Lecture by dr Maciej Witkowski, prof. AWSB for doctoral students of the University California San Diego (the 18th best university in the world according to Shanghai Rank)

Prof. Maciej Witkowski, together with partners from Italy and Austria conducted a workshop for doctoral students of Pedagogy at the University California San Diego on 2 June 2022.

The meeting focused on working with people experiencing secondary and functional illiteracy and ethnic minorities.

The lecture was organised within the framework of the project "Alphabetter- learning tools for preventing functional and secondary illiteracy" co-financed from the Erasmus + programme. The WSB University is a leader of this project. The project is carried out in partnership with the University California San Diego and expert organisations from Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic.

During the research visit representatives of the WSB University- Prof. Maciej Witkowski, as well as Ewelina Widerska and Sebastian Kwaśniewski conducted research in the US-Mexico border area.

The research involved a series of meetings with representatives of institutions dealing with bilingual teaching and representatives of migrant communities, e.g:

- Individuals involved in helping refugees on the border with Mexico: Paulina Olvera Cáñez from Espacio Migrante and Lourdes Medrano from Centro 32/Families Belong Together,

- Representatives of Somali Family Services,

- Volunteers and activists from MAKE PROJECT - Merging Agriculture, Kitchens, and Employment (https://www.sdmake.org/),

- Kate Anderson - representative of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians,

- Casey Myers - founder and president of One Digital World

- and University California San Diego researchers Megan Hopkins, Cheryl Forbes, and Maxie Gluckman.