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EDST travels to NY for a Briefing at UNESCO  

 Seton Hall students from the Educational Studies Department

Matthew Youngberg (SHU); Bing, N Lin, Rutgers alumni and graduate student; Pilar Veru, Bilingual and ESL Supervisor, Newark Public Schools; Nela Navarro, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University; Lily Gray, UNESCO Senior Liaison Officer, NY Office (Education, Culture and Social Sciences); Godsmark Oshuporu, student at the Newark School of Global Studies; Bethzy Marie Motino-Morell, student at the Newark School of Global Studies; Ismael Khalil, teacher of Arabic, Newark School of Global Studies.

On Wednesday, April 5, five Seton Hall students from the Educational Studies Department traveled to New York for a briefing at UNESCO. The session was arranged through the partnership between the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University and the Educational Studies Department at Seton Hall. The visit was arranged by Jim Daly, Ph.D., and his colleague at Rutgers, Nela Navarro, Ph.D.. They are the co-conveners of the Perils and Promises of Diversity Initiative in Education. That group is affiliated with the Center for Global Education at Seton Hall University.

Seton Hall students Oliver De Leon, Liz McCollum, Hannah Tate, Matthew Youngberg, and Ethan Hom were joined by students from the Newark School of Global Studies Godsmark Oshuporu, and Bethzy Marie Motino-Morell, along with Ismael Khalil, teacher of Arabic. Pilar Veru, Supervisor, Office of Bilingual Education from the Newark Public Schools, and Bing, N Lin, Rutgers alumna, and graduate student, also joined the group.

Students

Jim Daly (SHU); Hannah Tate (SHU); Ethan Hom (SHU); Oliver DeLeon (SHU); Liz McCollum (SHU).

The briefing was presented by Lily Grey of UNESCO. The topic of the session was education and technology, with a look at technology and hate speech. Lily Gray, UNESCO Senior Liaison Officer, NY Office (Education, Culture and Social Sciences) led the session. Plans are underway to offer this opportunity again in the Fall semester.

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