Portrait of Mexico A Workshop for Educators This is the first program in the Portrait of the World Series for Educators sponsored by Chevron. Saturday, August 29 Chevron Auditorium 1500 Louisiana Street, 1st floor Complimentary parking offered in the Chevron garage at the corner of Smith and Bell Streets (entrance is on Bell St.) Registration: 8:00 a.m. Program: 8:30 - 3:30 p.m. Cost: $30 REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Register online  (see event pricing & registration link at bottom of page) Email: edu@wachouston.org Phone: (713) 316-4475

The Council has applied for 6 professional development credit hours. The Council is recognized by the State Board for Educator Certification as a Continuing Education Provider for the State of Texas. (CPE #501096) Your registration includes content speakers, breakfast, lunch, a curriculum binder and a CD with a multitude of case studies, lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations with lecture notes. Presentation Topics Include: ·         United States-Mexican Relations: Security, Migration, Trade ·         Modern Mexico ·         Mexican History since the Revolution ·         The Mexican Economy: Beyond NAFTA ·         Mexican Culture and Society: The Arts and Indigenous Populations Click here to download the Portrait of Mexico flyer. Schedule for Portrait of Mexico    A Workshop for Educators  8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. 8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:25 a.m. Welcome and Introductions Joni Baird, Houston Public Affairs Manager, Chevron Sara Timms, Education Outreach Director, World Affairs Council of Houston 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Mexican History Since the Revolution John Mason Hart, Professor of History, University of Houston 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Screening of Al Otro Lado Natalia Almada, Filmmaker 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 – 11:45 p.m. Modern Mexico: Issues Facing Mexicans Today Discussion with Natalia Almada about her film 11:45 – 12:30 p.m. Lunch 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Overview of United States/Mexican Relations: Security and Migration John Mason Hart, Professor of History, University of Houston 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. The Mexican Economy: Beyond NAFTA Benigna Leiss, Mexico Country Manager, Chevron 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Mexican Culture and Society: The Arts and Native Populations Natalie Arsenault, Teresa Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies, University of Texas - Austin