Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e92CkR906423; Mon, 2 Oct 2000 08:46:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 08:46:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <2921245C3F95D21190470000F81AFB341A3251@aurora.hamilton.ca> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Frosina, Carolyn" <cfrosina@city.hamilton.on.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:87] Re: Welcome and Introduction X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Status: O Content-Length: 2935 Lines: 74 I have no problem with you doing it. It would seem from the info I have received that the changes take effect immediately so is there some way to ensure that these changes are understood and implemented? -----Original Message----- From: Anita VanOuwerkerk [mailto:aharvan@pnx.com] Sent: October 1, 2000 8:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:83] Re: Welcome and Introduction Margery, I am Anita Van Ouwerkerk from Orange, TX. I lived in New Orleans back in the 60's and had a dear friend named Dorothy Aramburo. Do you know her? We are all kindred spirits, I suspect. Anita aharvan@pnx.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Freemannola@aol.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:25 AM Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:32] Re: Welcome and Introduction > Dear friends and colleagues, > Thanks to Mary Ann Corley and Dale Lipschutz for beginning a new venture for > us on line. I read with interest Eileen Eckert's note about our not > introducing ourselves by race or class. Thank you Eileen! I don't think we > can begin to truly disentangle this web of racism that we're all caught up in > until and unless we look at ourselves first. > > My name is Margery Freeman. I'm a middle-aged, middle-class, parent/teacher > and anti-racist organizer. That last is a mouthful! What it means is that > about 17 years ago I began my journey toward "undoing racism" in myself, my > family, my community. It has been a joyous journey and I can't imagine doing > anything else! Because, as I have come to understand our country's history > and institutions and cultures, racism was "done" to us all -- and it keeps us > apart. > > I began my work with the literacy community just six years ago. It seemed > like an organizer's dream! And indeed, it has been a lot of fun (plus the > expected headaches, of course) mostly because we are continually exploring > what being an anti-racist organization means, how it changes our work. We're > not there yet -- not by a long shot. But our work is becoming more > effective, and our relationships to our students, and to the communities > where they live, is becoming more accountable. > > White people have never known how to talk about race. We avoid it like the > plague. People of color MUST think and talk about race - every day - to > survive. So we miss one another when we try to connect. But I don't think > that talking about race (what we used to call "race relations") is enough. > We have to learn what it is, first! We can't all have different ideas and > definitions and still think we can communicate. So I hope that this > listserve will lead us to a clearer analysis of the connections between > racism, poverty and literacy. Then we're talking! > > Margery Freeman > YMCA Educational Services > 833 Howard Avenue, Suite 300 > New Orleans, LA 70113 > (504) 566-7323
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