Those resources listed below that have a cost associated with them are available at a10% discount to Coalition Members. If you are interested in becoming a Mass. English Plus Coalition member, you can sign up for membership online.
Books & Publications:
Reference Library:
- Books on language rights issues - Because books have not been returned. They will be used at the office only. Please call ahead to set up a time to visit our reference collection.
Publications for Sale:
- An English Only ESL curriculum $3.00 a copy
- Literacies of Power, by Dr. Donaldo Macedo $12.00 a copy
Pamphlets/Flyers (partial list):
Pamphlets are available in limited supply free of charge.
- English Plus,
- Language Rights in the Workplace (multilingual)
- The Unz Initiative (California's Proposition 227 -- the Anti-Bilingual Law)
- Bilingual Education
- The English Only Movement
Audio Tapes:
Available for rent with a deposit and nominal fee. Price negotiable.
- Language Education for Immigrant Children, produced by Tatiana Sheriber 1992 National Public Radio
Video Tapes:
Tapes are available for rent with a deposit and nominal fee. Price negotiable.
- We are all Immigrants, Produces by Community Art Center, 1997
- Voluntary Lau Plan, Produced by the Boston Office of Bilingual Education
- Bilingual Debate, Channel 9 in New Jersey 1989
- Celebrating Our Many Voices, English Plus Month Multicultural Festival in 1991
- Parallel, a dramatic piece about language discrimination produced and directed by Jorge Arce
- Language Diversity, Multicultural Education and Social Change, a talk by Sonia Nieto 1995
- Slamming the Door, a CBS 48 hrs. special on illegal immigration.
- Bilingual Education, Portrait of Success, a public information video produced by the Mass. Coalition for Bilingual Education.
Tapes Available at the Cambridge Public Library:
"Cambridge Diversity Collaborative Forums" Series:.
Taped over a 10-year period, most of these were cross-cultural panel discussions on cultural, social and political issues affecting diverse families and communities in Cambridge and the United States.
- Topics included:
- holidays
- the rites of passage
- youth violence
- seniors and health care
- bilingual education
- special needs, etc.
They are available to be borrowed at the Main Branch of the Cambridge Public Library on Broadway. These forums were co-sponsored by the Mass. English Plus Coalition.