ACSS Annual Conference

"Social Responsibility: Teaching Global Awareness and Citizenship" 

Join us for the Arizona Council for the Social Studies' Annual Conference, the premier conference for Arizona Social Studies Educators!

Saturday, October 24th

Cesar Chavez High School, Phoenix, AZ

Keynote Address:

Melissa Sanderson is Vice President of International Affairs at Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. In this capacity, she works with Freeport’s government and public relations functions, as well as with the corporate social responsibility group on projects and issues relevant to Freeport’s overseas operations in Chile, Peru, Indonesia and Congo, as well as Native American issues in the U.S. Mel was previously an Economics Officer at the U.S. State Department, where she served for over 20 years. Her last diplomatic posting was as Political Counselor in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the end of that country’s war and its transition to democracy. In 2006, while still in Congo, she was recruited by Freeport McMoRan to represent the company as Vice President for Africa. She stayed another four years in DRC before accepting a promotion and returning to the Phoenix corporate headquarters in 2010.

Pre-Conference Workshops, Friday, Oct. 23rd:

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Exhibitors:

For information on exhibiting at the ACSS Annual Conference, click here.  

Call for Proposals:

ACSS is now accepting proposals for the fall conference.  Please consider presenting at the 2015 conference! Proposals due by September 10th For more information or to submit a proposal, click here.

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