K-12 educators are invited to explore ways of integrating art and culture into their Ethnic Studies curriculum and multicultural instruction. In celebration of AAPI Heritage and Jewish American Heritage Month, hear from renowned educator and activist, Liz Kleinrock, as she demonstrates her inquiry-based strategy for leading critical dialogues with students and shares how her personal, intersectional identities influence her anti-bias and antiracist teaching practice.
This program includes art-integrated lesson demonstrations and workshops by museum educators, gallery conversations, resource presentations, refreshments, and more! USC PAM is proud to partner with the Skirball Cultural Center, the USC Shoah Foundation, and Facing History and Ourselves, to give teachers a one-of-a-kind learning experience with tools that can directly be applied in their classrooms.
The ticket includes all activities, museum admission, food, and complimentary parking. The full program schedule will be shared closer to the event date.
Salary point credit is available to Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) teachers. All other teachers should inquire with their districts about credit.
*ASL translation provided upon request.
*Scholarship available upon request.
About Keynote Speaker:
Liz Kleinrock (she/her) is an award-winning educator and bestselling author, as well as a Korean-American transracial adoptee, queer, Jewish woman. In 2018, Liz received the Teaching Tolerance Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2019, she delivered her TED Talk, “How to Teach Kids to Talk about Taboo Topics.” In the spring of 2021, Liz released her first book, Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community with Heinemann Publishing and is excited to announce the publication of four upcoming children’s books with HarperCollins.
About Partner Organizations:
Skirball Cultural Center
The Skirball Cultural Center is a place of meeting guided by the Jewish tradition of welcoming the stranger and inspired by the American democratic ideals of freedom and equality. We welcome people of all communities and generations to participate in cultural experiences that celebrate discovery and hope, foster human connections, and call upon us to help build a more just society.
Open to the public since 1996, the Skirball is one of the world’s most dynamic Jewish cultural institutions and among the leading cultural venues in Los Angeles.
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