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 h0U2W1P22949; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:32:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:32:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F078EEE4D799064E95F003CFD9B4C7FC035159FA@UMBE2K1> 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: "Elsa Auerbach" <Elsa.Auerbach@umb.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1027] Re: January is Poverty Awareness Month X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 8990 Lines: 369 The city of Cape Town has a wonderful public library literacy program which is in many neighborhoods. They published a multilingual book of family stories written by participants (children and family members together). Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the contact person, but you may be able to find it on the web. Elsa Auerbach > ---------- > From: Ana Duckworth > Reply To: nifl-povracelit@nifl.gov > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:02 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1025] Re: January is Poverty Awareness Month > > Hello all list members, > > > > I have just joined the list and would like to present myself. I am a > librarian in Sao Paulo (Brazil) working with Special Projects for Public > Libraries and we would like to develop a literacy program for all 68 > libraries (many one them in very poor areas of the city) mainly for young > adults and adults. > > > > I have been looking for some ideas, but I would also like to have > suggestions in order to avoid taking a wrong path. Please, if there are good > resources or websites with literacy projects evaluations let me know. > > > > I think that Mary Ann topic about functional literacy is a very important > one. If Paulo Freire´s ideas and critical literacy have been used in > libraries services, I would like to contact them and have some feedback. > > > > thanks a lot, Ana Duckworth > > > > > > > > Em 27 Jan 2003, Nicole Meiring escreveu: > > > > >Mary Ann Corley wrote: With private funding, perhaps we can help adult > > >learners to understand some of the underlying reasons for their poverty and > > > >to findtheir voices. > > > > > >I'm very interested in the creation of programs/ideas as vehicles to > promote > > >adult learners' voice. Does anyone know of any resources that might be > > >helpful in that area? > > > > > >Thanks! > > > Nicole Meiring > > > Student Services Coordinator > > > Columbus Literacy Council > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> > > >To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> > > >Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:20 PM > > >Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1015] Re: January is Poverty Awareness Month > > > > > >> Hi, Peg: > > >> > > >> Thanks for the good words. You're right--we all can have a hand in > > >> spreading this message. There are so many misperceptions about poverty > > >that > > >> it's incumbent on all of us to help get accurate information to the > > >various > > >> publics (the media, policy makers, funders, the general public). If any > > >> subscribers to the list have tried to reach various publics by speaking > to > > >> these issues, would you share your stories with this list? > > >> > > >> There are some hard questions here: Adult educators long have supported a > > > >> functional definition of literacy, maintaining that literacy skills > > >> acquisition facilitates access to employment. But in an economy in which > > > >> there are not enough jobs to go around that pay a living wage, and in a > > >> society in which race and socioeconomic status often can be barriers to > > >> quality education and employment, does this functional definition of > > >> literacy lose its value and appeal to potential learners? In these tough > > > >> financial times, when adult education budgets face the threat of serious > > > >> reductions, should we be rethinking ways in which we deliver services and > > > >do > > >> more than "teach the word"? Isn't this a time for us to work toward > > >raising > > >> learners' critical consciousness, a la Freire and others? How can we make > > > >> our programs more culturally relevant and also help learners to find > their > > >> voices? (These types of programs typically do not receive public > > > >funding.) > > >> At the risk of raising an outcry among my colleagues, I ask whether we > > >> should put our energies into approaching private foundations to build > > >> support for critical literacy programs rather than appealing to the > > >federal > > >> government, which imposes regulations on the type of literacy instruction > > > >> that we provide. What I'm asking is whether we would have greater > > >successes > > >> teaching critical literacy (with private funding) rather than continuing > > > >to > > >> offer literacy programs via public funding. Public funding dictates that > > > >we > > >> offer literacy programs in a work-first environment, although we graduate > > > >> learners to a world in which there are not enough jobs that can pull them > > > >> out of poverty. With private funding, perhaps we can help adult learners > > > >to > > >> understand some of the underlying reasons for their poverty and to find > > >> their voices. > > >> > > >> Will anyone jump in on this discussion? Let's hear from you! > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> -Mary Ann Corley > > >> Povracelit List Moderator > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Margarita Oliver" > > >> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:21 AM > > >> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1014] Re: January is Poverty Awareness Month > > >> > > >> > > >> > Mary Ann Corley, > > >> > Just re-visited this site. Can you get it to Nightline and/or > > >other > > >> > such TV programs? Can you get related literacy statistics to those > > >> > programs? Getting them to listservs is preaching to the choir. Or > > >could > > >> > we all forward a message to such noticeable places? THANK YOU for what > > > >> you > > >> > are doing! > > >> > > > >> > Peg Oliver > > >> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > From: Mary Ann Corley <macorley1@earthlink.net> > > >> > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> > > >> > Date: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:56 PM > > >> > Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1004] January is Poverty Awareness Month > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > >Hi, All: > > >> > > > > >> > >The following references are cross-posted from > > >A-Librarian-At-Every-Table > > >> > >list. > > >> > > > > >> > >-Mary Ann Corley > > >> > >Nifl-povracelit List Moderator > > >> > > > > >> > >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > >Nearly 33 million Americans have fallen into poverty - more > > >> > >people than a year ago, the highest number in years. What > > >> > >does it mean to the life of our nation to have so many > > >> > >people lost in a shadowy state of uncertainty and need? > > >> > >What does it mean to be poor in America - to be a resident of > > >> > >the forgotten state of poverty? Click on POVERTY TOUR on > > >> > >http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/tour2.htm > > >> > >Poverty USA site: > > >> > >http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/index.htm > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > >REGRESSIVE TAXES FOR POOR & MIDDLE-CLASS > > >> > >The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has just > > >> > >released "Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax > > >> > >Systems in All 50 States."By an overwhelming margin, most > > >> > >states tax their middle- and low-income families far more > > >> > >heavily than the wealthy, the study finds.Most states > > >> > >require their poor and middle-income taxpayers to pay the > > >> > >most taxes as a share of income -- and the ways in which > > >> > >states have managed their budgets during the last decade > > >> > >have made this problem worse." State-by-state reports and > > >> > >"Top Ten" lists. > > >> > >http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/whopays.htm> > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > >POOR HAVE FALLEN OUT OF POLITICAL FAVOR > > >> > >Despite the outpouring of support and generosity for the poor > > >> > >during the holiday season, Americans don't really seem to > > >> > >care about low-income people. Despite reports that hunger > > >> > >and homelessness have increased dramatically over the last > > >> > >year (U.S. Conference of Mayors report), raising the issue of > > >> > >poverty in America has fallen out of political favor. "We > > >> > >have indeed slipped into class warfare in our country, but > > >> > >it is being fought top down, as the well off harvest new > > >> > >gains for themselves from the powerless poor. And no > > >> > >number of charitable gestures, as admirable as they are, can > > >> > >make up the difference." > > >> > >http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/4825227.htm > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > >---------- > > > > > >
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