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 g2KG9Au23499; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:09:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:09:10 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <94.2341cd49.29ca0cc9@aol.com> 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: JATDP@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:773] Re: COABE X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1796 Lines: 36 Ujwala had asked if there were organizations that had decided to honor the NAACP boycott of South Carolina and not participate in this year's COABE conference. The 25 staff members of the Literacy Division of World Education in Boston, after much discussion, did come to consensus that we would honor the boycott. We want to make clear that this is not a boycott of COABE and does not affect our ongoing commitment to COABE as our professional organization. We were all complicit in not raising the issue of locating the conference in SC, though we knew it's location for over a year now, until Dani brought our attention to the boycott. (thanks Dani!) What we do agree with is the need to take action and not sit home griping. First on the action list is looking within our individual selves as well as within our agency for signs of bias, scapegoating, racism and other 'isms' and explicitly working to change those beliefs and behaviors. We as adult educators, ostensibly committed to social action work, need to take care of our own house as well. We also think it is critical to continue the discussions that have recently peaked through, to share strategies for change, to encourage each other to take risks in doing anti-racism/sexism/heterosexism/classism/ablism work, challenging 'isms' where we see them. This listserv is a great forum for doing so. I hope the dialog continues. Thanks to those who have taken the time to share what actions they are taking. Along those lines, I want to share that Massachusetts is piloting a course on Multicultural Education and Diversity issues for adult basic educators in the state as part of their licensure process. It will be held this spring. others? Judy Titzel World Education 44 Farnsworth St Boston, MA 02210
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