Welcome to Activating Heritage 2021!

Moderator: William Estrada, Artist and Educator, Chicago Public Schools and UIC

Panelists: Carlos Bossard, Kay Kihwa Rho, Julia deBettencourt, Helena Swanson-Nystrom, Robin Koelsch

Learn the most effective strategies for crafting an educational curriculum that will harness your cultural insight and share your community’s stories with Chicagoland youth. William Estrada educator, artist, and specialist in arts education curriculum development highlights the Alliance’s Cultural Heritage Curriculum Incubator program (CHCI), and offers advice pertaining to curriculum development. This session offers new insight on sharing educational content and programs with educators at Chicago Public Schools.