapatista communities in Chiapas, he has linked his knowledge 

of Black nationalism and indigenous autonomy to his anti-racist work 

with such organizations as Critical Resistance, a national organization 

committed to ending the prison industrial complex. 

Introduced by JAMES BRAGGS of Accion Zapatista and SIERRA 

BARNES, Environment and Community MA Program 

Sponsored by HSU Black Student Union, Environment & Community 

MA Program, Accion Zapatista Humboldt, the Office of Diversity and 

Compliance Services, and Faculty Diversity Grants Program 


Friday, 7:00 pm 



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how might education and its practitioners foster and sustain full and active 

participation in democracy’s institutions and support a more equitable, 

peaceful, and environmentally sustainable future? 

Rock Climbing and an Exciting 

Challenge Course at the Summit! 

Experiential Education At Its Best! 

Humboldt Adventure, a leader in professional trainings and workshops, 

and Humboldt State University’s Youth Education Services are 

partnering to offer you an extraordinary opportunity to experience 

rock climbing and the team experiences of a low challenge course right 

here at the summit. 

These activities are for anyone involved in working with groups of 

people of all ages who is looking for active learning opportunities and 

other tools to facilitate deep learning. Humboldt Adventure puts the 

emphasis on experiential learning, immersing participants in each of 

the stages of group development, and experiencing peak performance 

as a team. 

This special opportunity is intended for summit participants of all 

ages and for those who have never participated in this type of experiential 

education as well as those who have and understand its power 

to instruct and inform. Look forward to The Rock Wall, The Swamp 

Crossing, The Whale Watch, The Hawk Walk, The Cube, Faster Than 

Light, The Relationship Traverse, and much much more! 

Jon O’Connor is Director of Humboldt Adventure Director. He holds 

an MS in Organizational Leadership. Jon has extensive experience in 

management, leadership, training, and development. He has facilitated 

training programs in New York, Michigan, Nepal, Nevada, North 

Carolina, Northern California, and Southern California. He has an 

MS in Organizational Leadership from National University and a BA 

in Religious Studies, specializing in Peace and Conflict Studies, from 

Humboldt State University. He has also completed an International 

Studies Program in Nepal and attended the University of North Carolina 

in Wilmington and the University of Hawaii in Hilo. Jon can be 

reached at adventuretraining@yahoo.com. 

Stop by Humboldt Adventure’s experiential education 

sites in the HSU Quad outside University Center! 

Saturday, February 4, 2006 

Throughout Saturday morning and afternoon, 

take advantage of these two unique experiential learning activities 

Reclaiming Spaces & Places: 

Mural Art by Francisco McCurry 

Throughout the main three days of the summit, you will see Francisco 

McCurry working away on a special summit mural intended to capture 

the summit theme of Education, Democracy, and Social Justice. 

The mural aims to capture and represent the tension between resistance 

and compromise of people/communities in “first world nations” dealing 

with the physical and cultural violence of neoliberal market economies 

and politics. The process of creating the mural will be interactive 

and will foster dialogue with North Coast Education participants and 

the artist. Participants will be asked to write or doodle thoughts about 

education and politics on a drawn wall that is part of the mural. Therefore 

a common built-around aesthetic will be created, while breaking 

down the idea of the western artist as isolated creator, and position art 

as part of a greater communal and social cultural matrix. 

Francisco McCurry is a recent graduate of HSU with a degree in 

ethnic studies and is currently an independent artist/writer/musician 

who lives in the greater Los Angeles area and is part of the hip 

hop group campLIFE. He commits random acts of aesthetic kindness 

with stencils, post-its and tags on walls to his liking. His work aims to 

bridge and conflate ideas on politics, desire, memory and the history 

of western aesthetics. When not painting Francisco is a social advocate 

and activist. This is his first commissioned work. He can be reached at 

sopeheadchurch@yahoo.com or myspace.com/camplife. 

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Saturday, 8:30 am – 10:00 am SESSION 4 

Saturday, 8: 0 am – 10:00 am Session 4 

THRIVING UNDER PRESSURE: 

A WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS 

We are living in difficult times in which significant stress in teachers’ 

work lives is common. Research conducted since 9/11 indicates 

that people can develop their own resilience that helps them make it 

through difficult times. Two of the key tools for building resilience are 

finding meaning that sustains you and developing a community in 

which people help each other through the tough times. Rachel Naolmi 

Remen, MD and the Institute for the Study of Health and Illness 

at Commonweal in Bolinas have pioneered such work for healthcare 

workers. Borrowing elements of Rachel’s outstanding work, we will 

create a temporary community in the exploration of what experiences 

you have had that bring deep meaning to your work. Participants are 

encouraged (but not required) to read Dr. Remen’s “Kitchen Table Wisdom” 

before this workshop. 

NANCY ANGELO, PH.D. is an organization development consultant 

who has over twenty years’ experience in helping people work toether 

to meet daunting challenges at work. Her doctorate is in organizational 

psychology. She has worked extensively with people working in 

healthcare, community-based organizations, education, and the arts & 

culture. Contact Nancy at na@angeloconsulting.com. 

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Extended Session: 8:30-11:30 

Workshop is limited to the first 10 people. 


UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC 

SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA 

If you are involved in public schools as a teacher, administrator, parent, 

student, or policymaker, you want to attend this unique session. This 

workshop was requested by summit organizers to provide local educators 

and people becoming teachers with a brief demystification of education 

funding in our state. How did California drop from 6th in per-pupil school 

funding to 35th? How does Proposition 98 work and has it really protected 

school funding since its enactment in 1988? Why do some school districts 

receive much more per-pupil funding than others? In an era of chronic state 

budget deficits, are there any solutions to school funding inequities? These 

mysteries and more will be discussed in lay terms for all affected by the 

California public education system. 

This identical workshop was offered during lunch on Friday. 

LEE LIPPS is a school finance specialist for the California Teachers Association. 

His responsibilities include individual school district budget analyses, 

sitting on fact-finding panels, and analyzing the financial impact of 

proposed state education legislation. He recently served on the state committees 

that revised the K–12 Criteria and Standards and the State K–12 

Audit Guide. Contact him at llipps@cta.org. 


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CROSS-CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE: EDUCADO 

AND SANKOFA 

Or how a poor black girl got a white, 

middle-class education and still 

learned to translate her black cultural 

intelligence and identity, despite the 

white supremicist academic agenda 

In this workshop we will discuss how to redefine academic 

achievement using the cultural values of the 

students to create and support a true atmosphere of 

learning. Dispel myths perpetrated by “unkle toms” and 

overseers. It will help any teacher to understand the value of each child’s 

distinct culture in the classroom by discussing the experience and damaging 

effects of a white supremacist based education on people of color 

who have used education to cross cultural, class, gender lines and how the 

current structure conflicts with the complex and honorable set of values 

within our own cultures—including European ethnicities. 

If our cultural values are consciously integrated into today’s classroom it 

will improve the quality of teaching, the curriculum, and the classroom 

environment in the education system. This workshop will not tell you how 

to do it; instead it focuses on WHO you need to become though conscientious 

healing before you can find success teaching within the African and 

Latino “urban” community. Replacing the “white” middle-class education 

system with Latin(a)- and African-based wisdom education is not about 

compliance, but about social justice and freedom as students and families 

in the community you serve define it. 

SEKANI MOYENDA, teacher, activist and author is a third generation 

Black educator working in an elementary school for over ten years. She is 

co-author with Ann Berlak of Taking It Personally: Racism in the Classroom 

from Kindergarten to College. She writes, “Despite all this education, 

I am only a stereotype to many white colleagues and a threat to the 

unkle toms and overseers who pass for Black. I must not be doing something 

“white” but I’m very successful in the classroom because I focus on 

social justice.” She can be reached at smoyenda@hotmail.com. 



HOMELANd: FOUR PORTRAITS OF NATIvE 

ACTION (2005) 

Filmed against some of America’s most spectacular backdrops from Alaska 

to Maine and Montana to New Mexico, this award-winning film profiles 

Native American activists who are fighting to protect Indian lands, 

preserve their sovereignty and ensure the cultural survival of their peoples. 

Nearly all 317 Native American reservations in the U.S. face grave 

environmental threats—toxic waste, strip mining, oil drilling and nuclear 

contamination. This film is a moving tribute to the power of grassroots organizing. 

It is also a call-to-action against the current dismantling of thirty 

years of environmental laws. (88 minutes) 

Native American Issues In Schools 



how might education and its practitioners foster and sustain full and active 

participation in democracy’s institutions and support a more equitable, 

peaceful, and environmentally sustainable future?


LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FOUNDING YEARS 

OF CHARTER SCHOOLS 

We welcome to this session people involved in the founding of charter 

schools throughout California—and people who want to learn from the 

rich and diverse experiences of charter founders. What is the period like 

when a founding group prepares a charter? What is the time like from winning 

charter approval to opening the school? And what lessons only seem 

to be learned once the doors are open and the children arrive? 

JENNI ALLEN-SAN GIOVANNI (facilitator) will welcome people to the 

session and facilitate. JOANNA LENNON from the East Bay Conservation 

Corps Charter School will participate. We encourage any other charter 

founders at the summit to join in this session. 

Charter Schools • Founders Hall 203 

TEACHERS’ PARTNERS: FINDING THEM, 

CONNECTING WITH THEM, WORKING WITH THEM 

This session will help answer the question, “How do we create and maintain 

a supported and supporting classroom?” Research documents that 

successful classrooms do not exist in isolation. Increasingly, teachers 

find that they need to orchestrate an exciting, enriching, yet predictable 

classroom environment. This workshop will address ways to think about, 

recruit and manage helpers—volunteers. Americorps members, service 

learning helpers, and, of course, aides our in—classroom supporting cast. 

We will explore ways to work with this complex environment, both the 

opportunities and barriers. 

Yet the largest measure of support, potentially, comes from the families of 

our students, those outside our daily view. In the second half of the workshop, 

we will explore the role of homework as the daily point of contact 

with our families: strategies to facilitate homework will be discussed as 

well as the emerging community supports, such as after school homework 

help and community efforts such as KEET’S beginning homework programming. 

Workshop participants will interact to maximize our shared 

experiences. Parents are encouraged to join in. Remember, teachers may 

be parents too! 

MARIANNE PENNEKAMP, MSW, PPSC, PH.D. is adjunct faculty at 

HSU in the Department of Psychology and a retired lecturer in education, 

social work, and child development. She will be assisted by colleagues 

who have current experience in parent engagement and homework service 

delivery in the local area. She will be joined by CHRISTY KEENER from 

Fortuna Healthy Start and MEG WALKLEY, MSW, lecturer in HSU’s 

Social Work Department. Marianne Pennekamp can be reached at mariannp@humboldt1.com. 


HOW DO WE WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH PEOPLE 

EXPERIENCING DEEP TRAUMA? 

This is a very special workshop for people in the fields of social work, 

mental health, disaster relief, and other human services and caring professions. 

The session is led by a pioneering social worker based in San Francisco’s 

South of Market neighborhood, a center of the Bay Area’s homeless 

population. How do we work effectively and respectfully with people who 

have experienced deep and profound trauma? When the people we serve 

struggle with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), how can we find 

ways to hold them, listen to them, and support their healing? How do we 

be present for people in an authentic way, while putting aside our own 

personal needs? This extended session will include a presentation, discussions, 

role plays and other activities. 

ANDREA CANAAN is Support Services Manager for the Canon Barcus 

Community House, a facility that provides permanent housing in a 48unit 

building in San Francisco. An African-American social worker raised 

in New Orleans, Canaan returned to the area this fall for a month to re- 

located two dozen family members and friends in Louisiana and Mississippi 

after Katrina. Among her many publications is the oft-quoted poem 

“Brownness,” first published in Cherie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua’s 

pioneering collection This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical 

Women of Color. Kate Buchanan Room – B, University Center 

ASPERGER SYDNROME AND HIGH FUNCTIONING 

AUTISM: HOW CAN WE HELP? 

With the dramatic increase in children diagnosed as being on the Autism 

spectrum, teachers and schools are challenged to provide a good education 

in a safe environment. While often quite bright, the difficulty lies in accessing 

the brightness of students with Asperger syndrome (or high-functioning 

autism) through their multiple layers of sensitivity and social awkwardness. 

And in fact, we are sometimes unsuccessful. How can teachers 

and schools do better? 

Superintendent/Principal of the Fieldbrook School District, CATHERINE 

STONE has had a lifelong interest in people with autism (thanks to her 

brother!). A doctoral student, her area of research is high-functioning autism 

and elementary school success. Her email address is cstone@nohum. 

k12.ca.us. 

CHERYL VALLEY is a teacher and reading specialist at Fieldbrook School. 

She has worked to provide successful experiences for children with Asperger 

syndrome/high-functioning autism. 

MARCIA CARLSEN is the parent of a student diagnosed with Asperger 

disorder, secondary to epilepsy. She has spent countless hours trying to 

figure out her son and how to meet his needs. Founders Hall 111 

RIVER SCHOOL AND THE HOÀLA EDUCATIONAL 

PHILOSOPHY: INCREASING THE CAPACITY TO 

LEARN BY ADDRESSING THE WHOLE PERSON 

The award-winning River School’s program is based on the Hoàla 

Educational Philosophy developed in 1972. Linda Inlay, director of 

the River School, began her teaching career with this philosophy and 

brought it to The River School in 1996. Hoàla in Hawaiian—which 

means “awakening the self”—addresses the two psychological halves 

of human beings: the sense of self and the sense of belonging. When 

a school is designed to fulfill these two important needs, students are 

happier, more responsible and respectful, and demonstrate improved 

academic performance. Thirty-three years of development and refinement 

have helped teachers become better at teaching and students become 

active, engaged learners. 

LINDA INLAY, the director of The River School for ten years, spent her 

formative years as an educator in Hawaii in a school program developed 

by Sr. Joan Madden and an Adlerian psychologist, Dr. Raymond 

Corsini. This program called the Hoàla Educational Philosophy has 

thirty-three years of refinement in both Hoàla School in Hawaii and 

at The River School. Hoàla in Hawaiian means, “awakening of the 

self” which is the heart of this philsophy, addressing the psychological 

needs of all human beings for a sense of self and a sense of belonging. 

Linda has published two articles on this philosophy for the journal Educational 

Leadership, and spoken at numerous conferences on this way 

of raising responsible and caring human beings. Linda can be reached 

at linlay@nvusd.k12.ca.us. 

Master teacher at River School for six years, MARY LYNN BRYAN 

is now taking a leave of absence to teach at HSU. She shares the understanding 

and experience of the Hoàla Educational Philosophy 

that she learned at The River School with teachers in preparation. Her 

email address is rsfossil@comcast.net. 




LEAN THINKING FOR CREATING RESPONSIBLE 

PROSPERITY 

The session provides a basic introduction to the concept and principles of 

lean thinking as developed by Taiichi Ohno and James Womack. Participants 

will learn how lean thinking integrates various tools and techniques 

to create value and reduce waste. Participants will be introduced to the 

basic philosophy, learn how to determine value, and use lean methods to 

improve organizational responsiveness while taking part in a guided simulation 

of a product/service system. 

DR. A. MARK DOGGETT is the chair of the Department of Industrial 

Technology at Humboldt State University. He is currently working to revitalize 

the study of technology and improve technological literacy in the 

local community. His interests are in the area of quality management practices, 

lean manufacturing, theory of constraints, and systems thinking. He 

has also done research in various decision-making and problem-solving 

strategies used by students, managers, and policy makers. His areas of 

expertise include leadership, process management, and manufacturing 

technology with over 20 years of experience in business and industry. Dr. 

Doggett received his doctorate at Colorado State University in Interdisciplinary 

Studies and holds BS and MS degrees in industrial technology. He 

can be reached at amd49@humboldt.edu. 

U Extended Session: 8:30–11:30 

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development • Siemens Hall 115 

IT’S ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS (AND OTHER 

NEED-TO-KNOW ESSENTIALS OF MARKETING) 

Marketing can be as simple or as complex as you make it. In this session, 

we will explore together some simple yet essential (and effective) aspects 

of marketing a small business on a shoestring budget. 

NANCY VIZENOR, PHD is a part-time faculty member and teaches marketing 

in HSU’s School of Business. Nancy came to Humboldt by way of 

Seattle where she co-owned a marketing research firm. Her email address 

is ncv2@humboldt.edu. 

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development • Siemens Hall 128 

CREATING CAMPAIGN STRATEGY 

To win a campaign you need to ensure that the right people are feeling 

the right pressure at the right times. Campaign research and strategy is 

the first step in making sure that your campaign will mobilize folks, pressure 

your decision-maker and ultimately win your campaign. We’ll focus 

on using tools including research methods that Greenpeace uses on campaigns, 

power maps that can outline those who should be influenced in 

order to win, and strategy maps so that your group can realistically plan 

and meet needed goals. This is highly interactive, focused on universitybased 

campaigns, limited to 20 people, and requires that you have an idea 

that you’d like to turn into a campaign. Please bring any relevant materials 

or research that has already been done. 















ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: 

A FORGOTTEN THEME? 

Environmental ethics is an important emerging field that often is not 

fully addressed in contemporary classroom curricula. Fulfilling human-based 

concerns for the availability and use of natural resources, 

concern for the treatment of wildlife and other animals used for food 

and recreation, considering the health and well-being of species and 

biological communities, as well as desiring to develop more satisfying 

personal experiences with nature, all contribute to the highly varied attitudes 

our students and citizens hold toward the natural world. A brief 

overview of the key distinguishing features between major attitudes 

toward nature will be presented, and some current resources available 

to students, teachers, and parents will be summarized. Participants 

already working with environmental ethics curricula in the classroom 

are encouraged to summarize the resources they have used in successfully 

addressing this topic, for sharing with the others. Participants 

collectively will work in groups to develop some environmental ethics 

activities that can be incorporated into the classroom. 

RICK BOTZLER is Professor of Wildlife at Humboldt State University 

and has co-edited two texts with Susan Armstrong: Environmental 

Ethics: Divergence and Convergence (3rd ed.) and The Animal Ethics 

Reader. Rick was selected as the 1992 outstanding professor for the 

California State University system. He has served as a Fulbright Fellow 

to Germany and as the editor for the Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 

Rick also has been active on the Human Rights Commission and Independent 

Observer Program in Humboldt County. He can be reached 

at rgb2@humboldt.edu. 

SUSAN ARMSTRONG is Professor of Philosophy at Humboldt State 

University and has co-edited two texts with Rick Botzler: Environmental 

Ethics: Divergence and Convergence (3rd ed.) and The Animal Ethics 

Reader. She was selected as the 2003-2004 outstanding professor 

for HSU. Susan served for 10 years on the Editorial Advisory with the 

journal, Environmental Ethics. Her many publications and presentations 

cover environmental ethics, “naturalness,” theology, animal ethics, 

the history of ideas, ethical conflicts, parapsychology, and social 

responsibility. Her email address is sja3@humboldt.edu. 






THE JOB RACE 

Participants will have the opportunity to participate in a dialogue about 

white privilege and how it affects people in the job market. This is an interactive 

session that uses examples such as attaining a job to visualize 

systemic oppression in society. Dialogue and debriefing will focus on the 

role of oppression in education. 

PIYA BOSE received her BA from Vassar College in science, technology, 

& society. She is currently Residence Life Coordinator at HSU and is pursuing 

further education to continue a career in Higher Education. Contact 

Piya at piya@humboldt.edu. 

LETICIA ROMO has a BS from Iowa State University in business management/human 

resources and an M.Ed. from University of South Florida 

in college student affairs. She is currently Residence Life Coordinator at 

HSU and can be reached at leticia@humboldt.edu. 

Nelson Hall East 116


EXPAND, CONTRACT, TURN, SKIP, WALK—DANCE! 

Would you like to incorporate creative movement activities into your elementary 

classroom? Then join us in this workshop where we will explore 

how to use common, everyday movements and gestures to create original 

dances with our students. NOTE: You do NOT have to be a skilled dancer 

to be an effective facilitator of creative movement! All experience levels 

are welcome—including the rhythmically challenged. Wear comfortable, 

loose clothing and be prepared for a good workout. 

PATTY YANCEY is Associate Professor in the 

HSU Department of Education. She is the Program 

Leader for HSU’s Elementary Education 

Credential Program and teaches visual and performing 

arts methods and multicultural foundations 

for the student teachers. Patty has taught 

as an arts specialist and an artist-in-schools in 

K-12 public, private, and parochial schools; as 

a dance instructor and choreographer in afterschool 

and recreation programs; and as a professional development facilitator 

and instructor in the integration of the arts across the K-12 curriculum. 

Patty’s email address is py4@humboldt.edu. 

Founders Hall, Green and Gold Room 

SEXUAL HEALTH AND LITERACY: A NEED TO 

KNOW AND THE ROLE OF FORMAL EDUCATION 

This is an interactive workshop exploring sources of sexual attitudes, 

knowledge and skills. Topics will include legislative guidelines for sex 

education in California Public Schools, sources of formal/informal sexual 

information, self-assessment instruments, and the role of schools in education. 

NEZZIE WADE is on the sociology faculty at College of the Redwoods 

and Humboldt State University, and currently Coordinator of the Sexual 

Health Literacy Project at CR. Her email is nezzie-wade@redwoods.edu. 

STEVEN DURHAM is a member of the faculty at College of the Redwoods 

and Director of the Sexual health Literacy Project at College of the 

Redwoods. He can be reached at steve-durham@redwoods.edu. 


CHILDREN IN A VIOLENT WORLD: RECOGNIZING 

SIGNS OF ABUSE AND PREDICTING CHILDREN’S 

OWN VIOLENCE 

This session will explore the signs/symptoms children may exhibit when 

they have been abused or neglected. We will discuss participants’ experiences 

with recognizing abuse and offer suggestions for actions that can be 

taken. We will also examine research findings illustrating child characteristics 

that place them at risk for perpetrating violence themselves in the 

future. The workshop will consist of discussion, small group activity, and 

a multi-media presentation. 

TASHA R. HOWE, PH.D. is a developmental psychologist in the psychology 

department at HSU. She specializes in family violence and developmental 

psychopathology. Tasha has conducted violence prevention 

trainings for the ACT (Adults and Children Together) progam (www.actagainstviolence.org) 

in Humboldt County. She is married with two sons 

and her email address is th28@humboldt.edu. 


LAND-DYKE VISIONARIES: LESBIAN FEMINISTS 

AND RURAL COMMUNITY BUILDING 

The U.S. lesbian land movement was forged at the intersections of 1960s 

countercultural back-to-the-land movements and 1970s second-wave 

feminist movements. Oregon, being a major hub of this land dyke phenomenon, 

has been home to some 20-odd women’s lands, collectives, and 

intentional communities, formed from the early 1970s to the present. Join 

us for a roundtable discussion and deep exploration of the past, present 

and future of some of these land-based lesbian-feminist communities. 

Among the topics planned for discussion are: the impact of race, ethnicity, 

socio-economic class, sexuality, gender expression, age, physical ability 

and mental health status on rural women and their communities; reasons 

for creating and preserving lesbian-only or women-only spaces; sexuality-based 

and/or sex-based separatism vs. broader inclusivity; the roles of 

spirituality, religion, ritual and environmentalism in rural women’s communities; 

the intricate intimacies of land-based communal or collective 

living; reframing hierarchical power structures and conventional modes of 

communication within communities; death and dying on land, reclaiming 

the practice of community grieving and home burials; third-wave feminism 

and the future of women’s and lesbian lands. 

HOLLY GRACE (organizer) is a graduate of HSU’s Women’s Studies and 

Multicultural Queer Studies programs. She is involved with queer, intentional 

communities up and down the West Coast. She can be contacted at 

feminist_fury13@yahoo.com. 

The roundtable participants will include BILLIE MIRACLE, RAY 

WILDER, ANNIE OCEAN and RUTH MOUNTAINGROVE. 

U Extended Session: 8:30-11:30 


RITES OF PASSAGE: THE INCARCERATION 

SYSTEM, INMATE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN OF 

INCARCERATION 

“Rites of Passage” is an opportunity to explore the special challenges of 

educating youth who have been impacted by the incarceration of family 

members. The session will give participants a perspective on how many 

families are affected by incarceration and the emotional, social and economic 

impacts of incarceration on youth and families. The workshop will 

include time for educators and community members to discuss how to 

break cycles of incarceration in families within the framework of demanding 

an end to the injustices of the United States’ incarceration system. 

JESSICA WHATCOTT has worked with Bar None, a prisoner support 

and community education group, for the past two years. She works with 

children and teenagers who have experienced the incarceration of family 

members, and who now struggle with violence, substance abuse and deliquency. 

She can be reached at bar.none@sbcglobal.net. 


A CLASH OF DISCOURSES IN ACADEMIC 

LITERACY: WHEN “I” BECOMES “ONE” 

Nikola Hobbel will structure an opportunity for participants to explore the 

definitions, applications, dangers, and benefits of “academic literacy.” To 

do so, she will group participants into triads and provide each group with 

a different sample student essay. Each group will be asked the same three 

questions: Does the essay provide an example of academic literacy? What 

are your criteria for making that determination? What consequences do 

your criteria have on students’ reading and writing? After each triad has 

described its essay and shared its determination with the whole group, 

participants will explore the ways in which their criteria reflect views 

about academic performance and learning. 

NIKOLA HOBBEL is Associate Director of the Redwood Writing Project 

and an assistant professor in HSU’s English Department. Her research 



focuses on the cultural construction of race in educational policy and practice. 

Reach Nikola at hobbel@humboldt.edu. 



‘WHAT’S MY BAG, BABY?” TEACHING dECISION- 

MAKING IN K-12 CLASSROOMS 

The California academic content standards for mathematics require data 

analysis in grades K-12. The ultimate goal of this material is to “Make a 

Decision Based Upon Data.” So, the question that begs to be answered is, 

“Why Not Teach Decision-Making in K-12?” Come to a hands-on lesson 

where we discuss ways to introduce the basics of the statistical decisionmaking 

process in the K-12 classroom. We’ll also discuss the “Principles 

and Standards for School Mathematics” put forth by the National Council 

of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and how they are a better fit with 

this notion of decision-making. We will also have resources for you that 

you will be able to use and modify for lesson plans in your own classes. 

MICHAEL BUTLER has been a full-time mathematics instructor at College 

of the Redwoods in Eureka, California for the last 15 years. He holds 

an MA from Humboldt State University in mathematical modeling, a BA 

in mathematics (also from HSU), an AA from Santa Rosa Junior College 

and a trade school degree in diesel mechanics. He has worked for the last 

three years in conjunction with Tami Matsumoto and others to encourage 

professional development in grades 7-12 mathematics instruction. Besides 

mathematics, he enjoys bicycling and camping with his family. His email 

address is Michael-Butler@Redwoods.edu. 

TERESA (“TAMI”) MATSUMOTO teaches arithmetic through calculus 

at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California, along with professional 

development for local teachers, and mathematics for prospective teachers 

at Humboldt State University. Tami works with local teachers through 

groups such as California Math Council Far North Chapter (CMCN8) 

and Eel River Valley Math Vertical Team, and with local students at educational 

math and science events throughout the year, and does research 

with bird biologists for the USDA Forest Service. Tami may be contacted 

at Tami-Matsumoto@Redwoods.edu. 

MIKE HALEY is a former middle school math teacher who was fortunate 

enough to go back to graduate school. Currently he is enjoying his first 

year as the new mathematics professor at the Del Norte campus of College 

of the Redwoods. His email address is Mike-Haley@Redwoods.edu. 


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Saturday, 8:30 am – 11:30 am SESSIONS 4–5 

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Three Special Sessions on 

Saturday Morning 


U Extended Session 8:30 am – 11:30 am 

TWO WORLD WARS: REEVALUATING AMERICAN HISTORY 

THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE 

This session focuses on the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Drawing from the latest scholarship 

available, HSU professor Dee McBroome and McKinleyville High School teacher Jack Bareilles will introduce teachers 

to a new way of viewing the French and Indian War (1754-1763) and the American Revolution (1775-1783). These 

two wars are not merely American history but are wholly tied to global events of that era. Additionally, Dee and Jack 

will share a new way of viewing all of America’s conflicts from the French and Indian War up to the current conflict in 

Iraq—as expressions of either our imperialist or democratic tendencies. 

DEE MCBROOME is Professor of History at HSU. She is active in history teacher instruction and her areas of interest 

include African-American history and Western history. She can be reached at dnm1@humboldt.edu. 

JACK BAREILLES teaches history at McKinleyville High School and is the director of Humboldt County’s three Teaching 

American History grant programs. He also is the coordinator for McKinleyville High School’s Intenational Baccalaureate 

Program. Jack’s email address is jbareilles@nohum.k12.ca.us. 

__________________ 

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM AND THE PANAMA CANAL 

Using historical photos and documents, HSU history and education professor Gayle Olson Raymer will both show how 

Panama Canal was constructed and how its construction was an expression of American imperialism. Professor Olson 

Raymer will also share print and digital materials with all participants and show how the process which led to the building 

of the Panama Canal fits into California’s content standards in many grades. 

GAYLE OLSON RAYMER is a professor of history and education at Humboldt State. Among her many duties, Gayle 

teaches and supervises HSU’s social studies students teachers. Gayle is one of the lead professors in Humboldt County’s 

three Teaching American History programs. Her email address is go1@humboldt.edu. 

__________________ 

BUILDING BRIDGES: CREATING CULTURAL AMBASSADORS IN THE CLASSROOM 

Using Japan as a case study, this session will explore the history of the relationship between the U.S. and Japan, compare 

and contrast cultural characteristics (especially diversity, roles, and interpersonal space) using slides and artifacts, then 

share ideas for educators who strive to develop person-to-person interactions as a way of understanding other cultures. 

ANNE HARTLINE from McKinleyville Union School District (ahartlin@humboldt1.com) and LYNN JONES, from 

Arcata School District will present this session. 


HONORING 

HUMBOLT STATE 

UNIVERSITY’S 2005–2006 

Katy Allen, Pacific Union School 

Debbie Andrews, Eagle Prairie School 

Louis Armin-Hoiland, Arcata High School 

Jani Ayers, Alice Birney School 

Carolyn Ayres, Fortuna High School 

Marilyn Backman, Bloomfield School 

Teresa Baginski, Cutten School 

Pam Barkdull, Academy of the Redwoods 

Kathy Banducci, Ridgewood School 

Sarah Barry-Holmes, Jacoby Creek 

Terri Bayles, Bloomfield School 

Terry Bean, Blue Lake School 

Mike Benbow, Fortuna High School 

Lisa Berrett-LaBolle, Sunny Brae School 

Scott Betts, Toddy Thomas School 

Warren Blinn, Alice Birney School 

Cori Borges, Cuddeback School 

Anne Bown-Crawford, Arcata High 

Paul Bressoud, Eureka High School 

Debbie Brock, Trinity Valley School 

Damon Brooks, Eureka High School 

Blake Brown, McKinleyville High 

Lynne Bryan, Dow’s Priarie School 

Lisa Bryant, Coastal Grove Charter 

Linda Burghart, Pine Hill School 

Jamie Bush, Zane Middle School 

Debbie Busick, Ferndale Elem School 

Carol Byers, Joe Hamilton School 

Tahnia Campbell, Arcata High School 

Amy Carlstad, Freshwater School 

Debbie Carpenter, Winship Middle School 

Dawn Carroll, Jefferson School 

Jeanne Chapin, Jefferson School 

MENTOR 

TEACHERS 

Our credential programs are proud of the excellent local educators who have joined in 

this year to become mentor teachers and support our candidates during their student 

teaching experiences in North Coast schools. We thank them for the skills, experience, 

and vision they bring to their students, colleagues, and to our candidates. 

Robert Chapman, Eureka High School 

Elizabeth Chew, Cutten School 

Robert Childs, Eureka High School 

Kristine Christiansen, Eureka High School 

Bernadette Church, Cuddeback School 

Laurie Clendenen, Toddy Thomas School 

Sandra Close, Scotia School 

Christi Cocks, Jacoby Creek School 

Susana Coleman, So. Fortuna Elem 

Brian Collart, Dow’s Prairie School 

Jeanne Collinsworth, Redway School 

Cindy Condit, Arcata High School 

Jackie Cory, Ferndale Elem School 

Christopher Cox, Eureka High School 

Brigette Crittenden, Fieldbrook School 

Stephanie Crnich, Washington School 

Charline Crump, Sunset School 

Lora Cunningham, Dow’s Prairie School 

Elliott Dabill, McKinleyville High 

Frances Damian, Ambrosini School 

Don Dean, Morris School 

David Dean-Mervinsky, Eureka High 

David Demant, Winship Middle School 

Terry Desch, Sunset School 

Mary DeWald, Ridgewood School 

Sara Dixon, Fortuna High 

Sarah Drisko, Zane Middle School 

Debra Dukes, So. Bay School 

Jill Duncan, Sunny Brae Middle School 

Janet Dungan-Byrne, Jacoby Creek School 

Chuck Dwelley, So. Fortuna Elem School 

Greg Ennes, Sunny Brae Middle School 

Sharon Falk-Carlsen, Blue Lake School

HONORING MENTOR TEACHERS 

Mindy Fattig, McKinleyville Middle School 

Karen Fauss, Ridgewood School 

Marjorie Fay, Alice Birney School 

Jennifer Femenella, Fortuna High 

Kelly Fernandes, Arcata High 

Sharon Ferreira, Ambrosini School 

Rick Finley, Mary Peacock School 

Mary Flowers, Washington School 

Sheila Forbes, Jefferson School 

Greg Gaiera, North Coast Charter School 

Emily Gibson, Blue Heron Middle School 

Gary Glassman, McKinleyville High 

Ronite Gluck, Freshwater School 

Christine Goodin, Bloomfield School 

Carol Goodwyn, Grant School 

Sarah Gradek, Grant School 

Laura Grant, McKinleyville Middle School 

Susan Haase, Lafayette School 

Pam Halstead, Fortuna High 

James Hannon, McKinleyville High 

Sherry Hanson, Fortuna Middle School 

Shane Harmon, Big Lagoon School 

Bruce Hart, Fieldbrook School 

Joanie Hartman, Hydesville School 

Ronald Hartman, Eureka High 

Leslie Hawkins, Alice Birney School 

Stella Hawkins, Morris School 

Sandi Henry, Dow’s Prairie School 

Ben Henshaw, Eureka High 

Nicole Holland, Alice Birney School 

Mollie Holmgren, Monument Middle School 

Carrie Holverson, Freshwater School 

Sandra Hooper, Crescent Elk School 

Tom Hunnicutt, John Muir Charter School 

Mark Huschle, Pacific Union School 

Lynn Intersimone, Lafayette School 

Steve Irwin, Academy of The Redwoods 

Lisa Jager, Ambrosini School 

Cindy Jeffress, Morris School 

Ann John, Freshwater School 

Doug Johnson, McKinleyville High School 

Judy Johnston, Dow’s Prairie School 

David Jordan, Eureka High School 

Karina Junge, Zane Middle School 

Rod Kausen, Fortuna High 

Maureen Kiritsy, Arcata High 

Reid Kitchen, Arcata High 

Carla Kraus, Grant School 

Cindy Kuttner, North Coast Charter School 

David LaBolle, Sunny Brae Middle School 

Patti Launi, Grant School 

Adina Lawson, Humboldt Bay High 

Bernie Levy, Zane Middle School 

Donna Lockwood, Ferndale Elem School 

Janet Lopez, Zane Middle School 

Joe MacTurk, Grant School 

Laura Madjedi, Pathways (Court/Community) 

Pam Malloy, Cutten School 

Liz Manatowa-Mastell, Trinity Valley Elem 

Page Matilton, Hoopa Valley Elem 

Jenny Matzka, Big Lagoon School 

Bruce McCarthy, Academy of The Redwoods 

Bruce McCay, Zane Middle School 

Stephanie McKinney, Blue Lake School 

Suerie McNeil, Freshwater School 

Danielle Michel, Arcata High 

Phillip Middlemiss, Eureka High 

Laurel Milan, So. Fortuna Elem School 

Shirley Miller, Dow’s Prairie School 

Bonnie Mitchell, Fortuna High 

Jill Mohorovich, Eureka High 

Teresa Mondragon, Dow’s Prairie School 

Garrett Montana, Zane Middle School 

Barbara Moore, Pine Hill School 

Fred Moore, Pine Hill School 

Bill Morris, Eureka High School 

Greg Morse, Cutten School 

Shannon Morago, Arcata High 

Mary Neal, Ridgewood School 

Helen Nelson, Sunny Brae Middle School 

Scott Nelson, Cutten School 

Thomas Nelson, McKinleyville Middle School 

Errin Odell, Fortuna High 

Barbara Ogan, Grant School 

Tim Olson, Eureka High 

Rachel Owen, Bridgeville School 

Gail Owren, Jefferson School 

Todd Pahl, Dow’s Prairie School 

Craig Parker, Eureka High 

Cherie Paul, Pacific Union 

Kelly Patton, Tsurai High School 

Wendy Pearcy, Blue Lake School 

Corrie Pedrotti, Ambrosini School 

Millie Perrone, Trinity Valley Elem 

Ron Perry, Eureka High 

Earl Peters, Arcata High 

Karen Peters, Sunset School 

Elena Pettit, Sunset School 

Sally Pfister, Trinity Valley Elem 

Jennifer Pierce, Pacific Union School 

Robin Pickering, Fortuna High 

Ken Pinkerton, Zane Middle School 

Margie Plant, Ambrosini School 

Travis Prince, Crescent Elk School 

Margaret Ramsey, Grant School 

Ligia Ray, Alice Birney School 

Debbie Reis, Morris School 

Hilda Reyna-Torres, Zane Middle School 

Deborah Reynolds, Redwood School 

Paul Rickard, So. Bay School 

Judy Rieger, McKinleyville High 

Rafael Rivera, Eureka High 

Judy Rodriques, Toddy Thomas School 

Jill Rohn, Arcata High 

James Roscoe, Eureka High 

Gwen Rust, Eureka High 

Lindy Rust, Del Norte High 

Deb Salizzoni, North Coast Charter School 

Jennifer Sanders, Washington School 

Judith Scharnberg, Toddy Thomas School 

Mary Seely, Winship Middle School 

Mary Ann Sheridan, McKinleyville Middle School 

Gregg Sisk, McKinleyville High 

Diana Skiles, Jacoby Creek School 

Justine Smith, McKinleyville High 

Kathy Smith, Morris School 

Lorraine Smith, Alice Birney School 

Shelly Smith, Lincoln School 

Kristin Sobilo, Winship Middle School 

Mauro Staiano, Eureka High 

Kim Stephens, Hoopa Valley Elem 

Shelley Stewart, Arcata High 

Danta Stoker, Freshwater School 

Mary Stone, Washington School 

Brenda Sutter, Laurel Tree Charter School 

Sharon Tecker, Alice Birney School 

Fred Tempas, Arcata School District 

Melinda Thomas, Blue Lake School 

Joel Thornburgh, Eureka High 

Johnna Townsend, Bloomfield School 

Wendy Turk, Bloomfield School 

Rebecca Twiss, Winship Middle School 

Cheryl Valley, Fieldbrook School 

Holly VanHerpe, Jefferson School 

Sarah Wallach, North Coast Charter School 

Sue Wartburg, Bloomfield School 

Deb Watson, Sunset School 

Kerry Watty, Hoopa Valley Elem 

Mary Lou Weaver, Morris School 

Jack West, Fortuna Middle School 

Jan West, Trinidad School 

Elizabeth Who, North Coast Charter School 

Kent Willis, Fortuna Middle School 

Terry Wilson, Dow’s Prairie School 

Gini Wozny, Fortuna High 

Brenda Yarnall, Cutten School 

Ann Youmans, Sunny Brae Middle School 

Pam Zana, Scotia School 

Tammi Ziesak, Washington School


Saturday, 10: 0 am – 11: 0 am Session 5 

SELF-ESTEEM, M&M’S AND GREEN PEAS 

This is a workshop teaching children to value themselves and others based 

on the realization that we all possess both gifts and challenges. The lesson 

presented can be utilized both at school and at home. This will be a lively 

interactive workshop in which the participants are taught how to present 

the gifts and challenges lesson and take an inventory on themselves. 

MICHELLE RUTZ teaches at California Montessori Project, a public 

charter Montessori school based in Sacramento. She has also directed a 

GATE program, homeschooled two of her four children for four years, been 

a foster parent and hosted four exchange students. Michelle’s goal is to 

make school an enjoyable experience for children as much as it is within 

her power to do so. Michelle has also worked as a performer for Coloma 

Melodrama Gold Rush plays and Kaiser Permanente for the communication 

skills program. She also is gifted in eating M&M’s. Contact Michelle 

at michellerutz@aol.com. 


YOUTH ACTIVISM: PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL 

AWARENESS AND ACTION THROUGH 

EXTRACURRICULAR CLUBS 

This session will include a presentation of ideas for middle and high 

school environmental action clubs. In and out of school activities will be 

discussed, as well as the potential for local political action initiated by 

students. We will present examples of successes accomplished within this 

format and guidelines for advising and organizing. 

MICHELLE FULLER is a graduate student in HSU’s Environment and 

Community MA Program and is Treasurer of the Environment and Community 

club at HSU. Michelle has acted as a mentor for Young Women in 

Science programs and student conservation clubs in central California for 

the past four years. She can be contacted at mmf418@yahoo.com. 

ANGELA C. PANACCIONE is a graduate student in HSU’s Environment 

and Community MA Program and President of the Environment and 

Community Club at HSU. Angela started a high school environmental 

activism club while she was a student and was successful in getting the 

school to revise construction plans that would have destroyed a rare vernal 

pool habitat. Reach her at ecocentricangel@yahoo.com. 

KATHLEEN FAIRCHILD is a graduate student in HSU’s Environment 

and Community MA Program with a BA in art education from HSU, and 

an active member of the Environment and Community club. Kathleen is 

the mother of three adult children and an active participant in the educational 

community. Her email address is kf19@humboldt.edu. 

Environment and Community 


THE WORLD IS A CLASSROOM: SOCIALLY 

CONSCIOUS TRAVEL 

This workshop will discuss socially conscious travel as a form of alternative 

education and international service learning. The presenter will describe 

socially conscious travel in its various forms, illustrate its purpose, 

investigate various travel resources, and look at existing venues for travel 

in an open discussion format. Participants will receive material on different 

travel avenues, and have an opportunity to develop travel goals appropriate 

for different levels of education. 

LORRIE LOVEMAN is Executive Director of Global Genie, a nonprofit, 

socially conscious travel organization, and has an MA in sociology from 

Humboldt State University. She can be reached at globalgenie@aol.com. 



MONOLINGUAL TEACHERS FOSTERING 

MULTILITERACY: A DREAM OR A NIGHTMARE? 

The purpose of this presentation is to imagine the possibility of creating 

multilingual schools. In the United States, most of the participants 

in the field of pre-service and in-service teacher educators are monolingual 

mainstream reading and language arts teachers and teacher educators. 

In order to do so, this presentation will focus on the following 

questions: 1. How are we preparing monolingual teachers to deal with 

public school classrooms in the US which are linguistically diverse 

and multilingual? 2. How do we view students’ native languages in our 

schools: as a “national resource” that is being wasted or as a “national 

liability” to be fixed? 3. What are some of our un-researched attitudes 

and misconceptions about the roles of monolingual teachers teaching 

our students’ native languages? 4. Do we want to maintain students’ 

native languages and literacies or do we want to foster them? After addressing 

these questions, a list of ten practical ideas 

for monolingual teachers interested in fostering multiliteracy 

among their students will be provided. 

DR. DAVID SCHWARZER is Assistant Professor at 

the University of Texas, in the College of Education’s 

Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the 

Foreign Language Program. His dissertation at the 

University of Arizona, Tucson was titled Parallel Development 

of Writing in Hebrew, Spanish and English 

in a Multilingual Child and his book Noa’s Ark: 

One Child’s Voyage into Multiliteracy was published 

by Heinemann in 2001. David was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

He immigrated to Israel in 1982 and to the United States in 1999. David 

is fluent in Spanish, Hebrew and English. He can be reached at 

sdavid@mail.utexas.edu. 


A GROUP CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD RAINER 

ON INDIAN EDUCATION 

Stepping off from Howard’s keynote address on Friday afternoon, CEL- 

EBRATING 500 YEARS OF INDIAN EDUCATION, this workshop will 

give summit participants the chance to gather together and discuss the 

issues he raised about the history and current position of American Indian 

schooling. Bring your questions, your experiences, and your curiosities. 

HOWARD RAINER is one of the United States premier Native American 

youth leadership and educational advocates. For over 25 years, this 

member of the Taos-Pueblo Creek Tribe has worked with thousands of 

Native American youth and parents throughout the country and Canada 

promoting educational opportunities for Native Americans. Mr. Rainer is 

considered by many to be one of the leading Native American trainers in 

providing workshops in building self-esteem and enhancing motivation 

among Native American adults and youth. 

Native American Issues in Schools • Founders Hall 118


La Legende des djialy: The Legend of the djialy 

BRINGING WEST AFRICAN MUSIC, LANGUAGES 

AND CULTURE TO NORTH COAST SCHOOLS 

The Djialys are storytellers in West Africa. They guard the communities’ 

memories and pass the music, languages and culture throughout 

generations. This workshop will provide educators with a number of 

tools to be used in the classroom to share this West African knowledge. 

These tools will be designed and packaged to meet the California education 

standards. Teachers who will participate in the workshop will 

gain preference for the second phase of the project that consists of having 

a group of West African singers, dancers, drummers and storytellers 

visit Humboldt-area schools for performances and dialogue, as 

funds permit. 

DR. GUY-ALAIN AMOUSSOU, founder and chair of the Consortium 

for Education and Technology, is the current director of HSU’s international 

programs. He is originally from Coted’Ivoire. He will be presenting 

with a diverse and experienced team. Dr. Amoussou can be 

reached at amoussou@humboldt.edu. 


SERVICE LEARNING AND PRESERVICE TEACHER 

EDUCATION IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 

College of the Redwoods has been training reading tutors for public 

school elementary classrooms for five years. Combined with a preservice 

teacher education program, students interested in becoming K-12 teachers 

or paraeducators have the opportunity to engage in service learning while 

completing course work leading to a college degree. In this workshop 

you’ll have a chance to examine tutoring techniques and materials tutors 

use in the classroom and hear tutors’ amazing stories of success helping 

children. People who should attend this workshop are those interested in 

creating a similar program and potential future teachers. 

LORENA BOSWELL is the Service Learning Coordinator for College of 

the Redwoods and leads the Access Careers in Teaching (ACT)-Ameri- 

Corps program. She earned her BA in sociology at Antioch College in 

Ohio, where she got first-hand experience in service learning as an undergraduate 

student. She completed her teacher preparation at San Francisco 

State College and taught elementary school in San Francisco for six 

years, incorporating service learning in her classroom. Her email address 

is lorena-boswell@redwoods.edu. 



announcing THe 

north Coast education Summit 2007 

february 2–4, 2007! 

COPWATCHING: ASPECTS AND EXPERIENCE 

Two members from the Portland, Oregon, chapter of Copwatch discuss 

the practical aspects of copwatching. The workshop includes what to do 

and what not to do, copwatching in urban areas, and the kind of equipment 

to use. Examples from their own experiences will be include to highlight 

their points. 

CLAYTON SZCZECH is a member of the Portland chapter of Copwatch. 

His email address is info@rosecitycopwatch.org. 


USING ONLINE TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPLEMENT 

CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS 

In a time of increased class sizes and decreased budgets, online technology 

can help instructors engage students more often and equitably outside of 

contact time. Supplementing face-to-face instruction with electronic discussion 

can help to further student understanding of course content as 

well as promote independent reflection and discussion skills. Research 

conducted in a teacher education credential 

course is intended to examine the level of student 

interest in and effectiveness of a required, 

ongoing electronic bulletin board discussion as 

a supplement to class discussions. The purpose 

of this presentation is to share the findings of 

my research, but more importantly engage in a 

discussion with other instructors who use similar 

technologies to discuss effective practices 

and pitfalls. 

ANN SCHULTE is assistant professor in the 

Department of Education at California State 

University-Chico. Her email address is akschulte@csuchico.edu. 



WHAT IS AN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL? 

The teachers, principal, and college faculty of Academy of the Redwoods 

will give an overview of the Early Collge Initiative in California and the 

country. They will then discuss the unique public high school high school 

they have developed on the College of the Redwoods Campus. Speakers 

will include Keri Gelenian, Pam Barkdull, Steve Irwin, Bruce McCarthy, 

Deborah Nolan. 

KERI GELENIAN is an HSU faculty member and principal at Academy of 

the Redwoods (AR). He can be reached at Keri-gelenian@redwoods.edu. 

PAM BARKDULL, Steve Irwin and Bruce McCarthy are the founding 

teachers of AR and former teachers of Century Hall, an alternative school 

in Fortuna. 

DEBORAH NOLAN is a faculty member of College of the Redwoods and 

faculty liaison to Academy of the Redwoods. 


YOUNG PEOPLE, MILITARISM AND 

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION 

The Iraq war continues with little prospect of ending, and militarism increasingly 

looms as a tool for both domestic and international policy. This 

workshop is designed to help young people, their families and their teachers 

to understand militarism through the development of a conscientious 

objector portfolio. Members of the Humboldt Conscientious Objection 

Committee and the GI Rights Hotline will talk about military regulations 

and practical tips for obtaining status as a conscientious objector. 

MELANIE WILLLIAMS is an instructor at Humboldt State University 

and a long time peace, social justice and anti-militarism activist. She is a 

counselor for the GI Rights Hotline, which provides advice and support to 

GIs and their families. She can be reached at mew2@Humboldt.edu. 

HELEN JONES first did draft counseling and work with returning GIs 

during the Vietnam war. She is a staff member at HSU and a counselor for 

the GI Rights Hotline. Her email address is hij7001@humboldt.edu. 

BARBARA GOLDBERG teaches in the HSU English Department, and is 

one of the founders of the GI Rights Hotline, with experience in peace and 

social justice issues. She can be reached at bag4@humboldt.edu. 




COMMUNITY MATTERS, AS SEEN THROUGH THE 

EYES OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 

This workshop will focus on a presentation of a community research essay 

created through photographs. The presenters are the photography 

students from Arcata High School who will talk about the ways they have 

learned about their community through this project. The session will also 

include an interactive activity where participants will volunteer to have 

their pictures taken and answer questions posed by the students. These 

will be Polaroids so that they can be mounted immediately to a “community 

wall” and shared with other observers. 

TERRI MCCLURE has a BA in arts education and art studio and is currently 

in the teacher credentialing program at HSU. Her student teaching 

position is at Arcata High School, where she pursues her goal of enriching 

the lives of young adults through artistic challenges. She can be reached at 

tam38@humboldt.edu. 

Arcata High School students currently in Danielle Michel’s photography 

class will also present at this session. 


EDUCATOR-CENTERED TOUR OF CCAT— 

CAMPUS CENTER FOR APPROPRIATE 

TECHNOLOGY 

Come and check out HSU’s nationaly renowned Campus Center for 

Appropriate Technology (CCAT) where students have been educating 

themselves and local youth through hands-on learning and holistic 

educational experiences for 25 years. The tour will highlight CCAT’s 

in-house projects and creative ideas for education on appropriate technology 

topics and philosophy. There will be an opportunity for creative 

discussion concerning youth education and sustainable living topics. 

NOELLE MELCHIZEDEK (nmm14@humboldt.edu) and ZACHARY 

MERMEL (zam2@humboldt.edu) from CCAT will be leading this tour. 

Meet at CCAT: Small house between Union and B Street, 

in the 14th Street parking lot 

DESTROYING CAPITALISM IN THE 21 ST CENTURY: 

NO EASY ANSWERS 

The presenter will talk about the role of captal as a global force since 1974, 

the possibility of a sixth great exticntion of species, the role of capital in 

that extinction, and what forces coudl stop the ongoing process. There will 

be a short talk, interactive discussion, as well as questions and dialogue. 

The presenter will point out the necessity of destroying captialism and 

how people might participate in that process. This is a one-hour workshop 

led by members of Bring the Ruckus. 

M.TRELOAR is a member of Bring the Ruckus. He was an organizer and 

participant in the anti-globalization movement in North America from 

Seattle, 1999 to its demise. As well, he was a co-founder of Black Cross 

Health Collective. He currently lives and works in the Bay Area. He will 

be assisted by Liz Samuels. Email: notamedic@netscape.net. 


EDUCATION NOT INCARCERATION 

Education not Incarceration is a group of teachers, parents, students, and 

community members who are outraged by the current cuts in education 

funding. They believe that the state budget needs to prioritize education 

funding—as well as funding for other important social services—over increased 

spending on prisons. This workshop focuses on ways people can 

work towards that end in California. 

NAT SMITH is the chapter organizer for the Oakland Chapter of Critical 

Resistance and his email address is nat@criticalresistance.org. 



COMPETING AND TEAMING: LESSONS FROM THE 

CONSULTANT’S’ TOOL BAGS 

This session is a panel presentation for consulting business start-ups. 

Knowing your stuff is not enough to succeed in business. Beyond expertise 

in your specialization, you must develop skills in marketing, responding 

to RFPs and RFQs, preparing bids, and managing billable time. This 

session’s panelists are experienced consultants who have grown their companies 

by honing their skills in marketing, competing for, “landing,” and 

negotiating contracts, managing interdisciplinary teams, and building the 

relationships necessary for long-term contracts. The consulting firms on 

the panel represent the fields of engineering, pubic relations and advertising, 

environmental and integrated waste management, natural resources 

and community development. Brief presentations will be followed by an 

active question and answer session with the participants. 

KEN DAVLIN, Oscar Larson Associates, specializes in planning and design 

of environmentally friendly water, wastewater and storm drainage 

systems, wetlands restoration and mitigation and environmental studies. 

ALISHA COX, CoxRasmussen&Cross, specializes in marketing plans, 

public relations, videos, graphic design, including logos, websites, and 

brochures. 

ED BOISSON, R.W. Beck & Associates is a 1989 HSU Environmental 

Resources Engineering MS graduate. He was a self-employed consultant 

for several years before recently joining the staff of R.W. Beck. Beck & 

Associates provides services to energy, water, and solid waste utilities in 

the U.S. and abroad. 

MARGARET GAINER, Gainer & Associates, specializes in design of 

waste reduction systems, zero waste events, municipal recycling programs, 

public education programs for local government, recycling-based 

manufacturing and economic development. She can be reached at gainer@ 

humboldt.edu. 

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development 


ACADEMIC FITNESS 

The presenter has created a formula to help students organize, edit and 

articulate academic material. She will also address such issues as dress 

codes, passing periods and breaks, nutrition, well defined roles, standardized 

testing, grammar, manners, and eliminating test anxiety. 

MELANIE H. VANSELL has an MA degree in Early Modern Europe and 

American Foreign Relations. She recently moved to Humboldt from Riverside, 

CA, where she had been teaching the survey history course at local 

community colleges. She continues to teach online for San Bernardino 

Valley College. She is now teaching at HSU and also working as a sign 

language interpreter at College of the Redwoods. She can be reached at 

Mvansell@aol.com. Founders Hall 236 

GREENPEACE CAMPUS ACTIVIST TRAINING IN 

ACTION 




skills. See full description on page 9. 

*This is the third of four meetings during the summit weekend for the organizing 

team. Please attend all four meetings and experience the activist 

training first-hand! 





Contact her at lindsey.allen@sfo.greenpeace.org. 

Nelson Hall East 120



JUST A LITTLE REd dOT… (1 6) 

When a new student comes to school wearing a dot on her forehead, 

an Indian cultural symbol, some students express racist attitudes 

and negative feelings. Another group 

of students decides to educate their 

schoolmates and find an ingenious way 

to spread the message of respect for 

people of all backgrounds. Based on a 

true story. 35 minutes. 


LETTING GEOGRAPHY TAKE ON CONTROVERSIAL 

ISSUES 

Geography is a holistic, interdisciplinary perspective that gives incredible 

latitude in the classroom. Its nature allows you to tackle controversial 

subjects such as environmental degradation, population impact, urban 

sprawl and promoting active citizenship. This session will feature geographic 

resources and techniques on how to tackle controversial subjects 

using geography and spatial analysis as tools. 

A Humboldt State faculty member since 1971, DR. JOSEPH S. LEEP- 

ER has been active in Geographic Education his whole career. He has 

represented Region One on the State Social Science Council, been active 

on history-social science at both local and state levels, and continues to 

be active in social science education at Humboldt State. He received his 

undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College where he also earned a provisional 

Social Science teaching credential. He earned his two advanced 

degrees at the University of Oregon. You can reach Dr. Leeper at jsl1@ 

humboldt.edu. 

A relative newcomer to the Northcoast, DR. DENNIS FITZSIMONS has 

been active in teacher preparation and teacher in-service workshops during 

his university career. He was a very active presenter of teaching strategies 

and workshops in Texas as part of the Texas Geographic Alliance. 

Dennis continues his efforts locally and has given multiple presentations 

before the Teaching American History (TAH) groups. He can be reached 

at def4@humboldt.edu. 


SCHOOLS BASED ON LEARNER INITIATIVE AND 

PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY 

Relevant to the summit’s theme of democracy and social justice is the 

time-tested Sudbury Valley School model. Sudbury schools are governed 

by weekly meetings in which students and staff have one vote each in matters 

including rules and staff employment. Justice Committee is the only 

required activity in these egalitarian schools. This is learning about democracy 

by doing it. A 30-minute video of Sudbury students and alumni 

will be shown followed by a dialog with two organizers of a planned local 

nonprofit Sudbury school. 

DENNIS SHAUGHNESSY is an experienced and certified teacher and 

has volunteered at the Sacramento Sudbury school. He sees the Sudbury 

model as a way to take advantage of natural learning and motivation. 

ALLISUN O’CONNELL is a child development student at HSU and is 

passionate about the revolutionary principles of self- governance and selfdirected 

learning put into practice at Sudbury schools. Reach her at problemsecretary@yahoo.com. 


11: 0 am – 1:00 pm LUNCH BREAK 

Consider enjoying a hearty lunch at the J in the Jolly Giant Commons. 

Perhaps you might visit the food booth in Goodwin Forum, 

Nelson Hall East and pick up a snack. Met any interesting people 

this summit? Why not invite them to lunch? 

Special Lunchtime Opportunity 

Saturday, 11: 0 am – 12:45 pm 

A TOWN HALL MEETING 

WHAT CAN WE DO TO RESCUE PUBLIC 

EDUCATION FROM THE DISASTEROUS 

EFFECTS OF HIGH-STAKES TESTING? 

Laura Rose and Jan West, together with the Humboldt Educators and 

Advocates for Responsible Testing, have developed a DVD presentation 

to educate the public and our legislators about the un-winnable 

situation into which high stakes testing has plunged our treasured 

public school system. Less than 10% of our public schools are expected 

to escape eventual sanctions and possible closures from No Child Left 

Behind, and private, profit-based schools will grow at a stunning rate 

to fatten the pockets of a few. Our DVD is designed to help the public 

understand how and why we must change laws that are destined to 

prevent America’s public school system from fostering equity, social 

justice, and a well-balanced, rich curriculum for all children. With 

co-sponsorship from Garry Eagles, Superintendent of the Humboldt 

County Office of Education, and through gatherings of local teachers 

and administrators, Jan and Laura have shared this presentation with 

legislators Patti Berg and Wes Chesbro, and will soon share it with 

Mike Thompson. In this special town meeting, we will follow the DVD 

with a discussion of ideas for positive action, including the expectation 

that our DVD will be ready to distribute or post on an Internet site. 

LAURA ROSE was a classroom teacher for 25 years in local schools. 

She spent several years training our local teachers in effective teaching 

methods through the Humboldt County Office of Education, and she 

has authored six books in teaching reading and writing through personal 

connection and rich children’s literature. For the past ten years 

she has been teaching student teachers in the Elementary Education 

Credential Program at Humboldt State University. She can be reached 

at lrose1@cox.net. 

JAN WEST is a kindergarten/first grade teacher at Trinidad School, 

a former Humboldt County Teacher of the Year, and recipient of the 

Excellence in Teaching award. She served on the Humboldt County 

Readiness Task Force and currently serves on the HSU Elementary 

Education Partnership Council. Jan is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer 

from Afghanistan with a special interest in multicultural education. 

Together, Jan and Laura are dedicated to promoting developmentally 

appropriate curriculum that awakens in each child the joys 

of life-long learning across a rich curriculum, the timely acquisition of 

basic intellectual, physical and social skills, and the promotion of democracy 

through fostering social justice and equity. She can be reached 

at jandjwest@cox.net. 



Saturday, 11: 0 am – 1:00 pm 

STUDENT SHOWCASE: POSTER SESSION! 

Students, faculty, and community members will present their work using an informal poster format. Information will include best practices 

in education, signature academic course work, graduate research, and community projects. This is an opportunity to interact with presenters 

in an informal setting, share ideas, and provide feedback. Many of these presenters are HSU students who want to share their work with 

others outside the classroom. Please take the time to browse through the session and give these individuals the attention they deserve. 

DAVID A. ELLERD, organizer of the Showcase, is Assistant Professor and Program Leader, Special Education Credential Program in the 

Department of Education, Humboldt State University. He will be joined by over 50 colleagues in this effort. He can be reached at dae11@ 

humboldt.edu. 

Karshner Lounge, outside Kate Buchanan Room, University Center 

Saturday, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm 

NATIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR KEYNOTE ADDRESS 

EQUITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CHILDREN 

Jason Kamras, mathematics teacher, John Philip Sousa Middle School, Washington, D.C. 

The 2005 National Teacher of the Year, Jason Kamras, is committed to ensuring that all of 

America’s children, regardless of background, receive an excellent education that provides 

them with the unlimited opportunity to pursue their dreams. Towards that end, he has 

served since 1996 as a mathematics teacher at John Philip Sousa Middle School, a District of 

Columbia public school. Sousa is located in an area of Washington, DC where fewer economic 

and educational resources exist than in a number of other city neighborhoods. In his years at 

the school, Mr. Kamras has made a dramatic impact on his students’ academic achievement 

and personal growth by emphasizing high expectations, a nurturing environment and a focus 

that continually takes them beyond their immediate world. He believes eliminating inequity 

in the resources available to schools, which limits access to a quality education, will ensure 

true opportunity for all children. Jason holds a BA in public policy from Princeton University 

and an MA in education from Harvard. He has taught at Sousa Middle School since 1996. 

Welcome from Dean Susan Higgins, College of Professional Studies 

Introduction of National Teacher of the Year by Garry Eagles, 

Humboldt County Superintendent of Schools 

Opening Performance by Latin and Folk Singers Lorenza Simmons and Debbie Benavides 

Sponsored by Humboldt County Office of Education 


_________________________ 

Followed by Reception for Jason Kamras and HSU Alumni in South Lounge 


Saturday, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm SESSION 6 

Saturday, 2: 0 pm – 4:00 pm Session 6 

ALL RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: BRINGING 

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW INTO 

OUR TEACHING, ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZING 

FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 

We are at a point in our nation’s history when we need to reach beyond 

the borders of our own political and justice system to global 

human rights movements and laws in order to help us achieve social 

justice. This workshop will look at our domestic social justice work 

through the prism of international human rights, using the human 

rights framework and language to define social justice strategies and 

movements. It will present an overview of international human rights 

covenants and conventions, and an overview of how human rights have 

been part of social justice movements in the United States throughout 

history. We will look at ways to use international human rights laws in 

our organizing strategies, and present curricula ideas for teach human 

rights in schools. 

CATHY DREYFUSS is an attorney and social justice activist who has 

been involved in human rights work through her practice in criminal 

defense, death penalty appeals, political asylum, and deportation defense, 

as well as in social justice campaigns against US intervention, 

racial discrimination, and death penalty abolition. She has been active 

in the National Lawyers Guild for over 20 years. Contact Cathy at 

catrobin@frontiernet.net. Siemens Hall 128 

A WALKING CONVERSATION IN THE LANPHERE 

DUNES: DISCOVERY, DIVERSITY AND 

BIOCONNECTIVITY 

Come experience the complex beauty of the Lanphere Dunes and learn 

more about the organisms that make up this fascinating mosaic of landscapes. 

Discuss discoveries in a holistic method where all questions raised 

are considered in depth. Contemplate the value of biodiversity, local to 

global. Examine the strengths and weaknesses of human perceptions of 

the interconnections and interdependencies of life on earth. People of all 

backgrounds are encouraged to attend this walk so as to bring a diversity 

of thoughts and worldviews to the discussion. 

NICK SKY is a graduate student at Humboldt State University in the 

Natural Resources Planning and Interpretation Department. He has a 

background in natural history, ecology, biogeography and environmental 

ethics. He can be reached at nick.sky@sbcglobal.net. 

*Meet at 2:30 sharp at the summit registration desk in Goodwin 

Forum, Nelson Hall East and we’ll carpool over to the site. Limited 

to 15 participants. Reserve space at nick.sky@sbcglobal.net. 

Bring water, food and clothing for varying weather conditions. 

TRY A POEM FOR A CHANGE 

Based on a model for personal growth, this workshop will use poetry as 

a tool for social change. Participants will talk, write, and use art as we 

explore our own attitudes around issues of peace and justice. This has the 

potential to be a powerful, interactive experience. 

SUZANNE SAMBERG teaches high school English and various social 

studies classes. She has worked to find balance and connection between 

the personal and the societal. To that end, she has participated in the Seeking 

Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) intensive and she is currently 

in training as a certified poetry therapist. Reach her at ssamberg@ 

hotmail.com. 


AMERICA’S FOUNDING 

MYTHOLOGY: THE USES AND 

MISUSES OF HISTORY 

Our founding narrative, created in the nineteenth 

century to serve the interests of an expanding nationalism, 

sells democracy short. It also reveals 

how the mandated history taught in schools can 

be used for manipulative purposes. On the other 

hand, a curriculum that teaches students how 

to understand and interpret primary documents 

can give students skills that will help them peel 

through the multiple layers of manipulation they must face as citizens. 

To bring this current: as we move from Molly Pitcher to Private Jessica 

Lynch, the study of history can help students deconstruct Karl Rove. 

RAY RAPHAEL has authored a dozen books on topics that include local 

history, regional issues, education, and most recently, the American Revolution. 

His work is introduced on his website—rayraphael.com—which 

also includes a page-by-page breakdown of our founding myths as seen 

in current textbooks. Ray has taught at all grade levels from elementary 

through college; he spent most of his teaching career in a remote, self-contained 

7-12th grade public school classroom. 


WHY POETRY WHEN THERE’S WAR? 

We’ll work on a poem and talk about how poetry has been a part of every 

radical social movement in contemporary history. When torture, rape and 

corruption are the backdrop for our everyday lives, poetry is one of the 

tools for change that we often overlook. What is a good rally speech but a 

fiery poem? How do we arouse activism except by reaching people’s hearts 

and minds? 

JEWELLE GOMEZ is a writer and activist and the author of the double 

Lambda Award-winning novel, The Gilda Stories (Firebrand Books). Her 

adaptation of the book for the stage—Bones & Ash: a Gilda Story—was 

performed by the Urban Bush Women in 13 U.S. cities. She is the recipient 

of a National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship and two 

California Arts Council fellowships. Her fiction, essays, criticism and 

poetry have appeared in numerous periodicals, including The San Francisco 

Chronicle, The New York Times, The Village Voice; The Advocate, 

Ms Magazine, Essence Magazine and the Black Scholar. She has served 

on literary panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the Illinois 

Arts Council, the California Arts Council and the San Francisco Arts 

Commission. She is currently on the national advisory boards of the National 

Center for Lesbian Rights, Poets and Writers, Inc., and the Human 

Sexuality Archives of Cornell University. An early member of the board 

of the Astraea Foundation she is currently on the funding board of the 

Open Meadows Foundation. Her books include a volume of personal and 

political essays entitled Forty Three Septembers (Firebrand, 1993), and a 

collection of short fiction, Don’t Explain (Firebrand, 1997). 







MAKING GRANT MONEY WORK FOR YOU 

There are many misconceptions approaching the status of urban legends, 

regarding grant funds that are supposedly available to entrepreneurs and 

small business owners. Several national television advertisements have 

featured this “free money,” along with the announcement that “for only 

$19.95,” you too can gain access to top-secret government financing that 

is available to businesses. 

In this session, we will debunk myth from reality and provide participants 

with a list of authentic grant-funded resources (private and public) available 

to companies in Northern California. The session will include a brief 

presentation followed by a hearty question-and-answer session. 

BOB JUDEVINE is Program Manager for BizNet, a one-stop business 

resource located in Eureka, serving both Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. 

BizNet focuses on cutting through red tape for local businesses and in 

providing quick answers and solutions to day-to-day business questions. 

KRISTIN JOHNSON is Executive Director for the North Coast Small 

Business Development Center (SBDC), and Interim Co-Director for the 

Northern California SBDC Network. The SBDC program provides nocost 

business and management assistance to entrepreneurs and business 

owners throughout the United States. SBDC collaborates with many governmental 

agencies and grant programs aimed at the federal, state and 

local level. 

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development 



RECALLING DEMOCRACY—MEASURE F IN 

HUMBOLDT COUNTY (2004) 

This is a documentary co-produced by Tom Voorhees and Harry Blumenthal 

about the failed attempt to recall Humboldt County District Attorney 

Paul Gallegos in March 2004. It includes a focus on the role of Pacific Lumber 

Company in that recall. 24 minutes. 


DARING STUDENTS TO ACT: A FRESH VIEW— 

YOUR VIEW 

What’s the most inspiring class you’ve ever taken? More than likely, it’s 

one that connects ideas with meaningful action. Service learning opens 

your classroom to these opportunities for student civic engagement, but 

community-based education comes with its own set of challenges. Honoring 

the principle of community knowledge and the value of diversity, 

participants at all levels of service learning experience and from all partnership 

perspectives—instructor, community partner, and student—are 

invited to collaborate in this interactive workshop to identify opportunities 

and develop innovative and collective solutions. 

JAIME THOMPSON is a senior in Child Development and Leadership 

Studies, an intern at HSU’s Service Learning Center, and Co-Director 

of the Summer Leadership Educational Adventure Program. In his previous 

years at HSU he has served as the Co-Director of New Games and 

Program Consultant for Youth Educational Services, connecting HSU 

students with co-curricular volunteer opportunities, as well as a two-time 

Children’s Area Coordinator for the Sustainable Living Arts and Music 

Festival. He is currently working as Service Learning Liaison to the Educational 

Opportunity Program, a member of the Service Learning/Experiential 

Education Advisory Committee, and an active ropes-course facilitator. 

Reach him at Jjt14@humboldt.edu. 

CHRISTY BURKE is a current student at Humboldt State University 

where she is working on a BS degree in kinesiology and a certificate of 

study in women’s studies. In addition to her academics, Christy is an in- 


tern at the Service Learning Center at HSU, a crisis worker with Humboldt 

Domestic Violence Services, and a volunteer board member for Six Rivers 

Planned Parenthood. Christy’s current career plan is to attend medical 

school and become an osteopathic primary care physician. Christy’s email 

address is Clb65@humboldt.edu. 

COLIN PHIFER has served as a Service Learning Center intern since August 

2004 and a docent at the HSU Natural History Museum from before 

time. Reach him at ccp6@humboldt.edu. 

NICHOLE HILLYER is a senior with a major in child development and Service 

Learning Intern at Humboldt State University. She likes trampolines 

and peanut butter and her email address is nikkinbonnie@yahoo.com. 


“VOTING SUCKS! (WHICH IS WHY WE’D BETTER 

FIX IT) 

Our current voting system suffers from many problems that prevent it 

from giving us results that are conclusive, accurate, or truly reflective 

of the will of the people. Because of this, all too many of our fellow 

Americans, understandably, see no reason to vote. This workshop will 

explore Instant Runoff Voting (Ranked-Choice Voting) as a pathway 

to creating a better voting experience for voters, while guaranteeing 

that the process accurately reflects their opinions. By ensuring that the 

vote allows us to make our voices heard clearly, the people would have 

good reason to make the effort to go to the polls and vote how they really 

wish to vote. There will be no fear of ‘wasting’ a vote or ‘splitting’ 

the vote and this will likely increase the chances of people’s votes making 

the change they want to see. Anyone with a cause of any kind has a 

stake in making the vote work. That process starts here. 

Co-founder of the Voter Confidence Committee and graduate student 

in HSU’s Environment and Community MA Program, SCOTT MEN- 

ZIES’ ‘primary mission’ revolves around Realizing Community, an 

organization committed to creating healthy, interactive communities. 

Believing it integral to creating a political atmosphere within which 

he, and we, can make change, voting reform is one of his so-called ‘secondary 

missions.’ Reach Scott at info@voterconfidencecommittee.org 

or Scott.Menzies @realizingcommunity.org. 


EDUCATION FOR PLANNING THE FUTURE: 

INTRODUCTION TO FUTURE STUDIES 

Make a transformation from a backward-oriented education to a futureoriented 

education. Open the narrow form of (capitalist) economics taught 

in schools to other alternatives. This session will present steps we might 

take to move beyond current government by the corporations and for the 

corporations to government by and for the people. 

WILLIAM H. BOYER is Professor Emeritus, Philosophy of Education at 

University of Hawaii and the author of five books on planning the future. 

The latest is Myth America: Democracy vs. Capitalism (2005). This will 

be available at the summit. Contact him at wboyer@dsicomputers.com. 


YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILDREN WITH ADHD TO 

SUCCEED 

Attention Deficit (Hyperactive) Disorder is one of the most easily misunderstood 

of all learning disabilities. It looks a lot like just being “flakey,” 

or not caring, or having parents who don’t support reasonable work habits 

and discipline in the home. It is actually a deficit in the brain, where tasks


like organization, remembering what to turn in when, and learning from 

experience cause havoc in classroom success. It is also often accompanied 

by emotional outbursts and even depression. This session will provide you 

with a better understanding of children with AD(H)D, and with specific, 

practical steps to take to help these children truly succeed at home and/or 

in the classroom. Prescription drugs may or may be helpful, but with or 

without them there are many things the parent and teacher can do to support 

these children and keep them from giving up on their education. 

LAURA ROSE taught in local schools for twenty years, grades K-8 and is 

the mother of a son who has AD(H)D. She spent a great deal of time and 

energy reading books and researching about ways to help children with 

AD(H)D, and has put together a great deal of useful information. She has 

presented this topic at conferences of special education teachers and at a 

number of earlier educational summits. She is currently teaching student 

teachers at Humboldt State University. Contact Laura at lrose1@cox.net. 


BUILDING COALITIONS THROUGH THE 

PARTNERING PROCESS 

Partnering is a process to build coalitions, to bridge differences and 

to implement collaborative teamwork in all settings (teams, schools, 

classrooms, community organizations, and the workplace). This is a 

highly interactive session, customized for the participants and their 

specific work settings. The session leader guides participants through 

the process with specific application examples, so participants may 

leave with an action plan of their own. Included is an overview of the 

basic partnering principles and practices; the key stages for building 

coalitions; and strategies for successful implementation. 

This is a must-attend session for anyone who believes in coalition work 

and working across differences, but has found repeated frustration and 

disappointment working inside such coalitions. It will be an especially 

valuable experience for activists, teachers, school administrators, and 

community organization leaders who depend on collaboration and 

teamwork to fulfill organizational missions. 

JOY KELLER-WEIDMAN, founder of Holon Consulting, is a human 

and organizational development consultant who promotes effectiveness 

by engaging all parts of the system in sharing information, strategies 

and decision-making around relevant issues. Since 1981, Joy has 

helped public & private sector organizations and communities build 

strong leaders, teams and relationships. She helps clients create learning 

environments that promote change and transformation through 

collaborative approaches, such as dialogue, open space and appreciative 

inquiry. Based on self-organizing systems, these participatory approaches 

generate buy-in and input among diverse and complex populations, 

leading to successful resolutions and implementations. Holon 

Consulting services focus on (1) strategic partnering, through shared 

vision, values, goals & strategies, (2) collaborative change projects, (3) 

large group forums, (4) team building, (5) collaborative problem solving, 

(6) innovative meeting design/facilitation, and (7) life coaching. 

In one large state agency, she helped redesign an internationally recognized 

Partnering Program and coached its staff to win the Arizona’s 

Governor’s 1999 Outstanding Team Award. Joy Keller-Weidman 

earned her BS in Education, and has completed post- graduate courses 

and extensive training for enhanced organizational learning and personal 

and team effectiveness. Contact her at holon@consultant.com. 

U 

Extended Session: 2:30 pm–5:30 pm 

Agate Room: Jolly Giant Compound 

DIALOGUE JOURNALS AND PORTFOLIOS AS A 

RESOURCE TO FOSTER AND ASSESS LITERACY 

DEVELOPMENT 

The presenter will share her experiences implementing dialogue journals 

and portfolios while teaching English- and Spanish-language 

classes. The dialogue journal is an informal written conversation between 

the teacher and the students. The portfolio is a selection of students’ 

work illustrating their literacy development and progress. After 

this session, the participant will have a clear idea of what guidelines 

to adopt/adapt/create if interested in implementing these pedagogical 

tools in the classroom. Dialogue journals and portfolios are two learning 

activities that can be used in any classroom setting regardless of 

grade level, age of the students, their language level, or the subject 

area. 

CLARENA LARROTTA is a new faculty member in the Education Department 

at Humboldt State University. She holds a doctoral degree 

from the University of Texas at Austin in Multilingual Studies – Bilingual 

Education. She also has an MA in English Education from the 

University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. She has taught for 15 years in 

different settings in Colombia, Puerto Rico and the United States. Her 

research interest is literacy education for ESL students. Contact her at 

cl57@humboldt.edu. 

Academic Literacy; Teaching in Higher Education 


HISTORY IN POETRY: SATIRE AND DISSENT 

This workshop is based on a lecture series about poetry of social change 

expressed at performance level energetics. Persons should come to the session 

with poems of their own or ones that they admired for a personal 

epiphany. The discussion will focus on the purpose, potential, and performance 

art possible in each sample’s expressive empowerment. The workshop 

leader sees this session as a time when people may drop in and visit 

for as little as an hour and have their poem and their performance brainstormed 

or critiqued in rapid succession, thus learning from the creativity 

and development in the room. Participants are welcome to tape their reading 

or rehearse, so bring your own recording devices 

BRETT MATUSEK is a poet-performer. Contact him at bvm2002@hotmail.com. 

U 

Extended Session: 2:30 pm –5:30 pm 


HOW WRONG I WAS WHEN WE FIRST MET: 

A QUICK REVIEW OF SOCIAL PERCEPTION 

Ever wonder how our first impressions of students, colleagues and community 

members prove false... or true? Here’s an opportunity to review 

briefly the psychological underpinnings of social 

cognition or how we form opinions of others. In this 

workshop participants will engage in a number of 

enjoyable and challenging activities that highlight 

the significant dynamics that influence our impressions 

of others and hence, how we treat them in 

classrooms, staff rooms and in the community. We’ll 

examine common judgments, attributions and distortions 

that occur in our perceptions of others. 

PATRICK A. MEYER, LCSW is founder and Program 

Chair of the Human Services Program at 

Cabrillo College in Aptos, CA. He teaches introductory social work and 

applied psychology courses there including “Relationships,” “Values and 



Decision Making” and “Personal and Social Adjustment.” He is a former 

professor of human behavior in the Graduate School of Social Work at San 

Jose State University. He maintains a small private psychotherapy practice 

in Santa Cruz where he maintains a magical secret garden and keeps 

actively involved in community projects. Patrick’s email is pameyer@cabrillo.edu. 


EARTH FIRST! STORYTELLING AND Q & A 

Stories play a key role in Earth First! They share information, establish 

group history, and educate newcomers. Come to this workshop, ask questions, 

listen, and share stories with several members of North Coast Earth 

First! 

SHUNKA WAKAN has been working with NCEF! for over five years. He 

is joined by FOUR WINDS. Contact him at northcoastearthfirst1@yahoo. 

com. Founders Hall 236 

QUEER DIRT 

Did you know that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and transexual individuals 

live in rural areas in roughly the same proportion as they do in 

urban areas? Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live on land 

in a communal or collective setting or, wanted to examine the realities of 

living on land (beyond romanticized stereotypes and utopian idealism). 

This interactive workshop will delve into the many issues surrounding 

rural queer folk and communal living, including visibility, mutual presence 

and isolation; Addressing race, class, religion, sexuality, gender, sex, 

age, physical ability and mental health differences within communities; 

How do individuals support themselves financially on land?; Around what 

issues or which identity groups are communities organizing themselves; 

alternative building materials, renewable energy sources and environmentally 

sound waste management. 

This is a facilitated discussion between a variety of queers living on the land 

in rural Oregon and California. Living in rural Oregon and California as 

radical queers: what is it like? Beyond the stereotypes and idealism, queers 

with experience living on the land share their experiences and knowledge. 

HOLLY GRACE (facilitator) is a graduate of HSU, and is currently involved 

with many intentional queer communities up and down the West 

Coast. Reach her at feminist_fury13@yahoo.com. 


SHAMING BAD COPS: HOW A COMMUNITY CAN 

RESPOND 

In 2004, Portland, Oregon, witnessed two killings by police under questionable 

circumstances. How can a community respond to these kinds of 

incidents? What did Copwatch do? This workshop shares both experience 

and anecdotes related to dealing with bad cops in legal ways, as well as 

generating ideas for potential problems in the future. 

CLAYTON SZCZECH is an active member of Copwatch in Portland, Oregon. 

Reach him at info@rosecitycopwatch.org. 


IMPLEMENTING LEAN MANUFACTURING IN THE 

REAL WORLD: A CASE STUDY FROM UNITED 

AIRLINES 

What does Lean Manufacturing look like on the ground in a large corporate 

environment? What are the challenge and opportunities that arise when attempting 

to lead organizational and cultural change in a workplace that 

has a well-established non-Lean culture? What are the real obstacles that 

arise when attempting to put theory into practice? The workshop leader 

has spent much of the last year and a half integrating Lean manufacturing 


in an airplane engine repair shop and will share his experience and thinking 

about the process. 

The lecture piece of this session will focus on three particular challenges: 

developing a working Lean operating system, reworking the management 

infrastructure to support a Lean operating system, and changing mindsets 

and behaviors to work with this new paradigm. A short DVD will be 

viewed which captures some of United Airlines’ Lean transformation in its 

maintenance operation. 

CRISPIN HOLLINGS is a manager of engine maintenance at United Airlines 

in San Francisco Airport. He has recently been part of an effort to 

bring Lean manufacturing techniques to United Airline’s engine maintenance 

operation. He has airframe and powerplant mechanic licenses from 

the FAA and an MBA from UC Berkeley. He is studying sign language 

and loves country-western dancing. He can be reached at crispinh@comcast.net. 

Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Track 


DEVELOPING LISTENING SKILLS: TRADITIONAL 

ORAL HISTORY OF THE YUROK 

In this fun and interactive workshop, Cindy McKinnon shares the techniques 

she uses to bring the Yurok Grandmothers’ knowledge and oral 

storytelling skills to her classroom. Cindy will showcase a range of Native 

American children’s literature and engage the audience in an oral 

storytelling activity that can be used from kindergarten to college—one 

that strengthens students’ abilities to listen and summarize auditory information. 

CINDY MCKINNON is a Redwood Writing Project Teacher-Consultant. 

She teaches in the Yurok Magnet Program at Weitchpec Elementary 

School and can be reached at cmckinnon@humboldt.k12.ca.us. 

Academic Literacy, Native American Issues in Schools 


A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS, 

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING—VALUABLE 

LESSONS FOR ALL 

Last spring, College of the Redwoods sponsored its first “Celebration of 

Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering.” The week-long event 

included activities such as guest lectures, a drop-in meet-the-scientists afternoon, 

a poster contest, and a panel discussion, all aimed at bringing together 

diverse professional women in our community with young women 

(middle school through college) to encourage them to consider careers in 

science. The event had some clear successes as well as some areas in need 

of improvement. In our presentation, we will share with you our mission 

and our experience. We would like to stimulate discussion that helps us to 

improve our celebration this year, as well as encourage others to take on a 

similar venture. 

In a career spanning almost 40 years, DAVID ARNOLD has taught mathematics 

at all levels: elementary school, high school, and college. He has 

been awarded faculty of the year at both the high school and collegiate 

levels. He has a keen interest in using technology to teach mathematics 

and also enjoys encouraging students from all walks of life to pursue their 

studies in mathematics. David has been a professor of mathematics at 

College of the Redwoods since 1991 and can be reached at David-Arnold@ 

Redwoods.edu. 

KAREN REISS graduated from U.C. Santa Cruz with a BA in biology/ 

chemistry, received her MA and Ph.D. in zoology from Cornell University, 

and worked as a part-time faculty member for eight years in HSU’s Biology 

Department before taking a permanent position as a zoologist and As-

Saturday, 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm & 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm SESSIONS 6 & 7 

sistant Professor of Biology at College of the Redwoods. Her research has 

always focused on mammalian anatomy and evolution, has always combined 

both field and laboratory approaches, and has always involved undergraduate 

student assistants, as well as the occasional assistance of her 

two children. Her long-term passion for tropical ant-eaters has recently 

been supplanted by an equal passion for Pacific Northwestern chipmunks, 

though as she ages she is learning that every animal is a great animal. 

Contact her at Karen-Reiss@Redwoods.edu. 

TERESA (“TAMI”) MATSUMOTO teaches arithmetic through calculus 

at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, California, where she is Assitant 

Professor of Mathematics. She also teaches professional development 

workshops for local teachers, and mathematics for prospective teachers 

at Humboldt State University. Tami can be reached at Tami-Matsumoto@ 

Redwoods.edu. 

SANDY VREM, Professor of Mathematics, received her BS in mathematics 

in 1969 from Hood College and in 1972 earned an MATM degree from 

the University of New Mexico. She has been teaching mathematics for 36 

years at the secondary level and college level. She can be reached at Sandy- 

Vrem@Redwoods.edu. 





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are turned off during all 

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Saturday, 4: 0 pm – 6:00 pm Session 

HOW PARENTS CAN SUPPORT THEIR CHILD 

THROUGH THE ROLLER-COASTER YEARS OF 

MIDDLE SCHOOL 

Huge changes in the adolescent brain account for the roller-coaster years 

of “tween” years of middle school. Responding with autocratic or permissive 

parenting does not support tweens in becoming responsible and caring 

human beings. Democratic parenting which provides clear boundaries 

while allowing for the experimentation that is naturally a part of their 

psychological growth provides the safety for tweens to make mistakes and 

learn from them. Presented by Linda Inlay, director of The River School, 

an award winning charter middle school, this program was developed in 

1972 in Hawaii and has transformed many families in its thirty-three years 

of refinement. 

LINDA INLAY, the director of The River 

School for ten years, spent her formative years 

as an educator in Hawaii in a school program 

developed by Sr. Joan Madden and an Adlerian 

psychologist, Dr. Raymond Corsini. 

This program, called the Hoàla Educational 

Philosophy, has thirty-three years of refinement 

in both Hoàla School in Hawaii and at 

The River School. Hoàla in Hawaiian means, 

“awakening of the self” which is the heart of 

this philsophy, addressing the psychological 

needs of all human beings for a sense of self 

and a sense of belonging. Linda has published two articles on this philosophy 

for the journal Educational Leadership, and spoken at numerous 

conferences on this way of raising responsible and caring human beings. 

Linda can be reached at linlay@nvusd.k12.ca.us. 


MASTER CLASS WITH HOLLY NEAR: The Art of 

Social Change Activism 

Holly works with the power of creative expression, starting with active 

noticing and the gathering of experience. She investigates the language 

we use, the rhythm, the movement. Holly offers skills that can help activists 

and artists avoid rhetoric and overused imagery, to move towards 

vibrant critical thinking. Through constructive suggestion, Holly works 

with participants as they practice storytelling, presenting and creative 

social change activism. If you are not familiar with master classes, they 

involve artists, writers, activists and others getting on their feet and practicing 

presenting their work—whether part of a speech, a poem, a song or 

anything else. The artists then share whether they want a critique of their 

writing or of their presentation style (or both). In this way, people learn 

from one another by watching them perform and listening to the critique. 

HOLLY NEAR is a unique combination 

of entertainer, teacher and activist. An 

immense vocal talent, Holly’s career as a 

singer has been profoundly defined by an 

unwillingness to separate her passion for 

music from her passion for human dignity. 

She is a skilled performer and an outspoken 

ambassador for peace who brings 

to the stage an integration of world consciousness, 

spiritual discovery, and theatricality. 

Although she sang in public from 

the age of eight, Holly’s professional career 

began with numerous performances 



in film and television, and a run in the Broadway production of Hair. Torn 

between a career as an actor or a singer, Holly chose to pursue her love of 

music, especially that music which articulated the social conditions of the 

world community, 

Both as a participant and a leader, she bears personal witness to the hugely 

important role that music plays in political action movements. Holly’s 

unique personal perspective, which makes the subject matter leap out 

of the books and into the classroom, draws praise from college faculties 

around the country. And her strength and versatility as a performer has led 

to creative collaborations with such artists as Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, 

Arlo Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Inti-Illimani, Bonnie 

Raitt, Cris Williamson, and Linda Tillery. Holly has released over 20 

recordings, including the seminal Imagine My Surprise, and performs as 

a guest on many others. Over the past few years, Holly has been busy 

re-releasing much of her early material as well as new works on her own 

label, Calico Tracks Music. Her recent recording, Edge, clearly demonstrates 

that Holly is not resting on her laurels, but continues to write and 

sing political songs with the grace, humor, and maturity that come from 

doing social change work for over 30 years. Holly’s integrity has earned 

her a reputation as one of the most powerful and articulate political artists 

of our time. 

U 

Extended Session: 4:30-6:30 p.m. 

Bring a poem, speech, song or anything you created to this 

session. Kate Buchanan Room – B, University Center 

WHAT DOES INTELLIGENCE HAVE TO DO WITH 

IT? APPLYING HOWARD GARDNER’S THEORY 

OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES IN THE COLLEGE 

CLASSROOM 

Does the theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI), popular in K-12 teaching, 

have practical and effective applications in college teaching? Individually 

and in groups, you will learn about the theory, examine your 

own combination of MI and how they influence your teaching in the 

college classroom, and explore ways to incorporate MI into your content 

delivery, assignments, and assessments. 

DR. DEBORAH L. NOLAN has a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Adult 

Studies (with a specialization in college teaching) from the University 

of Denver. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Education at the 

College of the Redwoods (CR) in Eureka, California, and works with 

preservice teachers and paraprofessionals. Prior to joining CR, she was 

Assistant Professor of Education at a community college in Colorado, a 

teacher education program administrator, a consultant within the educational 

software industry, and a university education grants administrator. 

She also taught elementary school in California for six years. Dr. 

Nolan can be reached at deborah-nolan@redwoods.edu. 



EXPLORING THE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF THE 

MULTICULTURAL 

Explore multiculturalism in its many facets. Review several different resources. 

Discuss becoming an ally against oppression and discrimination 

and helping your students to do the same. 

LORENA BOSWELL is the Service Learning Coordinator for College of 

the Redwoods and leads the Access Careers in Teaching (ACT)-Ameri- 

Corps program. She earned her BA in sociology at Antioch College in 

Ohio, where she completed a senior project on perceptions of racism. She 

completed her teacher preparation at San Francisco State College with a 


focus on multicultural issues and inner-city schools and taught elementary 

school in San Francisco for six years, incorporating multicultural 

education and issues into the classroom. In addition to this, she facilitated 

both an action research group on issues of diversity through the Bay Area 

School Collaborative and monthly seminars on “Seeking Educational 

Equity and Diversity” through the national SEED program. She can be 

reached at lorena-boswell@redwoods.edu. 

RYAN HERST, MELISSA LAZON and ALEXANDER RICE will also 

present. They are ACT (Access Careers in Teaching) AmeriCorps members, 

College of the Redwoods’ students, and future teachers. 


ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN INTEGRATED 

APPROACH TO WHOLISTIC, HANDS-ON LEARNING 

WITH DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE BENEFITS TO 

YOUTH, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES 

Rising energy costs, climate change and pollution, global conflicts...the 

role of energy in our daily lives has become an issue that affects everyone. 

Our students are particularly hard hit—after salary-related expenses, energy 

is the biggest expense for schools nationwide, draining money away 

from needed programs and materials. By using school and community 

energy use as the focus for hands-on, project-based learning, students 

are empowered with the knowledge and skills to save energy and money 

for their institutions and homes while becoming outspoken leaders for a 

clean energy future. Furthermore, energy concepts can be integrated into 

any general subject, strengthening academic achievement by using a realworld 

issue as the context for learning. In this session, participants will 

learn how to implement hands-on energy saving programs within their 

schools and communities. As part of this session, you will learn professional 

energy auditing techniques. You will then perform an actual energy 

audit somewhere on campus, and learn how to make recommendations to 

save the campus energy and money. You will leave the session with the 

ability to transfer this knowledge to your students and bring energy saving 

programs to your school and community. 

MORGAN KING is the Humboldt County Project Coordinator for Strategic 

Energy Innovations (SEI), a non-profit organization empowering 

under-served markets in the design and implementation of programs that 

strengthen community, protect the environment, foster learning and advance 

social and economic development. SEI works with schools throughout 

California, engaging students, teachers, administrators and custodial 

staff in hands-on projects designed to save schools and communities energy 

and money while strengthening academic achievement and a sense of 

environmental stewardship. See www.seiinc.org for more information and 

contact Morgan at morgan@seiinc.org. 

A student at Fortuna High School, KYLEE KROHN performs energy audits 

for his school and for small businesses within his community. Kylee 

has successfully lobbied his school board with other students to make 

energy efficiency upgrades at his school, and has presented his work to 

the Fortuna City Council and at other community venues. Reach him at 

Kylee_krohn@yahoo.com. 


PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ABOLITION 

This workshop is an introduction to the ideas and principles behind abolishing 

prisons. Is it even possible? What can we do to work towards a prison-free 

society? This is a workshop that expects and encourages attendee 

participation. 

NAT SMITH is the Oakland Chapter Organizer for Critical Resistance. 

Contact him at nat@criticalresistance.org. 

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REBELS, RESISTANCE AND REVOLUTION: 

A RADICAL APPROACH TO TEACHING US 

HISTORY AND AMERICAN LITERATURE 

In this session, we will help you actually implement radical or alternative 

curriculum in a standard high school setting. A brief history of 

the class will be provided, as well as a student panel. Participants will 

begin creating a thematic unit outside the mainstream, with discussion 

to follow. 

TODD SIDERS and ATHENA KAUTSCH met at a Primus show at 

Barrington Hall in Berkeley and have been discussing radical curriculum 

ever since. Athena has been teaching English at Casa Grande 

High School for nine years; she is the English half of the RRR course 

(going on their fifth year), as well as the main instructor for a radical 

senior English class titled “Literature from the 60’s Movements.” In addition, 

Athena currently serves as co-chair of the English Department. 

She also plays bass in Voetsek, a thrash band, dude. Todd has been 

teaching social studies at Casa Grande High School for eleven years 

(he lost a year somewhere). In addition to being the U.S. History part 

of RRR, he currently teaches Eco-Eco (Ecological Economics) and has 

taught Women’s History, Comparative Religions, and Media Studies. 

Todd is the current co-chair of the Social Studies Department. Recently 

retired from Ren Faire, Todd spends his weekends playing some geeky 

game with dice. You can also call him DM. Reach them at tsiders@ 

hotmail.com and akautsch@aol.com. 


CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH PEER 

MEDIATION 

Learn how you can implement a peer mediation and peer listening program 

at your school site. Participants will hear from two teachers who have implemented 

this program at their school along with student mediators who 

will talk about successful peer mediation and listening programs. 

MARY LYNN BRYAN is currently teaching in the Secondary Education 

Program at HSU. In real life she teaches language arts and social studies 

at The River School in Napa and helped start the peer mediation program 

at her school. Contact her at mlb87@humboldt.edu. 

MELISSA VASHE teaches art and art integration at The River School. 

She is presently the coordinator for the Peer Mediation Program there. 


DISMANTLING WHITE SUPREMACY FOR 

BEGINNERS 

This workshop will consist of a short talk followed by a discussion of ways 

this material can be incorporated in the organizing work in which participants 

are currently engaged. Liz will address the origins of U.S. capitalism 

in slavery and white supremacy; the myth of ‘what about me? I’m not a 

white racist,’ the impact of movements of people of color in attacking the 

U.S. state and capital; the role of ‘reluctant reformers’; and, most importantly, 

why white supremacy must be destroyed. 

LIZ SAMUELS is a member of Bring the Ruckus. Her past organizing and 

political work has been focused against the occupation of Palestine and 

in the anti-war movement based in Portland, OR. Currently, her work is 

focused on prison abolition and access to quality healthcare. She recently 

moved to Oakland, CA where she teaches horseback riding and knits mittens 

for her friends. Email: bund@riseup.net. 

M. TRELOAR is a member of Bring the Ruckus. He was an organizer 

and participant in the anti-globalization movement in North America from 

Seattle, 1999 to its demise. As well, he was a co-founder of Black Cross 

Health Collective. He currently lives and works in the Bay Area. Email: 

notamedic@netscape.net. • Klamath River Room, Jolly Giant Compound 

CREATING MAGICKAL QUEER CULTURE 

Malahki and Gregory discuss different approaches they have taken towards 

creating queer magickal culture. Malahki speaks about his experiences 

with collective and group work with the Radical Faeries; Gregory 

discusses his experience in working with a mentor. Both Malahki and 

Gregory will discuss how they take their experiences, and the magickal 

cultures they belong to, and incorporate them in their queer lives. They 

will also discuss what they would like to see manifest as “magickal queer 

cultures.” 

GREGORY ZOBEL is a third-year graduate student in HSU’S English 

Department. He can be reached at gz7@humboldt.edu. 

MALAHKI THORN is a long-time member of the Radical Faeries, and is 

the man behind www.HeathenHarvest.com, a site dedicated to promoting 

alternative and underground queer and pagan music. Reach him at 

malahki@heathenharvest.com. 


THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN SCIENCE 

INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT ENGAGEMENT: 

WHY SO MANY LEAvE SCIENCE 

The national decrease in the interest of young people in pursuing careers in 

science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) has significant implications 

for an increasingly technology-based economy. Often students arrive 

at the university with an initial interest in these disciplines but become 

disillusioned, disengaged and pursue other interests. Do the pedagogies 

typically employed in these disciplines marginalize students who are otherwise 

capable of pursuing degrees and professions in science, math, and 

engineering? Courses in these areas are typically taught by white males, 

so do culture and gender backgrounds affect student learning, interest, 

and ultimately, student retention in these disciplines? Can faculty adopt 

pedagogies to compensate for inherent bias? This interactive panel discussion 

considers the impact that power and privilege has on student learning 

in the science classroom and facilitates dialogue to identify practices 

that might enhance student learning and increase retention in the sciences. 

References will be provided indicating research findings that identify why 

underrepresented peoples leave the STEM areas disproportionately, and 

identify pedagogies that may improve the retention of all students. 

JAQUELYN BOLMAN is Director, Indian Natural Resource, Science and 

Engineering Program (INRSEP) at HSU and her email is jrb96@humboldt.edu. 

ELIZABETH ESCHENBACH is Chair and Associate Professor, Environmental 

Resource Engineering at HSU. She can be reached at eae1@ 

humboldt.edu. 

STEVEN LADWIG is Advisor, Equal Opportunity Program/Student Support 

Services at HSU. He can be reached at sml4@humboldt.edu. 

STEVEN SMITH is Interim Vice Provost for Academic Programs and 

Undergraduate Studies at HSU. His email address is steven.smith@humboldt.edu. 

JACOB VARKEY (jpv1@humboldt.edu) and SANDRA VREM (sandyvrem@redwoods.edu) 

will also participate. 



TRIBALIZING THE CLASSROOM: INDIGENOUS 

EPISTEMOLOGIES AND NONCOMPETETIVE 

PEDAGOGIES 

This workshop will include classroom role-playing, with conference participants 

as students. Conference “students” experience noncompetitive 

ways of learning, including a nonhierarchical, circle-based classroom 



structure in which the teacher is only a facilitator. Students are given 

responsibility for each other’s learning. In the tribal setting, the group 

— not the individual student — excels, all learning leadership skills and 

celebrating the strengths of each student. 

DALE ANN SHERMAN MA (Yurok/Tolowa/Karuk/Hupa) was born 

and raised in Del Norte County. She attended the University of California 

at Santa Cruz, where she earned a BA in museology, with a minor in 

Native American literature. She earned an MA in Native American history/cultures 

with a minor in Native American literature at the University 

of Denver. She currently teaches courses in Native American Studies at 

Humboldt State University, as well as curating the Native American collection 

at the Clark Museum in Eureka, CA. Reach her at daleannyurok@ 

aol.com. 

MARLON SHERMAN JD (Oglala Lakota) earned a BA in American 

Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a law degree 

from the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. Prior to his current 

employment as an Assistant Professor of Native American Studies 

at Humboldt State University, he worked as a consultant in peacemaking 

and mediation. Contact Marlon at marlon.sherman@humboldt.edu. 

Native American Issues in Education, Teaching in Higher Education 


MEETING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF ALL 

CHILDREN: IMPLEMENTING A RESPONSE-TO- 

INTERVENTION MODEL 

This session will present the requirements (IDEA, 2004) and critical considerations 

in the implementation of a Response-to-Intervention model 

(RTI). The RTI model may soon replace traditional models of asssessment, 

identification, and treatment of academic and behavioral problems 

in school. Questions about staff training, consistency of implementation, 

and measurenment of student outcomes will be explored. 

BRENT B. DUNCAN is Professor of Psychology at HSU and can be 

reached at bbd1@humboldt.edu. 

DAVID A. ELLERD is Assistant Professor of Education and Program 

Leader, Special Education at HSU. He can be reached at dae11@humboldt.edu. 


GET VERTICAL! SEE THE POTENTIAL POWER OF 

“VERTICAL TEAMING” 

Find out how creating a Vertical Team — teachers within a discipline at 

various grade levels — can really make a difference at your institution. 

At this workshop, become involved in the creation of impromptu Vertical 

Teams to experience this process. Originally composed of teachers 

of mathematics at Fortuna High School and its many feeder schools, the 

Eel River Valley Math Vertical Team has expanded to include teachers at 

the community college. Some of our Vertical Team’s accomplishments are 

aligning curriculum to smooth the transition from middle school to high 

school to college, setting goals for students at various grade levels, and 

development of lesson plans with fundamental concepts reinforced at different 

grade levels. We will share with you the development process we 

experienced and the many benefits of this collaboration. We have learned 

valuable lessons in pedagogy and content knowledge, as well as greater 

appreciation and respect for the part that we all play in the development 

of each student. One critical component has been terrific support from our 

administrators, and we would really love an opportunity to share our experiences 

with administrators as well as teachers. 

ROB MARSHALL teaches mathematics at Fortuna High School in Fortuna, 

CA. He is completing his MA in Education at Humboldt State University 

and can be contacted at robmarsh@humboldt.k12.ca.us. 


CATHY CLARK teaches 7th/8th grade mathematics at Toddy Thomas 

School in Rohnerville, CA. She is completing her MA in Education at 

Humboldt State University. Contact her at cclark@humboldt.k12.ca.us. 

BLAINE SIGLER teaches grades 7 and 8 at Cuddeback School in Carlotta, 

CA and can be reached at bbsig@cox.net. 

MOLLIE HOLMGREN teaches 6th grade at Monument Middle School 

in Rio Dell, CA. She has been teaching 27 years and coaching 23 years, 

with most years spent teaching 6th and 7th grades. She can be reached at 

mholmgren@humboldt.k12.ca.us. 

TERRI TALLMAN (ttallm7@aol.com), TAMI MATSUMOTO (Tami-Matsumoto@Redwoods.edu) 

and MICHAEL BUTLER (Michael-Butler@ 

Redwoods.edu) will also be participating in this sesson. 


MEDICAL USES OF MARIJUANA IN HUMBOLDT 

COUNTY: A DIALOGUE 

The controversial topic of medical uses of marijuana in the Humboldt 

County region elicits some strong opinions. Several panelists representing 

a variety of perspectives will begin this session by briefly summarizing 

some of their different viewpoints. Then, attendees will be invited to raise 

questions and share comments with the panelists and to join in a moderated 

dialogue about the issues. 

GREG ALLEN is a practicing attorney and has been a medical cannabis 

activist since the 1990s. He is the Chair of the Green Party of Humboldt 

County. Greg is a member of the local ACLU board and the board of the 

ACLU Northern California affiliate in San Francisco. He is a charter 

member of the Coalition For Police Review. Greg holds two bachelor’s 

and master’s degrees from Stanford, a JD from the University of Illinois, 

and he was admitted to practice law in California, Illinois and the federal 

courts therein. 

MIKE GOLDSBY started working in addiction treatment and prevention 

in 1984, the same year that Nancy Reagan first said “Just Say No,” and he 

worked in the treatment field through 2002. He is currently the Director of 

Values Integration for St Joseph Health System - Humboldt County and 

is an Associate Faculty member in the College of the Redwoods Addiction 

Studies Certificate Program. 

JESSE GOPLEN uses medicinal marijuana to control anxiety/panic disorder, 

and is currently enrolled as a graduate student at Humboldt State 

University. He feels the stigmas associated with “going public” as both 

a medical marijuana patient and as someone with a diagnosed mental 

health disorder are based on inaccurate stereotypes rather than scientific 

evidence. Jesse moderates an e-mail support group, the Mental Health 

Patients Union (mmj4mh@lists.riseup.net), for people who would like to 

share and learn about the issue in a welcoming environment. 

DAVE MESERVE is an Arcata City Council Member. He designs and 

builds custom homes for a living and has lived on the North Coast for the 

past 36 years. He believes that existing marijuana laws make criminals out 

of good citizens who choose to grow or smoke it, and protect neither the 

health nor the safety of local residents. 

DENVER NELSON, MD, has lived and practiced neurosurgery in Humboldt 

County for nearly 30 years and has had many marijuana users and 

growers as patients and friends. As a former part- time and now full-time 

river advocate, rancher, dairyman and logger, he is very aware of the role 

marijuana plays in Humboldt County. 

ROLLIN RICHMOND, President of Humboldt State University, is a geneticist 

and academic leader who has done research on the effects of psychoactive 

drugs in model systems. He believes that medical marijuana 

laws are being used to allow recreational use of the drug often to the detriment 

of young people. He is also concerned that ongoing research into the


neurological effects of marijuana is not well known by young people who 

should have more respect for their bodies. 

REBECCA STAUFFER, MD, has been director of Student Health and 

Counseling at HSU since 2003. She is impressed with both the very high 

marijuana use rate of students and the high use rate of both health and 

counseling services and wonders if there could be a relationship between 

these two facts. 

SALLY BOTZLER, panel moderator, is a professor in the Department of 

Education at Humboldt State University and is campus Faculty Development 

Coordinator. Reach her at sjb3@humboldt.edu. 



LEARNING AND TEACHING LITERACY IN A 

MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOM 

The purposes of this presentation are threefold. First, to propose a list of 

eight philosophical principles needed in order to create a strong literacy 

curriculum in a multilingual class. Second, to propose a list of three practical 

curricular applications (the classroom setting; the resources used in 

the class and a weekly schedule of activities for the class) based on these 

theoretical principles. Third, to present four activities to foster literacy development 

in the multilingual classroom. 

DR. DAVID SCHWARZER is Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, 

in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction 

in the Foreign Language Program. His dissertation at the University 

of Arizona, Tucson was titled Parallel Development of Writing in Hebrew, 

Spanish and English in a Multilingual Child. His book Noa’s Ark: One 

Child’s Voyage into Multiliteracy, was published by Heinemann in 2001. 

David was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He immigrated to Israel in 

1982 and to the United States in 1999. David is fluent in Spanish, Hebrew 

and English. He can be reached at sdavid@mail.utexas.edu. 



KEYS TO ENSURING MATHEMATICS 

ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL 

The 2005 National Teacher of the Year, Jason Kamras, will take participants 

through seven factors that his experience shows make the most critical 

impact on student achievement in mathematics: (1) high expectations; 

(2) expanded and flexible use of instructional time; (3) context-based 

instruction; (4) commitment to addressing ALL learning styles; (5) written 

and oral explanation of work by students; (6) technology; (7) math 

games. 

JASON KAMRAS is a mathematics teacher at John Philip Sousa Middle 

School in Washington, D.C. and on April 20, 2005, before a White House 

audience, President George W. Bush presented him to the American people 

as 2005 National Teacher of the Year. 

Jason successfully lobbied his principal to double the instructional time 

allotted for mathematics and redesigned the math curriculum to emphasize 

use of technology, meeting all learning styles, 

and putting instruction in a real-world context. The 

curricular changes piloted with Mr. Kamras’ own 

students in 2002 helped the percentage of students 

scoring “below basic” on the Stanford 9 test to fall 

from 80% to 40% in just one year. 

Jason holds a BA in public policy from Princeton 

University and an MA in education from Harvard. 

He has taught at Sousa Middle School since 1996. 

Kate Buchanan Room - A, University Center 

Closing Session for Entrepreneurship Track : 

MENTORING ENTREPRENEURS — 

ENTREPRENEURING MENTORS 

Using the World Café format, participants of local business leaders, 

presenters, nascent entrepreneurs, and students will all be guided in 

a conversation that focuses on the questions: “What does the future 

of entrepreneurship on the North Coast look like? What is the role of 

mentorship in creating this future? What type of mentoring do future 

entrepreneurs need? How can experienced entrepreneurs best mentor 

nascent and student entrepreneurs?” To gain insight from business 

leaders on the region’s economic development, HSU invited a broad 

spectrum of business leaders to form the Business Partners Steering 

Committee in 2003. This group of 25 local employers meets regularly 

with President Rollin C. Richmond, OECD Director, Maggie Gainer, 

and other campus constituents to facilitate information exchange between 

business and HSU to enhance academics, community outreach 

and foster responsible economic development. Many of the HSU Business 

Partners are experienced and active mentors to HSU students. 

gainer@humboldt.edu. 

This final session for people who participated in the Entrepreneurship 

and Small Business Development Track will include a no host bar and 

time for social mixing. 

MARGARET GAINER, Kristin Johnson, Patrick Cleary and members 

of the HSU Business Partners will be hosting this session. 





COMMUNITY? 





a rolling conversation throughout the summit about the ways the today’s 






















Saturday, 4: 0 – 6:00 pm 


HEART OF THE SEA: KAPOLIOKA’EHUKAI (2002) 

Heart of the Sea is the inspiring portrait of surf legend Rell “Kapoliokaehukai” 

Sunn, founding member of the Women’s Professional Surfing 

Association and one of Hawaii’s most beloved community leaders. 

While known for her incredible physical power, grace and beauty, it 

was her generous spirit and relentless work as a youth, environmental 

and breast cancer activist that made her an icon on the Islands. As she 

carved a path for women in a sport dominated by men, Sunn tragically 

discovered that she had breast cancer at the early age of 32. Despite the diagnosis, she continued surfing and promoting breast cancer 

awareness among native Hawai’ian and Pacific Islander women until her final days. Not only a moving profile of an important figure in 

contemporary Hawai’ian history, but an important look at Hawai’i as an integral part of America’s rich cultural landscape and heritage. 

57 minutes. 


Saturday, : 0 pm – : 0 pm 

North Coast Premiere of COMMUNE: FREE LANd FOR FREE PEOPLE 

an exploration of three decades in the life of a remote commune in siskiyou county and members’ reckoning 

with changing the world. followed by discussion with Jonathan Berman, filmmaker and professor 

at csu san Marcos and members of the Black Bear commune! 

COMMUNE, the latest documentary by acclaimed filmmaker and CSU-San Marcos 

professor Jonathan Berman, gets to the nitty-gritty on free love, utopian dreams, 

and the surprising endurance of a radical lifestyle. The film, making its North Coast 

premiere at the summit, features a fascinating cast of characters, including herbalist 

Michael Tierra, who is credited with “rediscovering” echinacea; internationally 

renowned painter Elsa Marley; and thespian Peter Coyote. 

During the radical fervor of the early 1970s, utopian communities dotted the American 

landscape. They aimed to reshape the world with free love and common property, 

and they excited controversy and fear amongst local residents across the country. 

Though the idea of communes is now often relegated to a “naïve” past, Berman 

discovers a successful and lasting, if controversial, legacy at the influential Black 

Bear Ranch, in Siskiyou County, California, northeast and inland from Arcata. 

“engaging, even poignant . . . coMMune raises some fundamental questions about 

whether ‘free love’ is desirable or even possible.” 

With archival footage from the early days, and the present-day views of Black Bear members and their offspring, COMMUNE is a revealing 

look at how our most basic choices about family, work, and the nature of our relationships send powerful and lasting shock waves 

through the fabric of society. 

JONATHAN BERMAN’S previous films, The Shvitz (1994) and award-winner My Friend Paul (1999) have aired on Sundance Channel, 

PBS, Discovery, ARTE, Trio and other networks, and have screened theatrically and at numerous festivals around the world. Critics have 

praised Berman’s “searing celluloid portraits” as “crackling with energy” full of “swagger and style,” and “gritty and funny.” 78 minutes 

followed by discussion. 

Supported by the HSU Library, CSU-San Marcos, and the North Coast Education Summit 2006 



—Wallace Baine, Santa Cruz Sentinel

Saturday, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm 

SALMON IS EvERYTHING: 

THEATRE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE KLAMATH WATERSHED 

Beginning with a showing of the film Salmon on the Backs of Buffalo the workshop will introduce 

the environmental justice issues in the salmon crisis of the Klamath River. Then actors will give 

a reading of the playscript Salmon Is Everything, a docu-drama developed from interviews with 

those who live in the watershed. Following the reading there will be a facilitated discussion about 

the issues raised in the play and opportunity for participants to influence the drama through interactive 

exercises. 

THERESA MAY is on the faculty of Theatre, Film and Dance at HSU. She has been working on 

Salmon Is Everything with HSU students, faculty and community members. She is a director and 

playwright concerned with how theatre can promote social justice and can be reached at tjm33@ 

humboldt.edu. 

MARLON SHERMAN is faculty in Native American Studies at HSU. He is a poet as well as an 

expert in environmental law and water-rights policy. 

KATHY MCCOVEY is a graduate student in the Evironment and Community MA Program at 

HSU, and works as cultural advisor for the Department of Forestry. As liaison between the Klamath 

tribes and the Forestry Department, she works on many watershed issues. 

Refreshments will be served. 

Studio Theatre, Theatre Arts Building (to left of Van Duzer Theatre entrance) 


Sunday, 10:00 am – 11: 0 am Session 8 

Facilitator Training Level I: 

LEADING THE GROUP FROM THE GROUND TO 

THE TREES 

Here is a very special opportunity to enjoy time outdoors at the Freshwater 

Creek Challenge Course! Humboldt Adventure, a leader in professional 

trainings and workshops, is offering their facilitator training 

workshop – Level I. This is for anyone involved in working with groups 

of all ages who is looking for activities and tools for facilitating deeper 

learning through the use of experiential programs and challenge courses. 

This training focuses on experiential learning, understanding the 

stages of group development and challenge course best practices. 

JON O’CONNOR is Director of Humboldt Adventure Director. Jon 

has extensive experience in management, leadership, training, and development. 

He has facilitated training programs in New York, Michigan, 

Nepal, Nevada, North Carolina, Northern California, and Southern 

California. He has an MS in Organizational Leadership from National 

University and a BA in Religious Studies, specializing in Peace 

and Conflict Studies from Humboldt State University. He has also 

completed an International Studies Program in Nepal and attended the 

University of North Carolina in Wilmington and the University of Hawaii 

in Hilo. Jon can be reached at adventuretraining@yahoo.com. 

U Extended Session: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm 

All participants should meet at 9:45 am at the Registration 

Desk in Goodwin Forum 

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR THE VERY 

YOUNG 

Preschool and kindergarten children love to explore outdoor areas and to 

discover the wild animals and plants that thrive there. A strong environmental 

education curriculum can stimulate their curiosity, and can supplement 

their explorations with experiments, games, stories and a range of 

other activities. This workshop will present a brief theoretical overview 

along with ideas for safe lessons that can occur in forests, parks or urban 

schoolyards. We will consider ways that environmental education can 

strengthen young naturalists’ cognitive, emotional, social and physical 

skills while it encourages them to care for the world around them. 

PAUL BELZ has extensive experience as a science and environmental 

educator for young children at museums, schools and other locations. 

The topics he has worked with include habitat exploration, the lives of 

invertebrates,water’s strange qualities, and nocturnal animals. His work 

includes workshops for early childhood educators. He has an MS in environmental 

studies, concentrating in education, and a California Children’s 

Center permit. Reach him at pgb@igc.org. 


Sunday, February 5, 2006 

? ? 

TODAy’S OveRARching QueSTiOn iS 

What models of teaching and learning best 

promote an active and engaged citizenry? 


HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION FOR KIDS 

Come learn about the Human Rights Education for Kids project and find 

out how you can get involved! The Human Rights Education for Kids project 

brings together early childhood educators, arts and crafts enthusiasts, 

parents, and children of all ages in order to create project- and standardsbased 

human rights learning environments designed to inspire and empower 

creativity, confidence, critical-thinking and community awareness. 

Recently, we’ve formed a partnership with the HSU Social Work and Sociology 

departments, as well as the Service Learning Center, to create a 

one-unit course introducing college students to the challenges and joys of 

designing, coordinating, and facilitating peace and justice based educational 

programs and curricula for kids. 

If you’re an administrator who might be interested in bringing our program 

to your site and want to find out more; a teacher who wants to check-out 

(and potentially offer feedback on) the ways other educators are trying to 

integrate experiential based teaching activities with non-violent communication, 

anti-bias, and confidence building themes; or a student searching 

for an opportunity to work collaboratively discovering and developing 

your teaching voice, then this workshop is for you! Please come to participate! 

Class will be designed to be dynamic and highly interactive, with 

small group work, icebreaker games, and role-plays complementing the 

traditional group discussion format. 

In the past, JEROME BEARBOWER co-founded and coordinated, in 

conjunction with the Humboldt County Office of Education, Project Sun 

and Moon, an alternative educational program at the Arcata Community 

School integrating academic content standards with project- and partnerbased 

thematic studies in environmental literacy and democratic advocacy. 

Jerome obtained an MA in sociology from Humboldt State University and 

is on the Board of Directors for the Redwood Peace and Justice Center. 

Jerome also works at the Ink People Center for the Arts, in Eureka, California, 

on the MARZ project, dedicated to empowering youth to speak their 

minds through storytelling and the use of digital media tools. Contact him 

at saranagati@riseup.net. 


ELEMENTARY MONTESSORI MEETS MAINSTREAM 

EDUCATION 

In this workshop, the presenter will share the results from the first semester 

of a new public Montessori-based elementary class which is part of a 

small traditional school campus. Terri will discuss standards alignment, 

assessment, fitting in among a well-established community of teachers 

and families, and the joys and challenges of putting all the pieces together 

while working to establish a cohesive community of self-directed young 

learners. A brief overview of the Montessori method of education at the 

elementary level will be provided and some hands-on Montessori materials 

will be available to explore at the end of the session. 

TERRI VROMAN LITTLE has taught in many settings including remote 

wilderness trail camps, maximum-security jail housing, traditional elementary 

classrooms, and adult high school diploma classes. She holds a 

traditional elementary teaching credential as well as credentials for Montessori 

3–6 year olds and 6–9 year olds and recently completed her MA in 

education at HSU. Her thesis research introduced Montessori mathemat-

Sunday, 10:00 am – 11:30 am SESSION 8 

ics materials into a classroom of traditional kindergarten students. Contact 

Terri at bryter@sbcglobal.net. 


COMMUNICATING ISSUES IN SCIENCE: 

PERSPECTIVES FROM MODERN PLAGUES 

Molecular biology is alternately held as threat to our humanity and as 

the panacea of modern medicine. Our goal in this session is to provide 

participants with some perspectives and to suggest tools or mechanism 

for evaluating public policy as it is impacted by scientific inquiry. Our 

framework will be a discussion of biological discoveries that influence our 

understanding of smallpox, Bubonic Plague, and AIDS. Using a mixture 

of small group discussion and formal presentation, we will explore the 

repercussions new findings might have for dealing with these and future 

pandemic health threats. We will undertake a discussion risk analysis to 

better understand how we as individuals and groups of individuals perceive 

risk.We will explore some of the ethical considerations for scientific 

experimentation pertaining to these modern plagues, with a focus on clinical 

research in the Third World. Through group dialogue and contributing 

our perspective as bench scientists, the goal of this workshop is to discover 

what information non-scientists require in order to make informed public 

policy decisions in the face of conflicting scientific reports. 

DAVID ALEXANDER graduated from University of California at Davis 

with a degree in biochemistry and subsequently received his Ph.D. in 

environmental toxicology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 

CAMILLA FORSBERG, a native of Sweden, received her Ph.D. from University 

of Wisconsin, Madison in molecular and cellular pharmacology. 

Currently they are post-doctoral research scientists at Stanford University, 

where Camilla investigates blood cell development from stem cells into 

mature cells of the immune system and David examines the mechanisms 

by which parasites such as those causing malaria and toxoplasmosis infect 

humans. While the techniques and systems in which they work are 

distinct, there is commonality in the essential cell biological questions they 

seek to understand. David Alexander can be reached at 2dwave@gmail. 

com. Camilla Forsberg can be reached at cforsber@stanford.edu. 



SAN FRANCISCO FREEDOM SCHOOL: WHAT TO 

dO IN BETWEEN SOCIAL MOvEMENTS? 

Inspired by the original Freedom Schools of Mississippi (1964), a small 

but determined group in San Francisco launched a Freedom School this 

past summer. Our goal was to use the history of the Civil Rights Movement, 

and Freedom Summer in particular, as a case study in how social 

movements happen. Using film, discussion and guest speakers (Civil 

Rights Movement veterans), the San Francisco Freedom School curriculum 

inspired participants to re-commit to their social justice goals 

while adding to their repertoire of social justice tactics and strategies. 

Workshop participants will learn about our curriculum and discuss 

ways in which such an approach can be used in their own work. 

KATHY EMERY was a high school history teacher for 16 years and has 

a PhD in Education from UC Davis. She has written the teaching materials 

for the teaching edition of Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the 

United States and is co-author of Why is Corporate American Bashing 

Our Public Schools? She is a co-founder of the San Francisco Freedom 

School and can be reached at mke4think@hotmail.com. 

Kate Buchanan Room – B, University Center 

REBEL JOURNALISM 

Journalism as a career… journalism as a responsibility… Is news what 

fills the space between the ads?... advocacy journalism… speaking out 

for change in words and deeds… writing from the ground up… “Objectivity” 

as a class concept… our words are our weapons… covering 

global resistance… knowing the enemy… local vs. global… on the barricades… 

embedded in the movement… witnessing history… breaking 

the blackout… how to be an anti-war correspondent... peace is not the 

absence of war… dodging the draft… reporting from prison… covering 

conflict… caught between sides… human shield in Iraq and Palestine… 

assessing the risks… keeping your head down… protecting 

sources… getting the story out… taking it on the road… 

Correspondent/activist/poet/human 

shield/globetrotting troublemaker 

JOHN ROSS will lead this workshop 

reflecting on four decades of experience 

doing rebel journalism from 

Latin America and other global hotspots. 

Ross, based in Mexico City, is 

an award-winning journalist who has 

published three volumes on the Zapatista 

rebellion in Chiapas (he is working 

on a fourth volume), in addition to several other volumes of fiction, 

faction, and poetry. He can be reached at johnross@igc.org. 

U 

Extended Session: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon 


CREATING COLLABORATION: HOW TO INVOLVE 

YOUR COMMUNITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND 

MANAGEMENT OF YOUR SCHOOL 

Being inclusive means more than putting words into a mission statement. 

Inclusion means reaching out to the community so they will reach out to 

you. It means showing leadership and being open to leadership from every 

person in your community. This workshop will model meeting organization 

techniques that create inclusion and bring your community into the 

decision-making process where every participant can be a responsible, accountable, 

supported leader. We will also discuss two charter schools in 

the East Bay—one in existance and one in development—that make use 

of variations of this model. 

Math teacher and co-administrator at Manzanita Charter School in Richmond, 

California, GARY EINHORN has been teaching for 15 years and 

is currrently heading a project to create a new community-based charter 

school in Alameda County. He can be reached at gary@horne.cc. 

MELISSA EINHORN is an Inclusion Facillitator for Contra Costa Child 

Care Council, a non-profit that works to bring special education services 

to students in child care facillitites. Although her training is in audiology, 

Melissa has spent the last year working with her new husband to create a 

community charter school. Her email is bornm@mac.com. 

DEVON RATH is a teacher in San Francisco with extensive experience 

working with minority students. She is a community activist and an advocate 

for underprivilliaged communities and can be reached at dublish79@ 

hotmail.com. 

JIM HOLLEY is a graduate student at JFK University developing counselling 

techniques to integrate spirituallity with traditional therapy. He 

is a counselor at Holden High School in Orinda, a non-traditional school 

that provides a safe, supportive and effective learning. Reach Jim at 

jmalimahn1@earthlink.net. 

RODRIGO TORRES can be reached at rodrigotorres@yahoo.com. 




AFRO-LATINO FORGOTTEN ROOTS: 

RECLAIMING OUR TRANS-RACIAL HISTORIES 

The social construction of race and rigid notions of identity have created 

a disjuncture within communities of color. This workshop explores 

the convergence of the African Diaspora and Latino communities 

within the context of Latin America and the Caribbean. The seminar 

introduces concepts of cultural transformation and polyculturalism 

explored through analysis of films, music, poetry and variety of texts 

emerging from the Afro-Latino experience. In analyzing these shared 

histories of oppression and migration, we will strive to build connections 

between these communities to continue structuring the common 

goal of dismantling the system of white privilege and interrogate past 

and present strategies of resistance and rebellion through a variety of 

cultural productions. 

RYAN MANN-HAMILTON is Lecturer in Ethnic Studies and Educational 

Opportunity Program Advisor at Humboldt State University. 

He came to California from Puerto Rico and did his MA work in environmental 

systems with a focus on community organizing and upliftment. 

He can be reached at ram23@humboldt.edu. 

Art A – Room 027 

ACT RIGHT UP: THE ROLE OF THEATER GAMES IN 

THE CLASSROOM 

Using theater games in the classroom helps to build community and allow 

for creative expression. Theater games also provide a backdrop for 

role-play scenarios of appropriate behaviour. Kinetic and auditory learners 

may also get a chance to shine. Come learn some basic theater games 

you can use immediately in the classroom. This will be a very interactive 

workshop. Come prepared to play! 

MICHELLE RUTZ teaches at California Montessori Project, a public 

charter Montessori school based in Sacramento. She has also directed a 

GATE program, homeschooled two of her four children for four years, been 

a foster parent and hosted four exchange students. Michelle’s goal is to 

make school an enjoyable experience for children as much as within her 

power to do so. Michelle has also worked as a performer for Coloma Melodrama 

Gold Rush plays and Kaiser Permanente for the communication 

skills program. She also is gifted in eating M&M’s. Contact Michelle at 

michellerutz@aol.com 


DEBATE ACROSS THE CURRICULUM: 

INTEGRATING DEBATE INTO YOUR CLASSROOM 

This workshop is intended to help teachers use debates effectively in their 

classrooms. In this session, debate is positioned as a method of instruction 

that encourages critical thinking and student ownership of ideas. This 

workshop will cover the pedagogical foundations of classroom debates, 

several different classroom debate formats, and the logistics necessary for 

successful in-class debates. The workshop will also discuss public debates 

and the outward turn of student dialogue. 

MAXWELL SCHNURER, PH.D. is the co-author of Many Sides: Debate 

Across the Curriculum, published by IDEA press in 2002. He also teaches 

in the Department of Communication at Humboldt State University and 

can be reached at mds65@humboldt.edu. 




LOCAL DEMOCRACY FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE 

Historically, the United States Supreme Court has set an agenda of socalled 

“free trade,” bestowing rights on property, as surely as have the 

WTO, IMF, and the World Bank. In fighting corporate rule within the 

United States we can work locally to augment the work of the international 

global justice movement to create a just and sustainable world. Join 

us to study the hidden history of how corporations became the governing 

institutions of our day, as well as the exciting stories of communities rising 

up against corporate rule, including Humboldt County! 

HANNAH CLAPSADLE is a staff member of the Democracy Unlimited 

Humboldt County (DUHC) Steering Committee. In 2005 she earned a 

degree in English literature from Humboldt State University. She has lived 

in the area since 2000, and grew up in Albion in Mendocino County, as 

well as Oakland, California. She has been involved in nurturing grassroots 

community groups, such as Arcata/Eureka Food Not Bombs and the 

Campus Coalition for Independent Media. Contact Hannah at hannah@ 

duhc.org. 

JARED WILKEN is a staff member of the DUHC steering committee. He 

is a volunteer coordinator for DUHC, and has presented on corporate history 

in classrooms at both HSU and College of the Redwoods. He can be 

reached at jared@duhc.org. 


BREAKING THE PRISON MODEL OF EDUCATION 

In this workshop, participants will take part in a group discussion about 

the effects of schooling on society and our democracy. We will describe 

how the Alameda Community Learning Center (ACLC) has broken down 

walls that have stunted our children’s social, emotional and intellectually 

development. We will show how learners can learn to be self-motivated, 

self-regulating active participants in their educational process. 

Learners of the ACLC will participate in this session. They will show how 

we maintain a culture of responsibility and respect. They will also demonstrate 

how young people can learn to take control of their learning and 

their school experience. 

MICHAEL DE SOUSA has an MA in education and is Lead Facilitator 

at the Alameda Community Learning Center. Michael has studies democratic 

education practices as defined by the works of Paulo Freire, bell 

hooks and Myles Horton. He has been working at the Alameda Community 

Learning Center for 10 years, and the school has received three years 

of perfect API rankings. Reach him at mdaclc@yahoo.com. 


STICKS AND STONES: WORDS CAN BREAK BONES 

Presented by the Humboldt County Human Rights Commission, this 

interactive workshop will provide participants with increased sensitivity 

to words and phrases that some may find demeaning, as well as ideas, 

techniques, and activities for respectful language use in the classroom. 

Participants will address the ways words can color a classroom environment, 

as well as brainstorm for positive and constructive phrasing when 

discussing controversial topics and materials. Activities will include the 

participants sharing challenging questions and comments encountered in 

the classroom, as well as successful strategies for responding to those unexpected 

and difficult moments. Participants will develop working guidelines, 

including suggested activities and word/phrase lists, for developing 

respectful language in a classroom. 

ANGELA WARD is a social worker currently participating in the MSW 

program at Humboldt State. She jointly owns and operates Monkey In the 

Middle, an online sales assistance business in Eureka. She is a member of 

the Northcoast Children’s Services Board of Directors and proud mother 

of a future chef and a budding actor. Reach her at ociana@cox.net.


BYRD LOCHTIE has had a long career of community service in Humboldt 

County, including establishing the Girl Scouts program in the community, 

service on the Eureka City Schools Board, establishing the first 

recycling center in Eureka, Humboldt Grand Jury, League of Women Voters, 

and Humboldt Human Rights Commission. She has been honored 

as a Woman of Achievement from the Eureka Quota Club. She was Beta 

Sigma Phi’s Woman of the Year, and received the Thanks Badge from the 

Girl Scouts. She can be reached at Byrdloch@aol.com. 

JOHN LYONS is a professional with the housing authorities of the City of 

Eureka and the County of Humboldt. He has been active in the community 

in many venues, including service as president of the local NAACP and, 

since 1997, a member of the County Human Rights Commission (HRC). 

LARRY MILLER is a human services professional who has worked with 

the poor in Humboldt County for 30 years . He is a graduate of HSU and 

is a past chair of the HRC, having served on Commission for over ten 

years. Reach him at jusco@humboldt1.com. 

RICK BOTZLER can be reached at rgb2@humboldt.edu. 



LESSON STUDY: MAKING COLLEGIAL INQUIRY 

AND CRITIQUE POSSIBLE 

Three high school teachers and a librarian showcase their collaborative 

inquiry using the lesson study approach. Focusing on the development 

of academic reading and writing skills for diverse learners, this session 

includes discussion of building a community of inquiry among peers, specific 

challenges in implementing lesson study, and student learning. 

MARSHA MIELK serves as McKinleyville High School’s librarian; she 

also works on her district’s literacy initiatives. Media literacy is one of her 

many interests. Reach her at mmielke@nohum.k12.ca.us. 

BRENDA SUTTER teaches the secondary section, middle through high 

school, at Laurel Tree Learning Center. She is an experienced developer of 

interdisciplinary curricula and can be reached at laurel@tidepool.com. 

ANNE SAHLBERG teaches English at McKinleyville High School. She is 

a frequent collaborator in local literacy projects and her email is kbl871@ 

cox.net. 

CHRISTA HARRISON teaches English at Arcata High School. She has 

worked with the Redwood Writing Project for many years and can be 

reached at raisngrl@inreach.com. 



“WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?” 

Through full sensory experiential education, participants will learn about 

the various issues surrounding depression, anxiety, stress, self-image and 

learning disabilities among students. Participants will be guided through 

several interactive workshops to expose these daily issues as well as share 

some resources available to people for reference and help. Our goal for this 

program is to educate participants through creative and engaging techniques. 

ANONDAH SAIDE is originally from Los Angeles County and is currently 

a sophomore at Humboldt State University. She is Vice-President of 

the Residence Hall Association and Chair of the Residence Programming 

Board. She is majoring in business administration and psychology. Reach 

her at ars37@humboldt.edu. 

JENNIFER MARTINEZ is originally from Los Angeles County. She 

is a junior at Humboldt State University and a pre-nursing major. She 

loves taking care of people and has spent most of her life looking after her 

grandmother. Contact her at jmm114@humboldt.edu. 

KRISTINA KARMAN is a junior at Humboldt State University and currently 

the secretary of the Residence Hall Association. She is majoring 

in anthropology and is the oldest of four children. She is originally from 

Maryland and her email address is krk16@humboldt.edu. 

The following people are volunteers, presenters and/or resources for the 

program; KATIE MILLS at mm61@humboldt.edu, JOE MCKINZIE 

at jgm18@humboldt.edu, ALEX GRADINE at acg19@humboldt.edu, 

RALPH MCFARLAND at rdm7001@humboldt.edu, LEZIE SCALIATINE 

at ls78@humboldt.edu. 

Klamath River Room and Mad River Room, Jolly Giant Compound 

RAISE YOUR VOICE AND GRAB A GUITAR: 

SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH THE 

CRAFT OF SONGWRITING 

This workshop will focus on the ways music and song have been crucial 

to raising social consciousness, mobilizing people to action, and 

creating community within the context of American socio-political 

movements. We will engage in a brief discussion spotlighting some 

of the ways in which music has been effective in bridging differences 

and fostering group identities. Furthermore, this workshop provides a 

space for interested people to share and develop their sense of the songwriting 

process as it relates to raising social awareness. As the workshop 

will be interactive, participants are encouraged to bring musical 

instruments, poetry, songs, and/or other creative works in progress. 

The workshop leaders will provide a few extra guitars for those unable 

to bring their own instruments. 

*Please bring musical instruments, poetry, songs, and other creative 

works in progress. 

JOSEPHINE JOHNSON, a second-year English MATW graduate 

student at HSU, is a contemporary singer/ songwriter with two CDs 

of original musical material under her belt. She originally hails from 

back east and has performed in coffee houses, listening rooms, and 

other intimate venues throughout the southeast United States. Contact 

her at jrj24@humboldt.edu. 

VINCENT CAVIN, a first year graduate student in the Community Development 

Psychology Program at Sonoma State, is an independent 

musician with a penchant for performing original, experimental music. 

Together with Josephine, he will facilitate a discussion about the 

importance of music in social movements as well as create a structured 

forum for people to share their own song-crafts. 


HOW TO CREATE SOCIAL CHANGE USING 

COMMUNITY ACTION AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 

This workshop will discuss the history of community action, civil disobedience 

and the practical uses of these tactics in current social movements. 

It will also look at specific responses and scenarios communities have used 

to affect change as well as some of the more common non-violence codes, 

affinity group structures and decision making processes. 

MIKE AVCOLLIE has been involved in community organizing for 14 years 

with nuclear testing, forest preservation and anti-war issues. Currently he 

is parenting and homesteading in Kneeland. 

HEATHER MEADER-MCCAUSLAND grew up on the North West Coast 

and has been involved in social justice and environmental community organizing 

for 17 years. She has worked on such issues as: tenants rights, 

low income housing, poverty, globalization and forest preservation. She 

can be reached at h_mccausland@yahoo.com. 






AFFECTED YOUR LIFE, YOUR FAMILY, and YOUR 

COMMUNITY? 




See description on page 12. 

SUZANNE PHARR is widely considered to be one of the nation’s most 




209 VIDEO SCREENING: 

RACE IS THE PLACE (2005) 

Race is the Place offers a new and compelling look at one of the most 

explosive issues in America today. This video performance documentary 

presents a bold, lyrical, and often poetical montage of performances 

by established artists and up-and-coming young talent from minority 

communities who use words—spoken, sung or chanted—to get their 

message across. Each explores racism and its continued survival in this 

country, and each finds a new and innovative way to engage audiences 

and challenge them to think beyond our traditional conceptions, viewing 

race through the lens of creativity and performance to stimulate 

thought and debate. Artists include Piri Thomas, Amiri Baraka, Mayda 

del Valle, Michael Franti, Faith Ringgold, Michael Ray Charles, 

Culture Clash, Beau Sia, Andy Bumatai and more... 



HSU Partner School Districts 

2005–2006 

HSU’s Department of Education thanks the following 

North Coast school districts and charters for partnering 

with us this year in the preparation of our credential 

candidates as they seek a teaching credential. We 

greatly appreciate the support of their teachers, administrators, 

staff, board members and superintendents. 

academy of The redwoods 

arcata School district 

Big Lagoon School district 

Big Lagoon charter School 

Blue Lake union School district 

cuddeback union School district 

cutten School district 

del norte unified School district 

east Bay coservation corps charter School 

eureka city Schools 

Ferndale unified School district 

Fieldbrook School district 

Fortuna union elementary School district 

Fortuna union high School district 

Freshwater School district 

humboldt county office of education 

Jacoby creek School district 

Klamath-Trinity Joint unified School district 

Loleta union School district 

Mattole unified School district 

McKinleyville union School district 

John Muir charter School 

northern humboldt union high School district 

Pacific union School district 

rohnerville School district 

Scotia union School district 

South Bay union School district 

Southern humboldt unified School district 

Trinidad union School district

Sunday, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm 

LUNCH BREAK 

Consider enjoying a hearty lunch at the J in the Jolly Giant Commons. Perhaps you might visit the food 

booth in Goodwin Forum, Nelson Hall East and pick up a snack. Met any interesting people this summit? 

Why not invite them to lunch? 

Special Lunchtime Event 

A PUBLIC CONVERSATION WITH HOLLY NEAR: 

Cultural Work, Education, and Social Justice 

Bring a brown-bag lunch (recycle that bag!) and don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join in a public conversation with one of our time’s leading 

cultural workers whose vision and integrity have defined progressive activism for many people of various generations and diverse movement niches. 

Using an Actor’s Studio format, Holly initially will be interviewed by longtime friend and political colleague CATHY DREYFUSS, longtime activist 

attorney who has recently settled in Humboldt County. Then Cathy will open the discussion to summit participants’ questions. 

HOLLY NEAR is a unique combination of entertainer, teacher and activist. An immense vocal talent, Holly’s career as a singer has been profoundly 

defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for music from her passion for human dignity. She is a skilled performer and an outspoken ambassador 

for peace who brings to the stage an integration of world consciousness, spiritual discovery, and theatricality. Although she sang in public from 

the age of eight, Holly’s professional career began with numerous performances in film and television, and a run in the Broadway production of Hair. 

Torn between a career as an actor or a singer, Holly chose to pursue her love of music, especially that music which articulated the social conditions of 

the world community. 

Throughout her career, Holly has used her performances to educate audiences. The unifying 

and healing nature of her work explains the diverse nature of the groups who call on her 

to speak and sing. She presented the 2004 Ware Lecture for the Unitarian Universalist General 

Assembly in Long Beach, California; delivered the keynote address for Women Change 

America, a conference presented by the National Women’s History Project at Smith College; 

spoke to participants at HerbFest in Iowa and the 

Bioneers Conference in California; and led a Martin 

Luther King Day celebration in Northern California. 

She participated and performed at the March For 

Women’s Lives in Washington, DC and at the Stop 

The War demonstration in New York, NY.  In 2004, 

Holly joined Eve Ensler, Jane Fonda, Sally Fields, 

Christine Latti, and noted Mexican performers, in 

Montclair Women’s Cultural Arts Club, CA. Holly, Andre dos the V-Day march in Juarez, Mexico to protest the 

Santos Morgan, Cris Williamson, and John Boswell, 2001. uninvestigated killing of hundreds of young women. 

PHoTo: Donna Korones 

In Toledo, Ohio, she sat witness to the testimony of 

women reporting rape and other violence against 

women. Holly helped raise funds for 10,000 Kites, a 

collaborative anti-war project between young people from Israel and Palestine who will fly kites over the wall 

that separates them in May 2005. 

Fiercely independent, Holly was one of the first women in the U.S. to go it alone when she founded Redwood 

Records in 1972. Holly’s vision for Redwood was to promote and produce music by politically conscious 

artists from around the world, a mission it fulfilled for nearly 20 years. Finding herself at the forefront of a 

movement, Holly worked for world peace, multi-cultural consciousness, and feminism. The world was her 

university and social change movements informed her songs. She sang the secrets long before such ideas 

found space in the major media. A natural teacher, Holly presents master classes in performance craft and 

song writing to a wide array of audiences. 

March For Women’s Lives, Washington DC, 

April 2004 

Both as a participant and a leader, she bears personal witness to the hugely important role that music plays in political action movements. Holly’s 

unique personal perspective, which makes the subject matter leap out of the books and into the classroom, draws praise from college faculties around 

the country. And her strength and versatility as a performer has led to creative collaborations with such artists as Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger, Arlo 

Guthrie, Mercedes Sosa, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Inti-Illimani, Bonnie Raitt, Cris Williamson, and Linda Tillery. Holly has released over 20 recordings, 

including the seminal Imagine My Surprise, and performs as a guest on many others. Over the past few years, Holly has been busy re-releasing 

much of her early material as well as new works on her own label, Calico Tracks Music. Her recent recording, Edge, clearly demonstrates that Holly 

is not resting on her laurels, but continues to write and sing political songs with the grace, humor, and maturity that come from doing social change 

work for over 30 years. Holly’s integrity has earned her a reputation as one of the most powerful and articulate political artists of our time. 



Sunday, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm SESSION 9 

Sunday, 12: 0 pm – 1: 0 pm Session 

HOW TO HELP YOUR STUDENTS BECOME 

BETTER MATH STUDENTS 

Teachers can help students master mathematics and gain confidence in 

their ability to do math by teaching them study skills. Learn techniques 

that can help students do better on exams and be proud of their work. 

When they succeed they will want to take more math classes, become 

math majors; then they will want our jobs. 

SANDY VREM wrote: “In 1969 Sandy Vrem received her BS degree in 

mathematics from Hood College and in 1972 earned a MATM degree 

from the University of New Mexico. I have been teaching mathematics for 

36 years at the secondary level and college level. In 1969 I started teaching 

at the junior high level and then became a community college instructor 

in 1979. I have team taught at Eureka High School and helped in my 

children’s classrooms when they were in elementary school. I love teaching 

math and feel I have the best career in the world!” Sandy can be reached at 

sandy-vrem@redwoods.edu. 

ERIN WALL wrote: “I have been teaching mathematics for 5 years. I 

earned my Bachelors in mathematics from Western Oregon University 

in 1999 and my Masters in mathematics from Oregon State University 

in 2001. I graduated cum laude from Western Oregon University as their 

outstanding graduate in mathematics. I started college at Portland Community 

College and enrolled in elementary algebra. I have struggled with 

math since junior high school when I took pre-algebra. It was good teaching, 

including the teaching of study skills, that made me fall in love with 

mathematics in college and lead to my achievements. It is my passion to 

pass this love of math onto my students.” Contact Erin at erin-wall@redwoods.edu. 


SCHOOL DISCIPLINE—WITH A HEART AND A 

MIND 

A teacher/teacher educator who has worked seven years in an innovative 

middle school in Napa and a principal in a new, innovative high 

school in Humboldt County will present the workings of a school 

discipline plan that fosters responsibility, responsiveness and respect 

among students. The school in Napa has developed and refined the 

system over many years. The high school in Humboldt is in the process 

of learning to use the plan effectively. Although the plan is used 

school-wide at both sites, the plan could be used by individual teachers 

seeking to make classroom discipline something more than rules and 

punishment. 

MARY LYNN BRYAN has worked for the last seven years at The River 

School in Napa, CA. She earned National Board Certification in 2003. 

Currently she is serving a Distinguished Teacher in Residence in the 

Secondary Education Program at Humboldt State University. She can 

be reached at mlb87@humboldt.edu. 

KERI GELENIAN is Principal of the Academy of the Redwoods Early 

College High School and a teacher at the school, which is located on 

the campus of College of the Redwoods. Currently he is on loan from 

Humboldt State University where he is Associate Professor of Education. 

He can be reached at Keri-gelenian@redwoods.edu. 

Kate Buchanan Room – B, University Center 


SEEING IS ASSUMING: INTERPRETING VISUAL 

INFER-MATION 

The techniques learned in this participatory session can be applied at any 

level from kindergarten to graduate school. By collectively describing a 

Rockwell painting depicting 6-year-old Ruby Bridges on the front line of 

forced school integration in New Orleans, participants will practice careful 

observation of a charged situation. Then we will consider multiple perspectives 

in our interpretation of the painting and finally we will share 

implications for our own work. Observing before judging is a productive 

method of enhancing understanding and communication with students or 

colleagues of all ages and backgrounds. 

DELLA PERETTI is Academic Coordinator of UC Berkeley’s two-year 

M.A./Multiple Subject Credential Developmental Teacher Education Program 

(DTE). Berfore coming to Berkeley, Peretti taught in the Oakland 

Public Schools for 19 years in grades K and 5–8, including Spanish bilingual 

and French foreign language classes. As a participant in the Arts 

Education Initiative (AEI), the DTE program seeks to deepen teachers’ 

knowledge of academic content and pedagogy by infusing the arts into all 

aspects of the curriculum and field placements. Reach her at dperetti@. 

berkeley.edu. 


NON-VIOLENT CRISIS INTERVENTION PROGRAM: 

AN INTRODUCTION 

The workshop introduces the strategies, procedures and the types of restraints 

that are taught in the non-violent crisis intervention program. Enrollment 

information will also be provided. 

KEN BUCK is a student in the Secondary Education Credential Program 

at Humboldt State University and just completed his training in the nonviolent 

crisis intervention program and would like to share this experience 

with others in the education profession. Ken has worked as a respiratory 

care practitioner since 1988 and plans to begin teaching full-time in the fall 

of 2006. He can be reached at elkman333@hotmail.com. 


SPREADING WORLD HARMONY THROUGH MUSIC 

This session will include a brief history of the Redwood Coast Children’s 

Chorus, accompanied by a Powerpoint presentation. Students of the High 

School Ensemble will accompany the director in sharing the philosophy 

of the chorus, including the chorus’s goal of spreading world harmony 

through music, past tours that have contributed to reaching this goal, and 

the experiences that have assured the positive results in fulfilling these 

goals. Methods of teaching music by means of the Kodaly method will also 

be included in the presentation, along with an interactive outline of rhythm 

patterns and basic sight-reading excercises for children that teachers will 

be encouraged to incorporate in their own teaching. The session will be 

concluded with a small performance by the High School Ensemble. 

SASHA LYTH has been a member of the Redwood Coast Children’s Chorus 

since childhood. Her mother, Kathe Lyth, founded the chorus in 1978 

and has led the chorus on eight World Harmony Tours in sixteen countries. 

Sasha has performed with the chorus on six of these tours. Kathe recently 

moved to Spain to develop a children’s chorus in Salamanca and Sasha has 

since taken on Kathe’s role as director. Sasha challenges chorus members 

musically and encourages students to be dedicated and focused in working 

towards the chorus’s goal of spreading world harmony through the sharing 

of music with other cultures. 

Founders Hall 125


THE CARDS ARE IN YOUR FAVOR… OR ARE 

THEY??? 

So, you think you can always get the cards right? What if life was a game 

of cards? Would you come out on top? Does anyone really come out on top? 

Come see if the cards are in your favor with the newest version of poker, 

with a social justice twist. 

KIMBERLY MILLETT is a junior at Humboldt State majoring in mathematics 

education. Among many things Kim does in her free time, she is a 

living group advisor on the HSU campus. Kim can be reached at kkm24@ 

humboldt.edu. 

JEAN SEBASTIEN PRADEL is a senior at Humboldt State University, 

majoring in biochemistry with an emphasis in medicine. Although he 

spends most of his time studying, he also works as a living group advisor 

and is very involved on campus. He can be reached at jsp25@humboldt. 

edu. 

NICOLE JOHNSON is a junior at Humboldt State University majoring 

in international studies with a minor in psychology. Nicole is very active 

in the comunity here at Humboldt State residence halls and is currently a 

living group advisor. She can be reached at nmj12@humboldt.edu. 


BOOKS BUILDING BRIDGES 

The club Books Building Bridges was formed in the aftermath of Hurricane 

Katrina. We have collected books to replenish what was lost at an 

elementary school library in Lumberton, Mississippi. We will present how 

Books Building Bridges was formed, our goals, and share our experience 

after returning from our trip delivering books to the Mississippi school. 

KRISTINA LINDSAY is an HSU student and a member of the Hurricane 

Katrina relief group, Books Building Bridges. She can be reached at kkl8@ 

humboldt.edu. 

JED D’ABRAVANEL is an HSU student and a member of the Hurricane 

Katrina relief group, Books Building Bridges. He can be reached at jhd5@ 

humboldt.edu. 


BEYOND BUYING LOCAL: CREATING STRONG AND 

SUSTAINABLE LOCAL ECONOMIES 

Buying locally and eating from one’s own bio-region are a piece of creating 

strong, sustainable, local economies. However, issues of employment, 

inflation, and state and federal taxes, also need to be addressed. Community 

currencies have played a key role throughout history in the struggle to 

maintain economic self-sufficiency in the face of globalized economies. In 

Humboldt County the Humboldt Exchange Community Currency Project 

was started in 2003. Since that time, hundreds of people and several business 

have participated in this project. The money created by this project 

stays in the local community, continuously recirculating and creating new 

jobs. This workshop will explore the history of community currencies, 

their role in creating strong sustainable local economies, and explain the 

role of the Humboldt Exchange in our community. 

RYAN ERIC EMENAKER is a member of the Democracy Unlimited Steering 

Committee and a founding member of the Humboldt County Youth 

Arts Program. He helped open the Placebo, an all-ages music and art 

venue that gives youth a positive alternative to drugs and alcohol. Ryan is 

the chair of Arcata’s Committee on Democracy and Corporations. Ryan 

is working toward his MA in the Humboldt State University multidisciplinary 

Environment and Community MA Program and is attempting 

to complete his thesis on “A Corporate History of Humboldt County.” In 

2003 Ryan helped start the Humboldt Exchange Directory and is one of 

the core organizers for the Humboldt County Community Currency Project. 

Contact Ryan at jammeal@aol.com. 


INCLUDING WRITERS OF DIVERSE IDENTITIES 

IN THE SECONDARY CLASSROOM 

The goal of the participant-centered workshop will be to gain greater 

knowledge of minority writers and the importance of including their 

works in a central position in the secondary classroom. Participants 

will respond to the particular ways in which poetry is able to elicit powerful 

emotional responses from readers. They will discuss their personal 

definitions of poetry and analyze the perspective of specific writers 

of diverse identities. This will take into account pedagogy for teachers 

as well as offer a possible lesson plan for students. 

DAREN ZOOK is a student teacher at Eureka High School pursuing a 

secondary teaching credential in English at Humboldt State University 

and an avid reader of minority poets. He can be contacted at dhaarmabum@yahoo.com. 

VANESSA MARTINEZ is a student teacher at Eureka High School, 

pursuing a secondary education credential in English at Humboldt 

State University. Fluent in Spaniish and French., Vanessa attended international 

schools in Spain and Switzerland and she can be contacted 

at vam6@humboldt.edu. 

MARK HERTZ is a student teacher at Academy of the Redwoods, pursuing 

a secondary education credential in English at Humboldt State 

University. He has an MA in English from Humboldt State University 

and his email is mah21@humboldt.edu. 

BRANDI SHERMAN is a student teacher at Fortuna High School pursuing 

a secondary education credential in English at Humboldt State 

University. She has an MA in educational psychology from UC Santa 

Barbara and her email is bls40@humboldt.edu. 


Zero-WaSTe eVenT 

in keeping with the summit’s commitment 

to social and environmental sustainability, 

we have decided to make 

the summit a Zero-Waste event. There 

are three ways that you can help: 

1. Bring your own mug and foodware (i.e. utensils, plate). 

2. reduce the amount of materials you use. 

3. embrace our collective efforts toward zero waste and 

encourage others to do the same. 

Zero waste is a whole-systems approach to both 

product design and consumption. The idea seeks to 

follow nature’s example: all materials are cycled back for 

productive use. 




THE COLOR OF FEAR: AN ANALYSIS OF 

PRIvILEGE, POWER ANd dIvERSITY 

During the film, The Color of Fear, one of the main participants points 

out to those watching that racism and oppression are mainly a white 

problem and that white folks need to take a lead role in ending racism 

with in the U.S. by first recognizing its existence and then actively 

working against it. This workshop will focus on the examination of 

white privilege, supremacy and diversity through the use of the documentary 

video, The Color of Fear. This workshop will address the question 

of “What if?” Participants of this workshop should gain a clearer 

understanding of privilege and ways we individually support a system 

that perpetuates inequality. Our hope is to close the gap between the 

privileged and the marginalized with a vision of a future in which each 

individual takes responsibility for perpetuating equality for all. 

MIKE KITTREDGE can be reached at mk7003@humoldt.edu. His copresenter 

is TOBY WALKER. 

U Extended Session: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm 


TEACHING MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY 

THROUGH MUSIC 

This session, led by Joseph Newnam, will focus on the importance of creating 

rich multicultural components to most subject areas through the use 

of World Music. Whether you work in a music classroom, social studies, 

history class or most any other subject area, with the use of music in the 

classroom students can learn even more about diversity, acceptance and 

relevancy. By utilizing classroom performance and student participation 

Mr. Newnam will demonstrate that exposing students to the variety of 

music from around the world will not only enhance any subject area, but 

will help create greater cultural awareness. This session will include a sitar 

performance, lecture on musical strategies to enhance understanding 

and cultural acceptance, and group singing which fosters bilingualism. 

Specific strategies to enrich most content areas through simple musical 

components will also be covered. 

JOSEPH NEWNAM has been a professional musician, composer, performer, 

and music specialist in California public schools for over 15 years. 

He attended Ali Akbar College of Music as a student to Dr. Khan on sitar. 

Joe has his BA in music from Humboldt State University and is currently 

acquiring his California credential in music education. The focus of Mr. 

Newnam’s music specialist experience is teaching mulitcultural music 

and enhancing other subject areas throughout rural Northern California 

schools. Joe has played over five hundred concerts on sitar nationwide 

and had recorded CD’s for record labels around the world. Reach him at 

joenewnam2001@yahoo.com. 


EFFECTIVE RESPONSES TO MILITARY 

RECRUITERS AT YOUR SCHOOL 

The military uses increasingly sophisticated methods for recruiting young 

people for the volunteer army. Young people often join the military believing 

that they can provide service, obtain an education or training, and 

save money to be used for college. This workshop provides information for 

teachers, administrators, parents and students on how to opt out of provid- 


ing information to military recruiters, information about promises recruiters 

may make (and the realities of the promises), alternatives for providing 

service to young people who want to make a difference, and ways to obtain 

and pay for an education. 

MELANIE WILLIAMS is a longtime peace and social justice advocate, and 

an instructor at HSU. She helped to found the Redwood Peace and Justice 

Center and works as a counselor for the GI Rights Hotline. Contact her at 

mew2@humboldt.edu. 

BARBARA GOLDBERG is a faculty member in the English Department 

and helped to found the GI Rights Hotline, for which she is also a counselor. 

She can be reached at bag4@humboldt.edu. 

RICK CAMPOS is a peace and social justice activist, and a counselor for 

the GI Rights Hotline. 


WRAPPING UP THE ROLLING THINK TANK: 

BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THE PARTICIPANTS 

IN SUZANNE PHARR’S SMALL-GROUP 

CONVERSATIONS 

This session brings together all the participants in the four sessions led 

by Suzanne Pharr focused on the ways people have been affected by the 

current incarnation of the Right and the new knowledges and organizing 

strategies needed to create social and political changes. 

SUZANNE PHARR is widely considered to be one of the nation’s most 




VIDEO SCREENING 

“FUNdI”: THE 

STORY OF ELLA 

BAKER (1 80) 

Rosa Parks was not the 

only female leader in the 

Civil Rights Movement 

and, while we honor her 

memory and her legacy, 

we need to educate ourselves 

about the work of 

her colleagues. This film 

highlights Ella Baker’s work in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1970s. 

Her work spanned over half a century, in both the North and the South. 

The film portrays the struggles of earlier decades and captures the continuity 

of the fight for racial justice and social change. 48 minutes 


we are considering broadening 

the name of the summit for 2007. 

any ideas? 

want to help us vision and brainstorm? 

write eric at er7@humboldt.edu.


Sunday, 2:00 pm – : 0 pm Session 10 

WHAT dO WE LEARN FROM KATRINA? LESSONS 

FROM THE SOUTH FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY 

AND ALL CONCERNED PEOPLE 

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina riveted America’s attention on 

issues of poverty, race and class, and federal budgetary priorities. It 

also drew our attention to the Deep South, a region of our nation that 

has traditionally been ignored, stereotyped or maligned by much of the 

rest of the nation. Months later, what lessons do we take away from 

this tragedy? How does the urban poverty under the spotlight in New 

Orleans inform our thinking about the rural poverty here on the North 

Coast? What is the color of poverty in our area (and what is its gender) 

and what is our collective responsibility in meeting the human needs of 

our neighbors? What can we take away from Katrina (or from the Crescent 

City tsunami just a few decades ago) that might inform our preparedness 

efforts on the North Coast? A panel of distinguished guests 

with experience with Katrina, the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean, 

and knowledge of race and class in the South will share their thinking 

about lessons to be learned here on the North Coast of California. 

ANDREA CANAAN is Support Services Manager for the Canon Barcus 

Community House, a facility that provides permanent housing in 

a 48-unit building in San Francisco. An African-American social worker 

raised in New Orleans, Canaan returned to the area this fall for a 

month to relocated two dozen family members and friends in Louisiana 

and Mississippi after Katrina. Among her many publications is the 

oft-quoted poem “Brownness,” first published in Cherie Moraga and 

Gloria Anzaldua’s pioneering collection This Bridge Called My Back: 

Writings By Radical Women of Color. 

YVONNE EVERETT is an ecologist and natural resources planner who 

teaches in the Environment and Community MA Program at HSU. She 

was in Sri Lanka for the tsunami in 2004 and worked with university 

and NGO colleagues there on the relief effort on the East Coast from 

January-June 2005. She teaches a seminar on disaster planning this 

semester. Contact Yvonee at yvonee.everett@humboldt.edu. 


New Market, Tennessee. She is the founder of the Women’s Project in 

Arkansas, where she was on the staff for 19 years. Suzanne also worked 

as a lead strategist and media officer for the No on 9 Campaign for a 

Hate-Free Oregon. For the past three decades, her work has focused on 

building a multi-racial, multi-issue progressive movement. Suzanne is 

the author of Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism and In the Time of the 

Right: Reflections on Liberation. She is widely considered to be one of 

the nation’s most knowledgeable experts on the Right. Suzanne can be 

reached at pharr39@bellsouth.net. 


EXPLORING HISTORIC “GHOST SCHOOLS” AND 

VOICES FROM THE PAST 

Photographer and arts educator Diana Schoenfeld will present an update 

on “Schoolhouse Odyssey,” her extended photographic study of remote 

location “ghost schools” and the oral histories she has gathered along the 

way. Through photography, literature, colorful spoken memoirs, and vintage 

textbooks dating from the1860s, Schoenfeld will share her discoveries 

as she continues to compose what will become a large exhibition on this 

subject. Participants will see photographs of old one-room schoolhouses 

as they appear in unique landscapes from Georgia to California, some 

nearly forgotten, falling into ruin, some preserved as museums occasionally 

open to the public. Her most recent photography has been done near 

the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon, in the Blue Ridge/Smoky 

Mountain region of North Carolina, and peering through the windows 

of a tiny log schoolhouse preserved in Wyoming. The photographs show 

old reading scrolls, bulging cardboard blackboards. fragile, dusty schoolbooks, 

lunch boxes, slate boards and other schoolhouse memorabilia scanning 

the century from 1840 and 1940. The presentation will take the form 

of a slide show with Schoenfeld’s commentary on the evolving project, her 

research methods, resources on historic one-room schools, and increasingly 

frequent efforts being made to restore and preserve them. A display 

of antique illustrated text books, vintage photographs, and related memorabilia 

will be included. 

DIANA SCHOENFELD is a fine arts educator specializing in photography 

and related exhibition, art history, and interdisciplinary projects. As 

a member of the California Arts Project, she has created intriguing art 

workshops for students and teachers, K-12. She has taught in college and 

university art departments from Michigan to Hawaii where she was author/curator 

of Symbol and Surrogate: The Picture Within. Schoolhouse 

Odyssey is Schoenfeld’s most extensive photographic project to date. She 

can be reached at dianas@northcoast.com. 


HISTORY BY DOING: A HANDS-ON, COMMUNITY 

APPROACH TO EDUCATION THAT WORKS 

Project-based learning means bringing students and hands-on community 

projects together to teach how buildings and history create the cultural 

heritage of which we all are proud. Teaching other teachers how to incorporate 

project-based learning into their classroom occurs when out-of-thebox 

teaching takes place. Historic preservation is not just a fancy term, but 

an interaction between present-day living and past stories that excite all of 

us. Life-long learning comes easiest by putting one’s hands into education. 

Old buildings are perfect textbooks for teaching history and history comes 

alive when you touch it. An example of a local school bell restoration project 

that was completed with elementary and middle school students will 

be presented, along with other community training events like Women in 

Construction, a Girl Scouts and Soroptimists International sponsored day 

of tools and equipment training at College of the Redwoods. 

BILL HOLE is a full-time professor in Construction and Historic Preservation 

Technology (HPRT) at College of the Redwoods (CR) in Eureka, 

California and consults privately. He has been instrumental in developing 

the first hands-on, two-year undergraduate historic preservation and restoration 

degree program west of the Mississippi. Through a unique interagency 

agreement between a federal agency and state community college, 

Bill helped CR and the Presidio Trust (Trust) of San Francisco design a 

two-year custom hands-on preservation compliance and sensitivity training 

series. Over the last two years he has helped consult on the Point Cabrillo 

Light Station Restoration Project as a trainer and project planner. 

One of his initial teaching assignments was in a Basque girls school teaching 

English as a Foreign Language, and Bill is no stranger to teaching both 

kids and adults to succeed. Contact him at bill-hole@redwoods.edu. 





THE WORLD OF MUSIC: LIFE LESSONS FROM THE 

MASTERS 

What secrets of life can we learn from the music of Mozart, James Brown, 

and the humpback whale? Find out in this highly interactive lecture/workshop 

by educator, author, and multi-instrumentalist, Andy Barnett. Andy 

shares musical activities that build attention, cohesion, and inspiration in 

groups of all levels, presenting music as a window into nature, culture, and 

the power of individual voices to change the way we think about ourselves 

and our community. For middle schoolers to adult. 

For twenty five years ANDY BARNETT has taught music at all levels from 

pre-school to the university. A Top Ten children’s music producer, and author 

of “Compose Yourself! Awakening to the Rhythyms of Life,” he is a 

presently guest lecturer at the Delle Arte School of Physical Theater, and 

the music director at the K-12 Leggett Valley School. Reach Andy at abarnett@asis.com. 

BETH WELLS will be a co-presenter in this session. 


ACADEMIC LITERACY IN THE 21 ST CENTURY: WHAT 

IS IT? WHO NEEDS IT? 

This session will provide an opportunity to explore some of the issues facing 

us all as individuals, students, educators, community members, readers 

and writers in a world where literacy is constantly redefining itself. 

How is literacy changing? How are our schools responding? What are 

teachers doing? How are students faring? 

LESLIE LEACH works at the College of the Redwoods Writing Center tutoring 

students at all levels of academic writing. She has been an associate 

faculty member in English at CR for ten years. In addition, she is a Redwoods 

Writing Project fellow, and she has been a member of the Reading 

Institute for Academic Preparation for the past two years. Contact Leslie 

at leslie-leach@redwoods.edu. 

For the last two years, VINCENT PELOSO, an instructor at the College 

of the Redwoods, has been teaching GS 360: Basic Academic Literacy, 

“a class for those students whose placement scores indicate a need for 

further preparation before moving into developmental reading and writing 

coursework.” Vinnie also produces and hosts Mad River Anthology, 

a twice-monthly, half-hour poetry program on KHSU radio, 90.5 FM, in 

Arcata. He is a widely published poet. Contact him at vinnie-peloso@ 

redwoods.edu. 

Academic Literacy • Nelson Hall East 106 

SEE THE BIG PICTURE WITH POSTER PROJECTS 

How can we help students put the skills they learn in class into a broader 

context? We will share student work from our mathematics classes and 

provide guidelines for conducting poster projects. Walk away with resources 

and ideas for assigning a poster project for your students. 

Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Humboldt State University, BETH 

BURROUGHS is a math educator and former high school mathematics 

teacher. Contact her at burroughs@humboldt.edu. 

SHARON BROWN is Associate Professor of Mathematics at Humboldt 

State University. She has had success assigning poster projects in her calculus 

through graduate-level courses. She can be reached at slb25@humboldt.edu. 



THE STORY WE TELL 

Participants will view the film, The Story We Tell. This will be followed by 

an in-depth discussion of the ways in which race has been used to rationalize 

inequality throughout history, as well as the the current status of his- 


tory education in the U.S. Other sources for this workshop will include the 

texts A People’s History of the United States, Lies My Teacher Told Me, 

and You’re Are Being Lied To. 

ANIKA BAKER-LAWRENCE is Living Group Advisor in Cypress Hall at 

HSU and she can be reached at arb45@humboldt.edu. 


TEACHABLES FROM TRASHABLES: USING 

RECYCLABLE MATERIALS TO ENHANCE 

CLASSROOM LESSONS 

Using a variety of easily collected recyclable materials, Jackie Hamilton 

will demonstrate hands-on lessons that will make science, language arts, 

and other classroom curriculum more exciting. As with all Ready To Learn 

workshops, the presentation will also feature books and clips from PBS 

programs that tie into each activity, making each lesson accessible to students 

with visual, audio, and kinesthetic learning styles. 

JACKIE HAMILTON has been working in child care for over twenty-five 

years. She has spent the last six years working for KEET-TV Ready To 

Learn service, teaching child care providers, teachers and parents how to 

extend the learning from PBS children’s programming to hands-on lessons 

in the home and classroom. Reach her at kiddieteacher@hotmail.com. 

SUSAN SEAMAN is program coordinator for this project. 


FACULTY LEADERS AT HSU SPEAK OUT ON 

HOT TOPICS 

There are many issues currently facing Humboldt State University 

and the California State University system as a whole. In this session, 

HSU/CSU faculty leaders at various levels speak out on what they 

consider to be some of the hottest issues at the moment. Panelists will 

give their personal and professional opinions and will welcome dialogue 

among session participants. 

BERNADETTE CHEYNE is a professor in the Department of Theatre, 

Film and Dance at HSU. She has been involved in faculty governance 

for many years, including serving as chair of the campus Academic 

Senate from 1999-2001. She currently is one of two statewide representatives 

from HSU on the Academic Senate of the California State 

University. 

JENNIFER EICHSTEDT is currently Chair of the University Curriculum 

Committee at HSU and member of the Diversity Plan Action 

Committee. Her primary concerns are creating a racially just campus 

and increasing excellence in undergraduate teaching and learning. 

ROBIN MEIGGS, Head Coach of the women’s rowing team, is chapter 

president of the California Faculty Association at Humboldt State 

University. 

SAEED MORTAZAVI is Department Chair and Professor of Economics 

and Finance in the School of Business at HSU. He is currently serving 

as the HSU Academic Senate Chair. 

MARSHELLE THOBABEN, Chair of the Academic Senate of the 

CSU, has been a faculty leader for the past twenty years. She has held 

a variety of positions within the Academic Senate CSU (ASCSU), 

Humboldt State University’s Academic Senate, and California Faculty 

Association. 

SALLY BOTZLER, panel moderator, is a professor in the Department 

of Education at Humboldt State University and is the campus Faculty 

Development Coordinator. 


Agate Room, Jolly Giant Compound



RAISING A RUCKUS: NEW ACTIVISM AND THE 

RESPONSE TO GLOBALIZATION (2001) 

This report looks at the new face of anti-globalization activism and 

how the Bay Area, with its strong roots in nonviolent social protest, 

has been instrumental to its rise. The program follows several passionate 

anti-globalization protest leaders from Bay Area organizations 

and explores the strongest renaissance of activism in the United States 

since the 1960s. The documentary also explores how these activists are 

affecting change and providing leadership on issues of economic disparity 

and social injustice aroudn the world through nonviolent means. 

Featured on Bay Windows, KQED TV, San Francisco. 59 minutes. 


WORLD PEACE STARTS WITH INNER PEACE: AN 

EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOP ON DEALING WITH 

STRESS, ANXIETY, AND PAST TRAUMA 

This workshop gives attendees do-it-yourself techniques for dealing 

with the stressors of everyday life. Activities include learning acupressure 

points for dissolving fear and sadness, simple meditations to combat 

worry and anxiety, easy herbal tea formulas for anxiety and headaches, 

and more. Understanding the importance of personal healing and inner 

wellness is critical for activists and those who are engaged in teaching and 

service work. Personal healing is political in that our own health is a precursor 

to making positive and lasting outward social change. Come join us 

in learning new techniques to better care for yourself as you help to make 

the world a more peaceful place. 

PAIGE ALISEN, PH.D. is an educator, author, and activist who has extensive 

knowledge in dealing with trauma and post-traumatic stress in an 

integrative, holistic approach. She is founder and director of The Emma 

Center, a new local nonprofit serving women abuse and trauma survivors. 

She is author of, Finding Courage to Speak: Women’s Survival of Child 

Abuse. Contact her at info@emmacenter.org. 

A recent HSU graduate and social justice activist on issues ranging from 

women’s rights to Cuba solidarity and houselessness, SHANNON RYAN 

knows firsthand the importance of taking care of yourself to avoid activist 

burn-out and to do effective social justice work. She is Program Director 

of The Emma Center, a new local nonprofit serving women abuse and 

trauma survivors. Contact her at info@emmacenter.org. 


MEDIA AS (PRE)TEXT: EXAMINING NEWS AND 

DOCUMENTARY IN THE POST-MILLENNIAL 

COMPOSITION CLASSROOM 

The current media landscape affects students and their ability to think, 

read and write critically. This panel explores methods of bringing media 

literacy into the composition classroom, preparing students to navigate a 

media-saturated culture, encouraging writers to examine rhetorical principles 

at work in everyday life, and sharpening students’ analytical abilities. 

ADRIA ZIMMERMAN is a lecturer in HSU’s English Department. Her interests 

include the teaching of composition and media literacies. Her email 

is adz1@humboldt.edu. 

TIMAREE MARSTON teaches composition in HSU’s English Department 

and conducts inquiry into media studies. Her email is tfm1@humboldt.edu. 

JODI SIMMONS cultivates her interest in increasing media literacy, especially 

at the college level. She teaches in HSU’s English Department. 

Teaching in Higher Education; Academic Litearcy 


UNDERSTAND ME: PRODUCING POEMS OF 

PLACEMENT AND EMPOWERMENT 

Through poetry your students can not only express their feelings, they 

can also explore who they are, where they’ve come from, and how they can 

change the world. Dan will teach you a triad of lesson plans, getting you 

to write your own poems during this fun and investigative workshop. The 

lessons are called “Right Here, Right Now,” “To Understand Me,” and 

“What Changes the World” (subject to change, though not likely). 

DAN LEVINSON teaches students of all ages all over Humboldt County 

through California Poets in the Schools residencies. He has taught at 

Humboldt State University, College of the Redwoods, and the Redwood 

Coast Writers’ Center, and is a teacher-consultant for the Redwood Writing 

Project. Learn more at www.ZevLev.com or ask questions at zevlevinson@hotmail.com. 


ARCHIE BUNKER’S NEIGHBORHOOD 

This interactive workshop explores class, discrimination and the distribution 

of economic resources in a diverse community. Participants are divided 

into groups and given different materials, resources, and access to 

political control. The goal is to try to build a community. 

MELISSA HOODLET is a senior majoring in ethnic studies and working 

in HSU Housing as an assistant coordinator in Residence Life. Contact 

her at msh24@humboldt.edu. 

KATIE MILLS is a senior and a senior living group advisor. She can be 

reached at kmm61@humboldt.edu. 

SEBASTIEN PRADEL is a senior and a living group advisor. His email 

is jsp25@humboldt.edu. 

JOE MCKINZIE is a senior at HSU and a living group advisor. Reach him 

at jgm18@humboldt.edu. 

Other facilitators will be KIM MILLETT and NICOLE JOHNSON. 


Be sure to stop by the 100 Fires 

book table in goodwin Forum!O 



ADOLESCENT GIRLS’ GROUPS: FEMINIST 

EDUCATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 

This workshop will explore the use of gender-specific spaces as a tool to 

address and combat gender oppression facing adolescent youth. Participants 

will experience the empowerment-based tools and methodologies 

practiced by girls’ group facilitators, and will have the opportunity to learn 

from adolescent girls currently participating in local girls’ groups. While 

the content of this workshop will focus mainly on the experiences of young 

women, our vision will be to equip educators with tools and perspectives 

needed to support the empowerment of all adolescent youth. 

EILEEN ROCHA is a recent HSU graduate in the fields of women’s studies 

and psychology. She is currently active in organizing and facilitating 

local girls groups through Girls Inc. of the Redwood Coast as a member of 

StraightUp AmeriCorps. Contact her at er18@humboldt.edu. 

JENNY GUIDI is a recent HSU graduate who majored in Women’s Studies 

and minored in ethnic studies and multicultural queer studies. A former 

co-director of the Humboldt State University Women’s Resource Center, 

she is currently organizing girls’ groups at the Transitional Opportunity 

Program Continuation Middle School as a member of StraightUp Ameri- 

Corp. 

Other workshop organizers and presenters include FRANKIE NIWOT of 

Girls Inc. of the Redwood Coast, SHANTI JENSEN of TAPESTRY at 

Eureka High School, as well as some of the incredible young women currently 

participating in local girls’ groups. 


Proud to be a sponsor of the north 

coast education summit 2006 


EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO TAKE CHARGE 

AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE: THE EAST SERVICE 

LEARNING EDUCATIONAL MODEL 

Come join the North Coast’s nationally recognized service learning programs 

in a workshop that will share the educational impact of meaningful 

student-directed projects. EAST students from Arcata, Eureka, and Fortuna 

high schools, as well as Zane and Winship middle schools will present 

the service projects currently underway. Facilitators will share ways 

that individuals interested in challenging and empowering their students 

to make a real difference in their community can integrate service learning 

into their curriculum. Community members interested in partnering with 

or mentoring student projects are encouraged to attend. Featured projects 

include the Youth Relay for Life, Youth Ready to Respond, and Project 

Diversity. 

RON PERRY has been an EAST facilitator at Eureka High School for the 

last five years. Eureka High School was awarded the prestigious Founder’s 

Award in 2004 and the Golden Bell Award for instruction in 2005. Ron is 

a recent recipient of the Stagecoach Award from Wells Fargo and can be 

reached at perryr@eurekacityschools.org. 

JENNIFER JOHNSON has been an EAST facilitator at Eureka High 

School (EHS) for the last five years. Jennifer has implemented systemic 

school reform at EHS that has utilized the EAST model for senior projects. 

Her email address is johnsonj@eurekacityschools.org. 

LOUIS ARMIN-HOILAND has been the EAST facilitator at Arcata High 

School since its inception in 2000. Arcata’s CEDAR Academy has earned 

numerous grants and awards including the Toyota Tapestry Grant and the 

Founder’s Award in 2005. Contact him at lah@nohum.k12.ca.us. 

ERRIN ODELL is the EAST facilitator at Fortuna High School. In 2005 

his students earned awards for their use GIS software and garnered a “superior” 

rating at the EAST Conference. Contact Errin at eodell@fuhsd. 

k12.ca.us. 

JAMIE BUSH is in her second year as EAST Facilitator at Zane Middle 

School. In 2005 Zane earned a “superior” rating at the national EAST 

Conference. Jamie’s email is bushj@eurekacityschools.org. 

DANA JACOBS is the EAST facilitator at Winship Middle School. Her 

students earned a “superior” rating at the national EAST conference. Contact 

her at jacobsd@eurekacityschools.org. • Founders Hall 204 

FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT AS A 

CLASSROOM-BASED TOOL FOR ALL EDUCATORS 

Functional behavior assessment will be defined and a four-step intervention 

process will be explained. The presenter will utilize a behaviorist technology 

originally developed in the late 1960’s for persons with moderate to 

severe disabilities such as mental retardation and autism, and apply this 

technology to students who demonstrate problem behavior and high levels 

of cognitive functioning. He will apply single-subject behavior intervention 

in regular education settings to teach appropriate social behavior to 

the single-subject via social validation and other supports from the group; 

thus replacing the maintaining consequence(s) that supported the aberrant 

behavior to begin with. 

GREGG ALLBRIGHT is a 1994 graduate of HSU Teacher Credential Program 

in Social Science. He is a 1997 recipient of the Frank Roberts Youth 

Conservation Project of the Year award for Oregon and a 1999 graduate 

of University of Oregon’s Exceptional Learner MA in Education program. 

He was awarded in 2005 the Lead Teacher of the Year award for Joseph 

P. Kennedy Foundations’ Community of Caring Program for integrating 

students with and without disabilities via best practices prescribed by the 

National Administration on Developmental Disabilities at South Fork 

High School. He can be reached at gallbright@humboldt.k12.ca.us. 

Founders Hall 206

Sunday, 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm 

SUMMIT CLOSING KEYNOTE SESSION 

ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITY KEYNOTE ADDRESS 

FROM SILENT SPRING TO SILENT NIGHT: 

WHAT DO HERMAPHRODITIC FROGS TELL US ABOUT 

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HUMAN HEALTH? 

TYRONE HAYES, PH.D., a professor of biology at UC Berkeley, has produced a series of high-profile studies 

challenging the ecological safety of atrazine, the most widely used pesticide in the United States. His research suggests 

that the weed-killer may be short-circuiting the reproductive machinery of amphibians exposed to farm chemicals 

in spring runoff. The mysterious ill health of amphibians native to North America is one of the more alarming 

environmental stories of recent years, and Dr. Hayes was the first to find a link to pesticides, both in the laboratory 

and in field studies. While his findings were repeatedly attacked by industry-funded scientists and public relations 

specialists, Dr. Hayes persisted in his scientific investigations, confirming and extending his results. He also showed 

through rigorous analysis that industry-funded studies purporting to contradict his research were highly biased. He is a 

winner of the 2005 Jenifer Altman Award, given annually in honor of outstanding commitment and service to promoting 

and protecting human and ecological and specifically for outstanding dedication to scientific integrity in environmental 

health sciences and the pursuit of science in the public interest. 

Final Greetings and Gratitudes by Eric Rofes, Summit Coordinator 

Opening Performance by Hip Hop Artists The Chosen: William Russell and Tom Helm 

Followed by closing reception in Karshner Lounge sponsored by HSU Environment and Community MA Program 



With Gratitude . . . 

THE SUMMIT 2006 ORGANIZING TEAM 

SUMMIT COORDINATOR: Eric Rofes 

KEY ADVISORS AND HELPERS AT IMPORTANT 

MOMENTS: Jerome Bearbower, Jeff Brandenburg, Dan 

Derdula, Christine Miller, Dan Malloy, Paul Cienfuegos, 

Crispin Hollings, Jessica Urban 

STUDENT TEAM: Jenni Allen-San Giovanni, Ken Buck, 

James Corcoran, Libby Currier, Virginia Gardner, Jillian 

Gerner, Saqib Keval, Jen Majka, Terri McClure, Joe 

Newnam, Kevin Simmons 

PROPOSAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: June Boitano, Sally 

Botzler, James Corcoran, Ron Craig, Richard Delcore, 

Ann Diver-Stamnes, Maggie Gainer, Martha Haynes, Nina 

Marinas, Sheila Rocker Heppe, Jen Majka, Eric Rofes 

TRACK COORDINATION: Entrepreneurship, Maggie 

Gainer, Kristin Johnson, Bob Judevine, and Jaqueline 

Aboulafia; Teaching in Higher Education, Sally Botzler; 

Charter Schools, Jenni Allen-San Giovanni and Nick Driver; 

Academic Literacy, Nikola Hobbel and Cathleen Rafferty; 

Native American Issues in Schools, Kevin Simmons; 

Adventure and Experiential Learning, Jon O’Connor 

ENTREPRENEUR TRACK THANKS: Michael Thomas, 

Nancy Vizenor, Brandon Hemenway, Saeed Mortazavi, 

Nick Frank, Humboldt County Film Commissioner Barbara 

Bryant, Steve O’Meara of Kokastat, Patrick Cleary of Los 

Coast Communications, Mark Doggett, Kristin Johnson 

and Bob Judevine of the North Coast Small Business 

Development Center 

PROGRAM OUTREACH AND IDEAS: Gregory Zobel, 

Holly Grace, Clarena Larotta, Humboldt County Office of 

Education, Diane Sabin, Patty Yancey, Manolo Callahan, 

Ran Perry and the CTA, Diane Ryerson, Marylyn Paik- 

Nicely; Mary Gelinas, Bruce Fisher, Mary Lynn Bryan, Guy- 

Alain Amoussou, David Ellerd, Laura Rose, Kathy Munoz, 

Susan Higgins, and many others 

ROOMS AND AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT: Eric Van Duzer 

with Carlene Metaxas, Rosheen Rathbun, Bruce Fisher, 

John Erickson and staff of University Center; Phillip Hooker, 

Larry Rice; Christine Miller and Dan Malloy. Special thanks 

to Steve Butler 

GREETERS EXTRAORDINAIRE: Pam Philley and Sheila 

Rocker Heppe 

WEB-PAGE DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE: Joan Van Duzer 


CULTURAL PERFORMANCES: Ryan Mann-Hamilton 

PROMOTION: Eric Rofes, Jane Rogers and Paul Mann; 

Jerome Bearbower, Linda Pulliam 

DESIGN OF PROMOTIONAL TABLOID: Dan Derdula 

ARCATA PLAZA BANNER: Renee Menge at Bob’s Sign Shop 

PHOTOGRAPHY AND PROGRAM BOOK COVER 

PHOTOGRAPH: Martha Haynes 

SUMMIT PROGRAM BOOK: Eric Rofes (Editor), Crispin 

Hollings (Proofreader) and Jeff Brandenburg (Designer and 

Typesetter); special thanks to HSU Graphic Services for 

printing the book 

SPECIAL TASKS: On-Site Registration: many volunteers; 

Poster Sessions: David Ellerd; Book Sales: Paul Cienfuegos; 

Fundraising: Eric Rofes, Kevin Simmons, Manolo Callahan, 

James Braggs, Sierra Barnes, and Liberty Currier; 

Tabling Coordination: Jillian Gerner; Summit Logo: Jeff 

Brandenburg; Diversity Reception: Helen Jones and 

Marylyn Paik-Nicely; Alumni Reception: Larry Rice 

ZERO-WASTE COORDINATOR: Christine Miller with 

Daniel Malloy, Arlene Miller, James Thomson, and HSU 

Campus Recycling Program 

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Lois Waters, with support from 

HSU Sponsored Programs Office and Extended Education 

OFFICE ASSISTANCE, PHONE CONTACT, AND OTHER 

TASKS: Carlene Metaxas, Rosheen Rathbun, Melissa 

Estrada, Vannida Mel, Christine Hall and Lois Waters. 

PRE-SUMMIT REGISTRATION: Carl Hansen and Extended 

Education 

SPECIAL THANKS FROM ERIC ROFES TO: Dean Susan 

Higgins, Cathleen Rafferty, President Rollin Richmond, 

Burt Nordstrom, Joan Berman and Wayne Perryman; Kumi 

Watanabe-Schock, Denice Helwig, Paul Mann, Casey 

Crabill, Deborah Nolan and our friends at College of the 

Redwoods; Patty Lindley, John Erickson & Staff, Peter 

Pennecamp, Pam Philley, Christina Accomando, David 

Orphal, Accion Zapatista Humboldt, Kim Berry, Lynn 

Johnson, Louie Bucher, Twyla Henderson, Ron Rudebock, 

H. W. Seng, Suzanne Pharr, Manolo Callahan, Lois Waters, 

and all of the volunteers and volunteer faculty members who 

make the summit possible! 

REDWOOD PEACE & JUSTICE CENTER FOOD BOOTH: 

Jerome Bearbower, Becky Luening, Melanie Williams, 

Andrew Freeman

Saturday, February 4, 2006 – Kate Buchanan room, HSU

north coast 

education summit 2006 

SponSorS & SUpporTerS 

We thank the following sponsors for their funding and support 

LeAD SpOnSORS 

california Teachers Association 

hSu college of professional Studies 

hSu Department of education 

The James irvine Foundation 

MA JOR SpOnSORS 

California Charter Schools Association 

Center for Educational Excellence, Collaboration & Inquiry 

College of the Redwoods 

HSU Faculty Development Office 

HSU Office of Economic and Community Development 

HSU Office of the President 

Humboldt Adventure—A Division of Camp Fire USA 

KHSU-Radio 

KHUM-Radio 

KIEM-TV 

Northcoast Mathematics and Science Initiative 

Redwoods Science Project 

We thank the following sponsors who have lent additional financial support to this summit 

Associated Students 

Black Student Union 

HSU College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 

HSU College of Natural Resources and Sciences 

HSU Diversity Plan Action Council 

HSU Environment and Community Graduate Program 

HSU Faculty Diversity Development Committee 

HSU Library 

HSU Multicultural Center 

HSU Multicultural Queer Studies Program 

Sponsor of the national Teacher of the year Keynote Address 

Humboldt County Office of Education 

HSU Office of the Provost and Vice President for 

Academic Affairs 

HSU Women’s Enrichment Fund 

HSU Women’s Studies Program 

Humboldt Reading Council 

Indian Teacher & Educational Personnel Program (ITEPP) 

Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District 

North Coast Beginning Teacher Program 

North Coast Small Business Development Center 

Northern Humboldt Union High School District 

The following supporters have lent their name to supporting this event 

Center for Anti-Oppressive Education Garfield Elementary School District 

Democracy Unlimited Fieldbrook Elementary School

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