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 fALI60003033; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:06:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:06:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p04330100b8219398ab53@[10.10.10.154]> 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: Perpetua Quigley <pquigley@cpha.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1810] Re: focus group update X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1205756706==_ma============" Status: O Content-Length: 25989 Lines: 622 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Hello Daphne and Andrew, In Sept, I wrote about a project of Canadian Public Health Association's in Youth Literacy on Violence Prevention. There were 2 focus groups of 3 hours each with discussion on issues of violence, health and literacy and activities in improv theatre, mask making and video production. It was an amazing experience. The audience consisted of 36 youth ranging in age from 16-20yrs either living on the street or in shelters. The activities were lead by youth facilitators, between 20-24 yrs., from Students Commission, Networking Youth Nationally. In the beginning the youth were loud and hesitant about the plans for the day. But that quickly changed into an energetic, enthusiastic and introspective commentary on the issues. They brought forward concerns they faced when living on the street. In spite of their challenges they still try to use humour about the ironies in their day. The activities were given a strong voice of approval. The youth asked if they could register the following day to participate in activities that were full the day before. The upcoming phase includes developing an electronic version of one of the modules for input and feedback. This will be followed by workshops across Canada in February to test and modify the learning materials based on Howard Gardner's approach of "Multiple intelligences", before final production and distribution in July'02. Andrew, I would appreciate an opportunity to speak with you about your offer to host a workshop in February. Somehow, I missed your invitation in October. I can be reached at pquigley@cpha.ca or 613-725-3769x154. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards, Perpetua >Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Description: HTML > >Perpetua, >I am wondering if you would like to give us an update on what >happened duringing your focus groups with youth on their experiences >with violence. >Daphne > >>> <mailto:smythemu@interchange.ubc.ca>smythemu@interchange.ubc.ca >11/20/01 12:44AM >>> >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" < <mailto:pquigley@cpha.ca>pquigley@cpha.ca> >To: "Multiple recipients of list" < ><mailto:nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov>nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:02 AM >Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1638] Re: Silence > > >> Hello virtual <http://colleagues.>colleagues. >> >> I am new to the network and come forward now in response to the >> question of <http://silence. >>silence. I am a project co-ordinator with Canadian Public >> Health Association, developing learning materials on violence >> prevention for youth with low <http://literacy. >>literacy. I will never forget Sept 11 >> and will always recall the irony of the timeliness of the >><http://topic.>topic. >> >> Next week I am hosting focus groups with youth and asking them to >> speak of their experiences with <http://violence. >>violence. To engage the youth in the >> discussion we will be using activities such as video production, >> mask-making and <http://improv. >>improv. Already there are suggestions that Sept 11 >> will be a topic of discussion for <http://youth. >>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 >><http://victims.>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 <http://openly. >>openly. This is offset by a fear for being > > judged for opinions <http://shared. >>shared. It will take courage, good intentions and >> recognition that opinions expressed are open to change when faced >> with non-judgemental <http://response.>response. >> Otherwise, the focus shifts from discussions of integrity to >><http://self-defense.>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 <http://Univ. >>Univ. of Toronto Press, <http://1998. >>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 <http://issues). >issues). >>It is more than >> ><http://timely. >timely. Elsa Auerbach >> > >> >Daphne Greenberg wrote: >> > >> >> Folks,I am curious about the relative silence on this listserv and >> >> other NIFL listservs regarding the <http://Sept. >Sept. 11 >>events and <http://aftermaths. >aftermaths. On >> >> this listserv, there were 3 postings inviting discussion-one on the >> >> media, one on critical thinking, and one on >><http://trauma. >trauma. Each of these >> >> postings was followed by relative <http://silence. >silence. >>Since our women and >> >> literacy listserv is a small community, silences are frequent, and >> >> that is <http://fine. >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 <http://yours:1. >>yours:1. We are too close to it to be able to reflect upon >> >> <http://it. >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 <http://all. >>all. <http://2. >2. People are traumatized by the >> >> <http://events. >events. Discussing it on email triggers >>memories and difficult >> >> <http://reactions.>reactions. >> >> <http://3. >3. People are scared to express their views on a >>listserv about <http://it.>it. >> >> Possible fears are being thought of as unpatriotic, too patriotic, >> >> isolationist, idealist, revenge seeker, <http://etc.,>etc., >><http://etc.4. >>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 >><http://discussion.5. >discussion.5. Due to the events, >> >> people are so behind in work, that the listservs have become a low >> >> priority <http://.Any>.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 >> >> <mailto:dgreenberg@gsu.edu>dgreenberg@gsu.edu >> > >> >--------------E5E3BB377110584D2816DF78 >> >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> > >> ><!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html <http://4.0>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 <http://Univ. >>Univ. of Toronto Press, &<http://nbsp;>nbsp; In it, he talks >about >> >how he addressed issues of around the Gulf War to adult ESL students in >> >Toronto (as well as other &<http://nbsp;>nbsp; It is more than >&<http://nbsp;>nbsp; >> >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 >><http://Sept. >Sept. 11 events >> >and <http://aftermaths. >>aftermaths. On this listserv, there were 3 postings inviting >> >discussion-one >> >on the media, one on critical thinking, and one on >><http://trauma. >trauma. Each of these > > >postings was followed by relative <http://silence. >silence. >Since our women and literacy >> >listserv is a small community, silences are frequent, and that is >><http://fine.>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 >><http://yours:1. >yours:1. We are >> >too close to it to be able to reflect upon <http://it. >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 >><http://all. >all. <http://2.>2. >People >> >are traumatized by the &<http://nbsp;>nbsp; Discussing it on email triggers >memories >> >and difficult <http://reactions.>reactions. >> ><br><http://3. >3. People are scared to express their views on a >>listserv about <http://it.>it. >> >Possible fears are being thought of as unpatriotic, too patriotic, >> >isolationist, >> >idealist, revenge seeker, <http://etc.,>etc., <http://etc.4. >>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 <http://discussion.5. >>discussion.5. Due to the events, people are so behind in >work, >> >that the listservs have become a low priority <http://.Any>.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>mailto:dgreenberg@gsu.edu"> ><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: <mailto:pquigley@cpha.ca>pquigley@cpha.ca >> Tel: (613) 725-3769 <http://ext.154>ext.154 >> Fax: (613) 725-9826 >> Website: <http://www.cpha.ca>http://www.cpha.ca -- 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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