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 h1OK6IP21922; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:06:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 15:06:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <002001c2dc3f$7de97f20$dfc0fea9@jenny> 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: "Jenny Horsman" <jhorsman@idirect.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2496] A new Resource X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2035 Lines: 47 Hi All, I have worked with Parkdale Project Read in Toronto, Ontario (in Canada) for many years - in recent years I led a women's group to try putting into practice what I thought I had learned from my research on violence and learning (the research that became the book Too Scared to Learn) and more recently the program staff with the help of a group of tutors and many participants in the program (and only a little input from me) has been working on a project to try to integrate the learning from the women's course and my research into the entire program. To help other programs explore their own programs and strengthen them as a place of learning for all - including those who have experienced violence - they have developed an amazing tool. They would like your help to field test it! Here's what they say about the kit: Outside the Box: Exploring the Impacts of Violence on Learning is a set of cards with graphics, quotations, questions, and resource references for literacy workers who want to begin to address the impact of violence on learning. They are prompts to help you think about ways to make your program a safe and welcoming place for those whose experiences with violence have become a barrier to learning. They are interested in how this tool can be used both in programs which have been working with this issue for some time, and in programs which have not considered violence and learning a focus. They will give a set of cards to the first couple of programs to email them saying they want to try them out and give Project Read feedback. Please email them at: projectread2@bellnet.ca Let them know whether you have already done work in the area of violence and learning in your program or not yet taken on this issue. They want a range of programs to field test so that they can see who it works for and think about changes they need to make before they take on a full scale printing. Thank you! Jenny Horsman Spiral Community Resource Group www.jennyhorsman.com jenny@jennyhorsman.com
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