This two-part podcast is hosted by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA). It focuses on how community-based heritage language schools contribute to the multilingual landscape in the United States. The podcast features a panel of experts that includes Joy Kreeft Peyton, the president of the Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools; Ana Lucia Lico, Co-Founder and Board Member of ABRACE; Heika Feltes, teacher and co-director at Bay Area Kinderstube; and Shahid Iqbal, Co-Founder and Program Director of the Indus Arts Council.
In part I of the podcast, Joy Kreeft will introduce the Coalition of Community-Based Heritage Language Schools and discuss its mission and achievements. After that, Ana Lucia Lico talks about the work of Brazilian Association for Culture and Education (ABRACE).