Oct. Update - Lecture Series in USA

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Husband, Don Mackenzie, joined Dr. Jacqueline Mackenzie and 450 others from around the world in Puebla, Mexico, October 12- 14th for her lecture: ?Piercing the Veil of Social Class via Education.? The CONAHEC 14th North American Higher Education Conference took place at ?Complejo Cultural Universitario.? The conference goal is to exchange students between Canada, USA, and Mexico for better cultural understanding and cooperation between the countries. We each received Robert Parson?s new book ?The North American Idea.? It is a real eye-opener as to what is really going on in North American politics and what that ?game? is costing citizens.

Leaving Mexico on October 21st, Dr. Mackenzie headed to Dallas to meet with her corporate secretary before heading to the CSOTTE (Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education) in Corpus Christi, Texas, Oct 23-25. Her lecture there was titled: ?When Teaching Latinos, Always Speak With Your Heart.? Not only was her lecture well received, but she was also able to connect with 240Tutoring. Summerland is now under contract to develop teacher assessment and study guide software related to the book, ?Empowering Spanish Speakers.?

Returning to Dallas, Dr. Mackenzie, joined others friends of literacy on Friday, October 28th at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center for an opening reception for the Dallas Book Fair. On Saturday, October 29, Dr. Mackenzie joined award winning Miami, Florida, author Lucia Gonzalez and publisher Pam Fochtman of Lorito Books for workshop titled "Interaction between the Spanish speaker and the Written Word."

The next day, October 30th, Dr. Mackenzie flew to Seattle to await fellow ministers from the southeast USA for a midwinter conference on community service. Dr. Mackenzie will return to Mexico November 8th in time to attend a local quinceanera (15th birthday) on Nov 12th, Neriah?s 8th birthday on November 23rd and then head to the Guadalajara Book Fair right after a local celebration of the USA Thanksgiving Day on November 24th.