Womens Heritage Month: DAY 2 aaysp.org/dalmontaser/ Debbie Almontaser, is the founding and former principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy. As a 23-year veteran of the NYC Public School System, she taught special education, inclusion, trained teachers in literacy, and served as a multicultural specialist and diversity advisor. Currently, Ms. Almontaser is a doctoral student at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in the Urban School Leadership Program and the President of the Muslim Consultative Network. Ms. Almontaser was a consultant for CAMBA on The Diversity Project. She also served as the consultant and advisor for Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr. Muslim American Series, Independent Production Fund on the Islam Project (producers of Muslims and Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet PBS Productions), Islam Access Project (Channel 13 WNET), Educators for Social Responsibility on cultural matters and the Interfaith Center of NYC on religious diversity issues. Ms. Almontaser co-designed and developed a curriculum for the Muslim Communities Project, Columbia University titled Re-Embracing Diversity in NYC Public Schools: Educational Outreach for Muslim Sensitivity and for Educators for Social Responsibility/ Metro, Arab Peoples: Past and Present. Both curriculums engage students to develop interpersonal and intercultural understanding based on respect for ethnic and religious diversity. Ms. Almontaser was a member of the steering committee for A Community of Many Worlds: Arab-Americans at the Museum of the City of New York. In 2005, Ms. Almontaser spearheaded the inauguration of Arab Heritage Week in New York City. She is also the go to person on cultural and religious diversity issues for Borough President Marty Markowitz, the Mayor’s office of Immigrant Affairs, New York Police Department and New York City Council members. Ms. Almontaser is a founding board member of The Dialogue Project, Brooklyn Borough Presidents New Diversity Task Force and board advisor for the Same Difference Interfaith Alliance. Ms. Almontaser also served on the boards of Youth Bridge NY, Women In Islam Inc., and Saba: The Association of Yemeni Americans. She is also a cofounder of Brooklyn Bridges, the September 11th Curriculum Project, We Are All Brooklyn and Women Against Islamophobia and Racism (WAIR). Ms. Almontaser has been profiled on the front page of the NY Times on the founding of the Khalil Gibran International Academy as well as NY 1, Time Magazine, Newsweek, and profiled in the Daily News for spearheading the inauguration of Arab Heritage Week with the City of New York in 2005. Ms. Almontaser is Revson Fellowship Scholar and alum from Columbia University’s Revson Fellows Program in 2004 and in 2005, she was named a Muslim Leader of Tomorrow by the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
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