OCA-Greater Tucson
On November 3rd, Dr. Leslie Moe-Kaiser, President OCA Greater Tucson, participated in the quarterly Tucson Unified School District Professional Development Day for elementary teachers, administrators, and staff. The program was organized by Ms. Yoon Lee, Coordinator of Asian Pacific American & Refugee Student Services. Presentations were intended to garner support for inclusion of AANHPI curricula in Arizona K-12 schools in a state bill. Leslie presented “Let’s Learn about Calendars,” and Yvonne So, Board Chair OCA Greater Phoenix, presented “Water Boys,” both from the OCA bank of modules. About 35 attended. Astria Wong, President OCA Greater Phoenix, presented “AAPAs building Arizona Community,” a module she developed.
We also distributed two sets fo children’s books to teachers for their school libraries and to the TUSD Diversity Library. One was the COVID publication made available by OCA from a generous publisher. They were very well-received, and all extra volumes were taken.
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