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Following today's New York Post report: NYC families say DOE dropped French dual-language program at last minute  I wanted to express my full support to the parent-led effort that has involved hundreds of diverse families and dozens of nationalities united to create a new French dual-language program in Manhattan.

Dual-language education has enormous potential. Why? Because our children are part of a world that is shrinking and in which languages serve as pathways to understanding others around the globe, as well as understanding who we are.

Our children deserve the opportunity to connect not only with their relatives and friends, but also with their and others’ culture and history. This learning approach has the potential to foster respect, tolerance, and mutual understanding. These are the cornerstones of a peaceful world.

We need to embrace and advance homegrown bilingualism, but that can only happen if we offer these languages in public schools. Furthermore, immigrant children raised in environments that value the language of their parents learn the dominant language faster, as many of the French-speaking parents supporting the cause of dual-language education believe.

Issues of race, poverty, segregation, class, and gentrification have had and continue to have a significant bearing on the development of bilingual education programs and on public education in this country. We must be careful that these programs do not become exclusively for the privileged.

With the benefits of bilingualism and multiculturalism becoming clearer to researchers—in particular the impact of bilingualism on cognitive enhancement, critical thinking, and sensitivity toward other people and cultures—we need to engage all parents to become bilingual “revolutionaries” and fully support their undertakings when they strive to create dual-language education for all.

These individuals will not just be advocates of bilingual education, but true pioneers willing to spur positive change in their societies and re-enchant the public with public schools, all while promoting an active community life (socially, economically, culturally) and a mutual understanding and respect for minority groups and people of varying sociolinguistic and economic backgrounds.

This is the path to break the crippling cycle whereby access to good education is often linked to household income and status.

Dr. Fabrice Jaumont
Author, Educator, Researcher

Related Links:

Ribbon Cut for New French Dual Language Program in NYC

Push to open a French/English Dual Language Program Kindergarten in the Upper East Side in September 2021

Opening of the First French Dual Language Program in the Upper East Side: Meet Aneesha Jacko, Director of Early Childhood Education for the District 2 Pre-K Centers. By Catherine Remy

French Dual Language Pre-Kindergarten to Launch on the Upper East Side Response to Demand from Parents and Council Member Ben Kallos

French-language podcast competition for students: Une fois, une voix

Inspired by "Les pieds sur terre" by France Culture and "This American Life", "Une fois, une voix" is a contest to create a documentary podcast, open to Francophone adolescents across the world. Students--alone or in groups--are encouraged to inspect their own world with both a personal and sociological eye, with this year's theme of "Le travail des femmes".

We encourage you to participate in the online training "Realiser un podcast en cours de FLE" with Eric Schweitzer (information above) to equip yourself and your students with the tools for a fantastic contest submission!

The contest is open from December 1, 2020 to March 1, 2021; participants must sign up before January 31, 2021 to be eligible. Find out more about "Une fois, une voix" on our website, and sign up on the contest website here.

ART, RESISTANCE & ACTIVISM PROGRAM + CLOSING NIGHT FILM

LIL' BUCK: REAL SWAN

Bringing his experience in the ballet world with him, Lil Buck heads back to South Memphis to teach dance to the youth, offering them the chance of a better future. Returning home to the town where he first learned to dance, Lil Buck leads us through the streets as he recounts his personal story and the history of Jookin... 

Directed by Louis Wallecan, 2019, France/United States, 85 minutes, documentary, English 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

FIRST NATION PROGRAM

KUESSIPAN (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

Adapted from Naomi Fontaine’s acclaimed novel, Kuessipan is Myriam Verreault’s first narrative feature. In a Quebec Innu community, Mikuan and Shaniss struggle to maintain their close friendship when they clash over their diverging ambitions. When Mikuan falls in love with a white boy and starts to consider a life beyond their tiny reserve, her bond with Shaniss and her family is put to the test. 

Directed by Myriam Verreault, 2019, Canada, 117 minutes, drama, English. 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

THUS SPOKE THE SEA/MEN SA LANMÈ DI (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

The Haitian Sea, as you’ve never seen or heard it before: the sea tells the story of its relationship with the Haitian people, showcases its riches, reveals its mysteries and raises the alarm. From the excessive use of its resources to the consequences of climate change and pollution, all is revealed in different shades of blue. Haiti’s fate will be linked to the coasts and the children of Haiti – voodoo priestesses, fishermen, merchants, entrepreneurs, urban planners, historians, biologists and climate experts – help to tell the tale. A candid depiction of the challenges and the opportunities that must be seized before it’s too late. 

Directed by Arnold Antonin, 2020, Haiti, 49 minutes, documentary, French with English subtitles 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

THREE BLADES/TROIS MACHETTES (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

A day in the life of a family of three in contemporary Haiti. Child, adolescent, man – each with his dreams and frustrations and each finding a way to live. A day like every other day and everywhere, in every hand, there is a machete. So what will happen when night falls and dreams and frustrations collide? 

Directed by Matthieu Maunier-Rossi, 2019, Haiti, 29 minutes, drama, Haitian Creole with English subtitles 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

NAFI'S FATHER/BAAMUM NAFI (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

A fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their children’s marriage. At stake: how a small community slowly drifts towards extremism. 

Directed by Mamadou Dia, 2019, Senegal, 107 minutes, drama, Fulah with English subtitles 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

A SON/BIK ENEICH (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

11-year-old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital, a family secret will be revealed. 

Directed by Mehdi Barsaoui, 2019, Tunisia, 96 minutes, drama, Arabic with English subtitles 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

ART, RESISTANCE & ACTIVISM PROGRAM

THE MALI-CUBA CONNECTION / AFRICA MIA (US PREMIERE)

1964. In the midst of the Cold War, ten promising young musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist countries. Combining Malian and Afro-Cuban influences, they develop a revolutionary new sound and become the iconic ensemble ‘Las Maravillas de Mali’. New Year’s Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together. 

Directed by Richard Minier and Edouard Salier, 2020, France/ Cuba/Mali, 81 minutes, documentary, French and Spanish with English subtitles. 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

IN COMPETITION: BEST FILM DIRECTED BY A WOMAN OF COLOR 

MYOPIA (US PREMIERE)

Fatem, sixth month pregnant, leaves her village perched in the mountains, to fill a frame with empty glasses for the elder of her village, the only person who can decipher the letters sent by members of the villagers’ families who have gone to work in the cities. She moves from station to station to arrive in town in the middle of a protest. This will turn her trip into a peaceful revolution that she is hardly aware of. 

Directed by Sanaa Akroud, 2020, Morocco, 86 minutes, drama, Arabic with English subtitles 

Tickets available here

Festival Website: nyadiff.org/2020

Après le succès de l’ouverture de deux classes maternelle bilingues français/anglais (UPK) dans l’Upper East Side (UES) en septembre 2020, notre pétition est à nouveau en ligne pour l’extension du programme: l’ouverture d’un Kindergarten bilingue français/anglais dès Septembre 2021.

Deux sites situés dans l’Upper East Side sont actuellement à l’étude. 

Nous vous invitons à signer la pétition et à la diffuser le plus largement possible.

Les données seront déterminantes dans le choix de la localisation de l’école qui accueillera le programme. Elles seront utilisées par le City Councilman Ben Kallos pour appuyer notre demande lors d’une prochaine réunion avec le Department of Education (DOE) qui pourrait se tenir dans une dizaine de jours.

https://benkallos.com/petition/french-dual-language?fbclid=IwAR0ttlAJEwh-65eEjv_XYbEV9fCuAGfyoEVV2xTfip02xgQTe7gEoljxjaE 

Merci à toutes et à tous pour votre soutien.

Catherine Remy

NYC District 2 - French Dual Language Program

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/593786378077031

WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IPaSII7eew50oOY2Bg039f 

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Following the success of the opening of a French Dual Language Program for Pre-K in the Upper East Side in September 2020, we are now pushing to open the extension to this program : a bilingual French/English Kindergarten in September 2021.

Ben Kallos is going to use his platform as City Councilman to ask the DOE to a meeting within next 10 days and call for the opening of a Kindergarten next year. 

We’re actively considering two different sites on the Upper East Side. 

However, for the meeting to be effective we need to be able to show the data & interest.

Please sign this updated petition to see the program expanded to elementary schools.

https://benkallos.com/petition/french-dual-language?fbclid=IwAR0ttlAJEwh-65eEjv_XYbEV9fCuAGfyoEVV2xTfip02xgQTe7gEoljxjaE

Thank you for your continued support.

Catherine Remy

NYC District 2 - French Dual Language Program

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/593786378077031

WhatsApp Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IPaSII7eew50oOY2Bg039f

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The French program at Montclair offers:

• BA in French with concentrations in French civilization, translation, and teaching
• A 5-year joint BA/MA in French Studies
• An MA in French with a concentration in Professional Translation or French Studies
• Various pathways to becoming an NJ certified teacher.

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