The Latin American Immersion Project is a New Orleans Public School's Africana & Multicultural Studies Unit initiative in cooperation with Warren Easton Public High School, Tulane's Latin American Resource Center, and
Pan-American Life.

Because of the unique and innovative nature of the Latin American Immersion Project, the benefits of Corporate Sponsorship are comprehensive, varied, and significant.

The New Orleans Public School's Africana and Multiculural Studies Unit is in charge of overseeing the successful implementation of all three components of the program: the course, the Resource Center, and the travel component. They pay the salary of the "Country Expert" each year, coordinate all fundraising and community-related events, monitor the course content and student participation, and curate the Resource Center.

Warren Easton Public High School houses the course and the Resource Center, chooses the teachers and students who participate each year, and manages the logistics of scheduling the course and excusing the participants from regular classroom obligations. This first year they have also generously matched Pan-American Life's monetary donation to expand the Resource Center holdings.

Tulane University's Latin American Resource Center provides curriculum consultation for the LAIP Resource Center and "Country Expert" as needed, designs complementary teacher workshops and other country-specific professional development for the "Head Teacher" during the course of each year, and helps us seek funds for the travel portion of the experience. They have also donated copies of all their original curriculum units and slide packets to the Resource Center.

Pan-American Life is the long-time business partner of Warren Easton High School and will provide on-going financial support for the growth of the Resource Center as well as helping to identify possible funding sources for travel.

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