CABE 2018

Join the Author of Teach Us Your Name and TEDx Speaker, Huda Essa, in learning how effective culturally responsive practices begins with one of the things we all have in common… our names, as an important part of our identities. Learn how names serve as an amazing resource you can immediately use to support language learning, build confidence, decrease bias, and strengthen community.

This session will offer an examination of the craft of illustration and how it sustains confidence in personal expression. Picture-making, in support of story-telling, crosses cultural and language barriers while providing the best platform for responsible risk-taking. Every child has a story to tell, whether modest or resplendent. Books that offer positive images of one's culture create the landscape in a child's mind that they are included and equal in the pursuit of a robust and realized life.