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 g14LmJu29199; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:48:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:48:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <sc5eb3b9.075@langate.gsu.edu> 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: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1972] call to action X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_E9B48619.E584EB44" X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 5.5.6.1 Status: O Content-Length: 6346 Lines: 144 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Folks, Concern: I don't think that I have ever addressed the listserv asking for specific political action. However, it appears that a refocus of the National Institute of Literacy (NIFL), a reorganization of the Department of Education and the Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) may be on the horizon and the time to react to this may be quickly slipping away from us. Why we should care: Basically what it amounts to is that there is a significant danger that there may be a shift in all of these departments to focus more on children and less on adults, that literacy may be defined purely from a skills point of view, and different viewpoints of our adult literacy field may not be represented. If this occurs, all of our programs may be in danger of possibly losing funding, research monies may not flow as easily into the adult literacy field, and most importantly, our learners may lose access to critical programs. There is also the additional danger that adult literacy acquisition may be framed in terms of children, and may ignore the fact that women and men with children often want to acquire literacy for their own sakes (in addition to help their children) and that women and men without children often want and also deserve the right to acquire literacy. Finally, efforts like Equipped for the Future, LINCS, adult education public policy, support for VALUE, NIFL listservs, and other NIFL initiatives which have advanced our field, may be weakened or may disappear altogether. What we can do: 1. We can write letters to our Representatives and Senators about the need to keep DAEL visible and strong in the Department of Education 2. We can write letters to our Representatives and Senators about the need to keep NIFL balanced between children and adult literacy What we can write and who we can send it to: I will post two sample letters to give you ideas, along with people you can send the letters to. These will be included in a posting called sample letter 1 and sample letter 2. What we can read how others in the field are thinking in relation to this call to action Active discussion has been taking place on the NLA listserv. Go to: http://novel.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-nla/nla.html to read postings on the NLA listserv or to subscribe to the NLA listserv. Thanks, 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
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