July 6-9, 2011, Montreal, Canada at Hotel Delta Centre-Ville. The 84th annual convention of the American Association of Teachers of French. BLP presentation on July 7, 10:15 a.m. by Joanne S. Silver & Barbara P. Barnett: "Artistic Expression & the Holocaust: Learning from this surprising form of Resistance."

May 2011, Philadelphia, PA. Joanne S. Silver was named 2011 recipient of the AATF Outstanding Chapter Officer Award. On July 8, she will be honored at the Awards Banquet in Montreal. The award includes a séjour at one of the CERAN Lingua programs.

July 4-7, 2010, Philadelphia, PA; the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel; 83rd annual convention of the American Association of Teachers of French. Beach Lloyd Publishers, booth 140. Presentation Mon., 7/5, 11 a.m. "Rescue & Resistance in World War II France: The Nuts & Bolts of Teaching with Selected Survivors’ Testimonies."

Sat., November 7, 2009, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. aat the Creutzburg Center of the Main Line School Night, 260 Gulf Creek Rd., Radnor PA 19087. Phyllis Helene Mattson, author of War Orphan in San Francisco (details on this home page), will present an illustrated talk on her experiences dealing with a new country and new language after arrival, alone, on the last Kindertransport (Austria to the U.S.)$35.00 To register, call 610-687-8201 or email info@mainlineschoolnight.org .

Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009, 4 p.m. at the Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., Phila. Joanne Silver will be guest speaker at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival's screening of Two Lives Plus One, the charming story of a devoted mother's midlife crisis and her challenge to tradition when she created a publishing career for herself. $10, with discounts for students & seniors. For more information or to order tickets online, visit www.pjff.org.

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, 4:30 p.m. at West Chester University, Special Collections Room, 615 F. H. Greene Library. Joanne Silver will speak on "Courage and Transformation: The Human Thing to Do."Ms. Silver, through narration and video clips, will illustrate how ordinary people became extraordinary through individual and collective actions during WW II. References for further study and a list of survivors available as speakers will be shared. Question and answer period will include exploring the universality of these examples. Sponsored by the Dept. of Languages and Cultures & the Dept. of Holocaust and Genocide Studies

July 2-4, 2009 At the annual AATF Conference in San Jose, CA, three sessions were presented by Philadelphia Chapter members: Joanne Silver--"Le Chambon-sur-Lignon & Other Miracles: The Kindness of Strangers"; Barbara P. Barnett--"Lucie Aubrac, Héroïne de la Résistance; Sister Mary Helen Kashuba--"Building Interpersonal Communication in Advanced French Classes."

April 30, 2009 Joanne Silver was decorated Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques. This award of the French government, equivalent to knighthood and established by Napoleon Bonaparte, recognizes outstanding scholarship and achievement in promoting French culture and language. The Ambassador of France to the United States Pierre Vimont conferred the award at a ceremony at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Honorary guests included Catherine Pétillon, Education Attachée at the Embassy in Washington DC, and Michael Scullin, Esq., Honorary Consul of France in Philadelphia.

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