30 Apr 2004
Organization Promotes Equal Participation, Appreciation of Diversity
DALLAS– Clarence E. Glover Jr., executive director–Multicultural Education for the Dallas Independent School District, was elected president of the Texas Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education during the organization's March conference at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX.
Founded in 1990, the National Association for Multicultural Education advocates educational equity and social justice, and its membership includes PK-12 educators, higher education faculty, administrators, school board members, students, governmental officials and community activists.
Glover explained that the vision of the organization's Texas chapter is that all students must have full and fair participation in a just society by learning the value of their own self-worth and learning to value and respect diversity. "We work actively to promote the basic tenets of democracy, cultural pluralism and equity for all by educating students and parents of all cultures," he said.
Before joining DISD, Glover served as coordinator of Intercultural Programs and African American Student Affairs, and then as director of Intercultural Education and Minority Student Affairs at Southern Methodist University, where he was an adjunct professor of African American Studies. He facilitated drafting the diversity harassment policies for both SMU and DISD, which were among the nation's first such policies in education.
A nationally–known lecturer, consultant and seminar leader in multicultural education, Glover received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Grambling State University and a Master of Theological Studies degree from the Perkins School of Theology at SMU. He is also a graduate of the Harvard University Graduate Institute on School Climate and Governance with a concentration in the area of Moral Education and Human Development.