Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fAK5iM013165; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 00:44:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 00:44:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <004301c17185$e586f2a0$0f7e4418@vc.shawcable.net> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Suzanne Smythe" <smythemu@interchange.ubc.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1807] Re: Silence X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 7229 Lines: 170 Hi Perpetua Do you know about the "Leave out violence" (LOVe) project in Toronto/M'real? They work with 'at risk' youth on violence issues and have two publications out. I'm a literacy teacher in Surrey, working with 'at risk' kids. If you want us to trial your materials, or want to discuss your materials with the students in my class, give us a call. Regards Andrew Schofield ----- Original Message ----- From: "Perpetua Quigley" <pquigley@cpha.ca> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:02 AM Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1638] Re: Silence > Hello virtual colleagues. > > I am new to the network and come forward now in response to the > question of silence. I am a project co-ordinator with Canadian Public > Health Association, developing learning materials on violence > prevention for youth with low literacy. I will never forget Sept 11 > and will always recall the irony of the timeliness of the topic. > > Next week I am hosting focus groups with youth and asking them to > speak of their experiences with violence. To engage the youth in the > discussion we will be using activities such as video production, > mask-making and improv. Already there are suggestions that Sept 11 > will be a topic of discussion for youth. Media will be critiqued on > the impact it has on our perceptions and how it perpetuates the > stereotype of who are the aggressors and who are the victims. > > How are youth, who are often stereo-tpyed as aggressors, going to > respond to this issue? Who are their role models in how to prevent > and respond to acts of violence? > > There is a need to talk openly. This is offset by a fear for being > judged for opinions shared. It will take courage, good intentions and > recognition that opinions expressed are open to change when faced > with non-judgemental response. > Otherwise, the focus shifts from discussions of integrity to self-defense. > > Perpetua Quigley > > > > > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; > >x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >I want to remind people about a wonderful book by Brian Morgan called > >The ESL Classroom: Teaching, Critical Practice, and Community > >Development, published by the Univ. of Toronto Press, 1998. In it, he > >talks about how he addressed issues of around the Gulf War to adult ESL > >students in Toronto (as well as other issues). It is more than > >timely. Elsa Auerbach > > > >Daphne Greenberg wrote: > > > >> Folks,I am curious about the relative silence on this listserv and > >> other NIFL listservs regarding the Sept. 11 events and aftermaths. On > >> this listserv, there were 3 postings inviting discussion-one on the > >> media, one on critical thinking, and one on trauma. Each of these > >> postings was followed by relative silence. Since our women and > >> literacy listserv is a small community, silences are frequent, and > >> that is fine. However, when something so major happens and there is > >> relative silence about it on other larger NIFL listserv communities, I > >> wonder what is going on? Here are some of my hypotheses, and I wonder > >> what are yours:1. We are too close to it to be able to reflect upon > >> it. Due to the severity of the attacks, and the serious consequences, > >> people are in survival mode and welcome work as a reprieve from > >> focusing on the impact of it all. 2. People are traumatized by the > >> events. Discussing it on email triggers memories and difficult > >> reactions. > >> 3. People are scared to express their views on a listserv about it. > >> Possible fears are being thought of as unpatriotic, too patriotic, > >> isolationist, idealist, revenge seeker, etc., etc.4. People don't see > >> a connection between these events and literacy and therefore don't see > >> it as part of a literacy listserv discussion.5. Due to the events, > >> people are so behind in work, that the listservs have become a low > >> priority .Any thoughts????????Daphne Daphne Greenberg > >> Associate Director > >> Center for the Study of Adult Literacy > >> Georgia State University > >> University Plaza > >> Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 > >> phone: 404-651-0127 > >> fax:404-651-4901 > >> dgreenberg@gsu.edu > > > >--------------E5E3BB377110584D2816DF78 > >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > ><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> > ><html> > ><body style="MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 12pt Arial; MARGIN-LEFT: 2px"> > >I want to remind people about a wonderful book by Brian Morgan called <u>The > >ESL Classroom: Teaching, Critical Practice, and Community Development</u>, > >published by the Univ. of Toronto Press, 1998. In it, he talks about > >how he addressed issues of around the Gulf War to adult ESL students in > >Toronto (as well as other issues). It is more than timely. > >Elsa Auerbach > ><p>Daphne Greenberg wrote: > ><blockquote TYPE=CITE> Folks,I am curious about the relative silence > >on this listserv and other NIFL listservs regarding the Sept. 11 events > >and aftermaths. On this listserv, there were 3 postings inviting > >discussion-one > >on the media, one on critical thinking, and one on trauma. Each of these > >postings was followed by relative silence. Since our women and literacy > >listserv is a small community, silences are frequent, and that is fine. > >However, when something so major happens and there is relative silence > >about it on other larger NIFL listserv communities, I wonder what is going > >on? Here are some of my hypotheses, and I wonder what are yours:1. We are > >too close to it to be able to reflect upon it. Due to the severity of the > >attacks, and the serious consequences, people are in survival mode and > >welcome work as a reprieve from focusing on the impact of it all. 2. People > >are traumatized by the events. Discussing it on email triggers memories > >and difficult reactions. > ><br>3. People are scared to express their views on a listserv about it. > >Possible fears are being thought of as unpatriotic, too patriotic, > >isolationist, > >idealist, revenge seeker, etc., etc.4. People don't see a connection between > >these events and literacy and therefore don't see it as part of a literacy > >listserv discussion.5. Due to the events, people are so behind in work, > >that the listservs have become a low priority .Any > >thoughts????????Daphne Daphne > >Greenberg > ><br>Associate Director > ><br>Center for the Study of Adult Literacy > ><br>Georgia State University > ><br>University Plaza > ><br>Atlanta, GA 30303-3083 > ><br>phone: 404-651-0127 > ><br>fax:404-651-4901 > ><br><a href="mailto:dgreenberg@gsu.edu">dgreenberg@gsu.edu</a></blockquote> > > > ></body> > ></html> > > > >--------------E5E3BB377110584D2816DF78-- > > -- > > Perpetua Quigley > Project Coordinator > Youth Literacy Project: Violence Prevention > Canadian Public Health Association > 400 - 1565 Carling Avenue > Ottawa ON, K1R 8Z1 Canada > > e-mail: pquigley@cpha.ca > Tel: (613) 725-3769 ext.154 > Fax: (613) 725-9826 > Website: http://www.cpha.ca
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