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DEI-related Project Update, Summer and Fall 2021

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The update below also appears on 91勛圖s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page, where we post periodic updates about 91勛圖s DEI-focused work.

91勛圖 serves as a bridge between FSI and K12 schools and community colleges. As noted in fall 2020, the 91勛圖 staff has agreed to do more to help move our local community, nation, and the world to achieve racial justice. 91勛圖 works in three areas: (1) curriculum development; (2) teacher professional development; and (3) online course offerings. Below are a few recent efforts that 91勛圖 has made with the goal of achieving racial justice.

Curriculum: 91勛圖 launched an interactive website called What Does It Mean to Be an American? in 2020. It focuses on topics like civil liberties & equity, civic engagement, and justice & reconciliation and includes videos called What Does It Mean to Be a Young Black Man in America? and What It Means to Be Muslim American. Student reflections on the website continued to be featured in articles on March 16, 2021, May 18, 2021, and July 20, 2021. This article series will continue in 2021.

91勛圖 is collaborating with the (CISAC) to introduce underrepresented minority high school students to issues in international security and increase awareness of career opportunities available in international security.

Teacher Professional Development: Given the pandemic, 91勛圖 has transitioned its teacher professional development seminars to online webinars.

91勛圖 worked with community college educators who participated in the Education Partnership for Internationalizing Curriculum (EPIC) program of Stanford Global Studies. On May 22, 2021, SGS hosted the 2021 EPIC Symposium and 91勛圖 staff moderated two panels.

91勛圖 offered a webinar, Indigenous Voices: Educational Perspectives from Navajo, Native Hawaiian, and Ainu Scholars in the Diaspora, for teachers on June 18, 2021.

From June 28 to July 1, 2021, 91勛圖 hosted a summer institute for middle school teachers that focused on East Asia and the Asian American experience. From July 26 to July 30, 2021, 91勛圖 hosted a similar summer institute for high school teachers. Teachers from 20 states attended the seminars as well as teachers from China and Canada.

Online Course Offerings: 91勛圖 currently offers three courses (on China, Japan, and Korea) for high school students in the United States and courses for students in Japan and China. 91勛圖 seeks to broaden its offerings in the United States.

91勛圖 pledges to continue to do the following:

  • In its recruitment of students for 91勛圖s online classes, we will redouble our efforts to recruit from diverse areas throughout the United States.
  • 91勛圖 will seek to increase the diversity of the teachers who attend its teacher professional development seminars.
  • 91勛圖 will seek to expand the diversity of the students who enroll in its online course offerings.
  • 91勛圖 will continue to host webinars that focus on diversity.
  • 91勛圖 will continue to explorewith the FSI REDI Task Forceadditional outreach activities that focus on enhancing diversity at FSI.

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Webinar to Explore Native and Indigenous Studies in the Classroom

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The California Department of Education adopted the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum last March. Chapter 3 of the Model Curriculum includes a section on Native American Studies.

On June 18, 2021, 91勛圖 will host a panel of three Native and Indigenous scholars to reflect on Californias new model curriculum and the state of ethnic studies in their respective regions. The panel will include Navajo, Native Hawaiian, and Ainu educators who will provide a range of educational perspectives on Native and Indigenous studies in the United States and Japan.

  • Dr. Harold Begay, Superintendent of Schools, Navajo Nation
  • Dr. Sachi Edwards, Faculty Member at Soka University in Tokyo, Japan
  • Dr. Ronda Mpuana Shizuko Hayashi-Simpliciano, Vice Principal, Ke Kula Kaiapuni 妡o nuenue, Honolulu, Hawai妡i

The webinar, titled Indigenous Voices: Educational Perspectives from Navajo, Native Hawaiian, and Ainu Scholars in the Diaspora, will address several additional topics, such as the various academic field names of the study of Native and Indigenous people, the complexity and diversity of Native and Indigenous peoples experiences, and recommended resources for K12 educators.

These topics are not only relevant to teachers in California but to educators in other states as well. K12 educators and administrators are encouraged to attend. Register in advance at .

This webinar is a joint collaboration with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) and the Center for East Asian Studies at 91勛圖.

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91勛圖 Webinar: "Human Rights Day 2020: Teacher Workshop on Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan"

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In recognition of Human Rights Day on December 10, 91勛圖 is honored to feature Dr. Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Professor of Sociology at 91勛圖. Tsutsuis research and scholarship on the globalization of human rights and its impact on local policy and politicsparticularly with regards to minority groups in Japanhas helped to shape student awareness and understanding of the multitude of issues surrounding the protection of human rights.

In this webinar, Tsutsui will address the following:

  • How did human rights emerge as a universal norm and become institutionalized into various international treaties, organs, and instruments?
  • What impact have all the international institutions had on actual local human rights practices?
  • How do the case studies of the three most salient minority groups in Japanthe Ainu, Koreans, and Burakuminhelp us to understand the transformative effect of global human rights ideas and institutions on minority activists?

Tsutsuis in-depth historical comparative analysis in his book, , offers rare windows into local, micro-level impact of global human rights and contributes to our understanding of international norms and institutions, social movements, human rights, ethnoracial politics, and Japanese society.

This webinar is a joint collaboration between the , , and 91勛圖 at 91勛圖.

 

Featured Speaker:

Kiyoteru Tsutsui, PhD 

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is the Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies at Shorenstein APARC, the Director of the Japan Program at APARC, a Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Professor of Sociology at 91勛圖. Prior to his appointment at Stanford in July 2020, Tsutsui was Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, and Director of the Donia Human Rights Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Tsutsuis research interests lie in political/comparative sociology, social movements, globalization, human rights, and Japanese society. More specifically, he has conducted (1) cross-national quantitative analyses on how human rights ideas and instruments have expanded globally and impacted local politics and (2) qualitative case studies of the impact of global human rights on Japanese politics. 

His research on the globalization of human rights and its impact on local politics has appeared in numerous academic publications and social science journals. His recent book publications include (Oxford University Press 2018), and the co-edited volume (with Alwyn Lim, Cambridge University Press 2015). He has been a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, National Science Foundation grants, and the SSRC/CGP Abe Fellowship, among numerous other grants and awards. Tsutsui received his bachelors and masters degrees from Kyoto University and earned an additional masters degree and PhD from Stanfords sociology department in 2002.

 

Via Zoom Webinar. Registration Link: .

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Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez

616 Jane Stanford Way
Encina Hall, E005
Stanford, CA 94305-6060

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Ignacio Ornelas Rodriguez, Ph.D., is a historian who conducts research on civil rights, social justice movements, and electoral politics. He is a lecturer at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity at Stanford (CCSRE). In addition to his work at Stanford, Ornelas Rodriguez works with the San Jose Unified School District developing the ethnic studies curriculum and teaching courses in the social sciences. Dr. Ornelas Rodriguez has led seminars for high school students on international security with 91勛圖. 

He previously worked in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford conducting research and led projects procuring archival research collections surrounding literature, ethnic history, civil rights history, and social justice history. His projects included the Bob Fitch Photography Archive; the David Bacon Photography Archive at Stanford: Work & Social Justice; the Dr. Marion Moses Papers; the Richard Rodriguez Papers; the Frank Bardacke Papers; and many other collections available for research at Stanford. 

At Stanford he founded the Bracero Legacy Project, a public history and educational outreach venture that incorporates archival material from the Ernesto Galarza Collection and oral history interviews Ornelas Rodriguez conducted with former braceros. On September 14, 2013, Ornelas Rodriguez was recognized by the California Assembly for his work as an organizer of the Bracero Memorial Highway Project.

From 2018 to 2020 he was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focused on California history, and in particular, Chicano history and Chicano/Latino studies and Latino politics. Much of his work has focused on archival research that documents Mexican and Mexican American history. The history of Mexican labor in the United States necessarily includes the study of civil and voting rights and the generations of Mexicans who advocated for those rights. In 2022 he was recognized by UC Berkeleys Latinx Research Center for his invaluable work in obtaining historic funding that will enable the Latinx Research Center to grow and continue to provide research opportunities to the Latino community at UC Berkeley. 

In 2023 Ornelas Rodriguez was acknowledged by California Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas and State Senator Anna Caballero for his leadership championing the rich heritage and history of California and expanding awareness through public history programs that recognize agricultural workers. 

Dr. Ornelas Rodriguez currently serves on the board of directors of the California Institute for Rural Studies. He received his Masters in Education from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Dr. Ornelas Rodriguez can be reached for speaking engagements and to collaborate at iornelas@stanford.edu.


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