| What’s in a “NAME”? NAME - The National Association of Multicultural Education If you are a member of MidTESOL then membership in NAME, the National Association of Multicultural Education, may be another organization of interest for you. Now you may say, what are these crazy editors of MidTESOL Matters doing. . . giving publicity to the competition? Well, it’s simple. NAME incorporates not only ESL and Bilingual Education but multicultural eduction as a whole, so we as ESOL professionals should at least know about and maybe even support the mission of NAME. According to a letter from Kim Kreiker, regional director (KS, IA, NE, MO) of NAME and a new board member of MidTESOL, “I can tell you that NAME is the only crosscutting organization that I know of...it addresses all issues of diversity...” According to NAME’s website, “NAME believes that multicultural education promotes equity for all regardless of culture, ethnicity, race, language, age, gender, sexual orientation, belief system or exceptionality.” So, if there is anyone out there who shares the philosophy and goals of NAME, please feel free to contact the address at the end of the article for membership information. What is NAME? The National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) was founded in 1990 to bring together individuals from all academic levels and disciplines and from diverse educational institutions, and other organizations, occupations and communities who had an interest in multicultural education. NAME is committed to a philosophy of inclusion that embraces the basic tenets of democracy and cultural pluralism. NAME celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength that enriches a society and rejects the view that diversity threatens the fabric of a society.
MEMBERSHIP NAME's membership encompasses the spectrum of professional educators and specialists, including early childhood, classroom and higher education faculty, administrators, psychologists, social workers, counselors, curriculum specialists, librarians, scholars, and researchers. Persons affiliated with teacher education, ethnic studies, ESL and bilingual education, social science, anthropology, liberal and fine arts programs, and other departments, colleges, and schools with an emphasis on multiculturalism are also encouraged to become members. National Association for Multicultural Education( NAME). For membership information contact: NAME National Office, You can also contact Kim Kreicker, Regional director, NAME Region 7,
P.O. Box 1183, Lawrence, Kansas 66044, phone 785-296-7929, Fax 785-296-5867,
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NAME believes
that multicultural education promotes equity for all regardless of culture,
ethnicity, race, language, age, gender, sexual orientation, belief system
or exceptionality. NAME believes that multicultural education enables
the individual to believe in one's own intrinsic worth and culture, to
transcend monoculturalism and, ultimately, to become multicultural. This
developmental process is at the center of the individual's quest to define
one's relationship and responsibility to our global society. NAME recognizes
that individuals have not always been and perhaps never will be in complete
agreement regarding the definitions and goals of multicultural education
-- and that continuing debate is healthy.
