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 * CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES **
 * 1. The UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values Announces their Spring 2013 **//**Adventures in Ideas **//** Seminars **
 * Interested art and culture in the 20th century? Emerging economies? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then the Program in the Humanities and Human Values' //Adventures in Ideas // seminars are for you.
 * Register now to secure a spot in a general seminar offered by the Program in the Humanities. Teachers receive a 50% discount off tuition and are entered in a drawing to receive a travel scholarship as a part of the [|Daisy Edmister Fund] . Seminars are all day Saturday. Receive credit for 10 contact hours of continuing education. While these programs are designed for a general audience and do not include pedagogical training or lesson plans (unlike the Consortium’s teacher trainings, which include a combination of pedagogy, curriculum exploration and scholar lectures), these seminars are still an excellent way for teachers to expand their content knowledge in various topics.
 * For more information about the seminars (including a complete list of dates, topics, and speakers), and to register, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * For more information about the seminars (including a complete list of dates, topics, and speakers), and to register, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * For more information about the seminars (including a complete list of dates, topics, and speakers), and to register, visit the [|Consortium's website].


 * 2. UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values Announces **//**Spotlight on Scholars **//


 *  //Spotlight on Scholars // is our newest program exemplifying the diversity of scholarship at Carolina. Developed in collaboration with the General Alumni Association, these sessions will feature UNC-Chapel Hill faculty discussing their recent work—their new books or newest scholarly passion. Come find out what the University’s scholars are writing and thinking about and join in the discussion.
 * **Teachers: ** Please note that while these programs are designed for a general audience and do not include pedagogical training or lesson plans, these seminars are still an excellent way for teachers to expand their content knowledge in various topics. Also, please note that there are no teacher discounts available for the //Spotlight on Scholars // series.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For a complete list of programs, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For a complete list of programs, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For a complete list of programs, visit the [|Consortium's website].


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">3. UNC Program in the Humanities and Human Values Announces **//**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Humanities in Action!: **////**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">The World At Risk Series **//


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Humanities in Action //is a series of short seminars that are open to anyone and they offer a chance to engage relevant and interesting topics with some of the Triangle’s finest scholars in a welcoming and relaxed environment.
 * **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Teachers: **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Please note that while these programs are designed for a general audience and do not include pedagogical training or lesson plans, these seminars are still an excellent way for teachers to expand their content knowledge in various topics. Also, please note that there are no teacher discounts available for the //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Humanities in Action // series.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For a complete list of programs, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For a complete list of programs, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For a complete list of programs, visit the [|Consortium's website].

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Deadline: ** March 15, 2013
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">4. 4th Annual First Amendment Cartoon Contest **


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Since the earliest days of the American republic, cartoonists have entertained us, drawn attention to the issues of the day, and provoked discussion. In short, cartoons contribute to our civic life. Join the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the Judicial Branch of California in celebrating the Bill of Rights with the 4th Annual First Amendment Cartoon Contest.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about the contest, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">5. UNC’s World View Announces Two Seminars: **//**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Latin America and North Carolina **//**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">and //2013 Europe in Crisis? Dispelling Myths About the European Union.// **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Latin America and North Carolina Seminar Dates: **March 19-20, 2013
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Europe and the European Union Seminar Dates: **March 20-21, 2013
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">If you're Interested in teaching about Latin America or the European Union, then you don't want to miss these great opportunities from World View!
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about these seminars, visit [|Consortium's website]
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Europe and the European Union Seminar Dates: **March 20-21, 2013
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">If you're Interested in teaching about Latin America or the European Union, then you don't want to miss these great opportunities from World View!
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about these seminars, visit [|Consortium's website]
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">If you're Interested in teaching about Latin America or the European Union, then you don't want to miss these great opportunities from World View!
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about these seminars, visit [|Consortium's website]
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about these seminars, visit [|Consortium's website]


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">6. 2013 Centropa Seminar at Duke University **


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Seminar Date: **March 16 & 17, 2013
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">Are you interested in 20th century European Jewish history beyond the Holocaust, in social media, and in digital story telling? Then do we have a seminar for you! Centropa is a Vienna and Budapest-based non-profit NGO that uses advanced technologies to preserve Jewish memory in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Balkans and the Baltics, and then uses those same technologies to disseminate our findings in creative and innovative ways.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about this unique program, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about this unique program, visit the [|Consortium's website].


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">7. NC Service Learning Coalition Offers Two Area Trainings **


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;"> The NC Service Learning Coalition’s mission is “to develop actively engaged and globally aware citizens by promoting, advancing, and supporting high quality service-learning.” Educators can now join the NCSLC in helping to complete their mission by registering for one of two area trainings in March and April.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about these fantastic tranings, visit the [|Consortium's website].
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about these fantastic tranings, visit the [|Consortium's website].


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">8. NC History Museum presents //Freedom Coming, Freedom for All//. An exhibition featuring the Emancipation Proclamation **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Exhibit Dates: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">May 15–June 16, 2013


 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">You will have a rare opportunity to see the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh from Wednesday, May 15, through Sunday, June 16, 2013. This historic seven-page document is on loan from the National Archives in Washington, D.C. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Admission is free. **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.3333px;">For more information about this once in a lifetime event, visit the [|Consortrium's website].
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**Civil Discourse, Civil Communities:**
 * PAST OPPORTUNITIES **

**Civility and Free Expression in a Constitutional Democracy**

//Sponsored by the American Bar Association// February 15 – 16, 2013

UNC-Chapel Hill **February 15:** 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM (includes time for breaks, lunch, dinner, & a performance of //A Raisin in the Sun//) **February 16:** 10:00AM – 5:30PM (includes time for breaks, lunch, & a performance of //Clybourne Park//, and a community discussion)

“Civility costs us nothing and buys us everything.” – Mary Wortley Montagu In writing about the black-middle class neighborhood of Runyon Heights, Yonkers, New York, sociologist Bruce D. Haynes summarized the intersections between neighborhood development and racial identity in a single phrase: “race makes place, and, in doing so, place makes race.” Racially-defined residential spaces did (and do) more than affect local communities; they have contributed to broad definitions of race and class in the United States up to the present day. North Carolina’s social studies teachers are invited to join the [|NC Civic Education Consortium], the [|UNC Program for Humanities and Human Values], and [|Playmakers Reparatory Company] for two engaging days exploring the rich topics of race, class, space, and their connections to civility and free expression in a constitutional democracy. In order to broaden personal content knowledge, teachers will attend lectures by UNC and Duke faculty who will explore the intersection of hate speech and the Constitution**,** the Paidea method of instruction when discussing race and class, and more. In addition, time for pedagogical exploration will be provided as teachers participate in lesson simulations designed for easy implementation in the classroom. Participating teachers will also be treated to an evening at the theatre on February 15 and an afternoon matinee on February 16, receiving special admittance into Playmakers Repertory Company’s productions of [|//A Raisin in the Sun//]and [|//Clybourne Park//]//.// Inspiring, moving, and ever relevant to our own age, this two-day professional development event focused on the race, gentrification, civility, and free expression is one teachers will not want to miss! For more information, including the registration form, click [|here].
 * PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE**
 * Lesson plans and training from the NC Civic Education Consortium
 * 3.0 Renewal Credits
 * Lunch on Friday and Saturday; and snacks on both days.
 * Substitute reimbursement (if your district cannot cover the cost*)
 * One night’s single occupancy hotel accommodations in Chapel Hill (for participants residing **__more__** than 120 round-trip miles from the training location.)
 * Free play tickets to Playmaker’s Productions of //A Raisin in the Sun// and //Clybourne Park//

Consortium Project Director, Paul Bonnici, at bonnici@unc.edu.
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