[COLPI-SLClinics] Call for Civic Educators

Dear Colleagues:

We have just been informed that a consortium of civic education
organizations, including Street Law, has been awarded a grant from the
U.S.  Department of Education called the Democracy Education Exchange
Project (DEEP).

The project will involve top democracy education specialists from
Eastern/Central Europe and NIS countries. It is designed to enhance
democracy education in these countries and help U.S. high school students
understand more about how democracy is being implemented in that part of
the world.

We would like you to identify people who you believe would enhance
democracy education in your country as well as work with U.S. educators to
help them teach about democracy in your country. We are looking for a
broad spectrum of people--people from the Ministry of Education,
pedagogical institutes, jurisprudential scholars, legal professionals
(lawyers, judges, police officials), teachers, and researchers--including
those who have been involved in CIVITAS projects.

Once we have collected all of the names, we will send an application to
them and select up to ten people from up to sixteen Eastern/Central
European/NIS countries to participate in the project. The team will
develop a plan for improving democracy education in their country and be
eligible for a grant and technical assistance to begin implementing the
plan. The program will include two weeks in the United States and a
conference at the beginning and end of the project.

We look forward to receiving names as soon as possible but no later than
November 2, 2001.  Include their titles, contact information, and, if not
evident, how they might enhance democracy education.  Please send this
information to <gschwarz@streetlaw.org>.

Sincerely yours,

Bebs Chorak
Deputy Director
Street Law, Inc.