Second National Conference on Heritage Languages in America

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October 18-20, 2002
SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE
HERITAGE LANGUAGES IN AMERICA

To request a pre-registration brochure (with a poster that you can
display), visit:
http://www.cal.org/heritage/request.asp

To register and read more about the conference, visit:
http://www.cal.org/heritage/conferences/2002/

Please note that although the deadline for reduced registration has
passed, you can still register electronically prior to coming to the
conference.

This Second National Conference will seek to further the aims of the
Heritage Languages Initiative, a national effort to develop the
non-English language resources that exist in our communities. It will
bring together heritage language community and school leaders,
representatives from pre-K-12 schools and colleges and universities,
world-renowned researchers, and federal and state policymakers. The
goals of the Heritage Languages Initiative and this conference are to
continue to make manifest the personal, economic, and social benefits to
our nation of preserving and developing the languages spoken by those
living in this country; to build a national dialogue on this topic; and
to develop an action agenda for the next several years.=20