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 h8BGZw729896; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:35:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:35:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sf60689b.076@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:2678] Re: women & literacy resources X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-874 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.4 Beta Status: RO Content-Length: 12147 Lines: 296 Mev, Thanks for sharing this with us. Would you like to share with us a bit about the WE LEARN Website? Daphne Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu >>> mev@litwomen.org 09/11/03 10:47AM >>> I sent this to the NLA list this am but realized ya'll might find it interesting as well. This is my "short list" of resources addressing barriers for women in adult education and related gendered oppressions. I've included it in the body below because I do not know if this list will accept attachments. If you would like this as a pdf, please let me know. I also plan to place it on the WE LEARN website soon. Mev Resource List of Books, Materials & Websites Related to Women & Literacy Prepared by Mev Miller, ED.D. for WE LEARN Last Updated, September, 2003 Bibliography of Books & Articles This is a listing of books and resources for educators and researchers interested in learning more about issues for women and literacy. Forthcoming Miller, M, & Alexander, I. (2004). Women and Literacy: Moving from Power to Participation. Women's Studies Quarterly – Special Issue Spring 2004. New York: The Feminist Press at CUNY. The WSQ issue when it comes out will include an annotated bibliography and the materials quoted by authors will also be important. Books & Articles Atkinson, T., Ennis, F. and Lloyd, B-A. (1994). Listen to women in literacy: The power of woman-positive literacy work. Toronto, ONT.: CCLOW - Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women with Fernwood Publishing. Ballara, M. (1992). Women and literacy. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books Ltd. Brown, C.S. (1990). Ready from within, A first person narrative: Septima Clark and the civil rights movement. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. Cox, R., & Sanders, L. (1988). Women & literacy. Canadian Woman Studies / les cahiers de la femme, 9 (3 & 4) . Gayfer, M. (Ed.) (1980). Special report: Women in adult education. Convergence. Convergencia, Convergence, 8 (1-2). Hayes, E. & Flannery, D.D., (eds.). (2000). Women as learners: The significance of gender in adult learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Heller, C.E. (1997). Until we are all strong together: Women writers in the Tenderloin. New York: Teachers College. Horsman, J. (1990). Something in my mind besides the everyday: Women and literacy. Toronto: Women's Press, Canada. Horsman, J. (2000). Too scared to learn: Women, violence and education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc. Imel, S. & Kerka, S. (1996). Women and Literacy: Guide to the Literature and Issues for Woman-positive Programs. Columbus: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, the Ohio State University. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 400 381). This publication is intended to support efforts that focus literacy programs on women. It serves as a guide to information and resources on women and literacy. An updated version will appear in WSQ, Spring 2004. Lanehart, S.L. (2002). Sista, speak: Black women kinfolk talk about language and literacy. Austin, TX: Univ. of Texas Press. Laubach Literacy Action, (1995). By women / for women: A beginning dialogue on women and literacy in the United States. Syracuse, NY: Laubach Literacy Action. Miller, M. (2000). Feminist resources and curriculum for women achieving literacy. Minneapolis, MN. : Research was made possible with a grant from The LuAnn Dummer Center for Women Graduate Student Research Award, 1999-2000. Univ. of St. Thomas. , (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 445 250). [On-line] http://www.edrs.com/Webstore/Detail.CFM?Ednumber=ED445250 Miller, M. (2002). Women’s literacy power: Collaborative approaches to developing and distributing women’s literacy resources (Doctoral Dissertation, University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN. 2002). Dissertation Abstracts International, 63, 09A, 3085. Also [On-Line] http://www.litwomen.org/Dissertation/dissindex.html. Miller, S.S. (March 1996). Sharing ideas and language with illiterate women: A challenge for print feminism. Proceedings of the 1996 World Conference on Literacy, Philadelphia, [On-line], http://www.literacyonline.org/products/ili/pdf/ilprocsm.pdf. Nonesuch, K., (Ed.) (1996). Making Connections: A Literacy and EAL Curriculum from a Feminist Perspective. Toronto: CCLOW - Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women. Olson, G.A. & Hirsh, E. (1995). Feminist praxis and the politics of literacy: A conversation with bell hooks. In Olson, G.A. & Hirsh, E., (eds.). women writing culture (pp. 105-137). Albany: State University Press of New York. Royster, J.J. (2000). Traces of a stream: Literacy and social change among African American women. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press. Taylor, D. , (Ed.) (1997). Many families, many literacies: An international declaration of principles. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Walters, S. & Manicom, L. (1996). Gender in popular education: Methods for empowerment. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books. Wikelund, K. Reed (1993, November). Motivations for learning: voices of women welfare reform participants. Philadelphia: National Center on Adult Literacy, (NCAL Techincal Report TR93-10), http://litserver.literacy.upenn.edu/ncal/index.html. Fiction Bledsoe, L.J. (1997). Working Parts (A Novel). Seattle, WA: Seal Press. Molteno, M. (2000). A Language in common. North Melbourne, Vic. Australia: Addenda (distributed by Spinifex Press). Sapphire, (1996). Push: A Novel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Women-Centered Literacy Materials See annotated listing on the WE LEARN website http://www.litwomen.org/Resources.html Websites of interest for Women and Literacy WE LEARN – Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html WE LEARN promotes women’s literacy as a tool for education and transformation through a network of learners, literacy workers, librarians, educators, and writers committed to and involved in the process of creating women-centered (feminist) adult basic literacy materials. Women and Literacy Special Collection sponsored by NIFL – temporarily housed as http://www.womensliteracy.org/ This special collection will eventually be housed from the NIFL website from this link: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/collections.html Literacy Resources / Rhode Island http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/ women.html Literacy Resources/Rhode Island was established in 1997 to: * expand existing professional capacity within Rhode Island's adult education community; * increase educators' and learners' capacity to use and interact with online technology, and * assist in improving delivery of services to adult learners, thereby strengthening adult education provision across the state. They have a great page of interesting items on women and literacy. ProLiteracy Worldwide connected sites Women in Literacy/Women in Action http://www.laubach.org/WIL/USA/usa.html Women in Literacy/USA was started in 1994, and although it has a different character than the program in developing countries, it too focused on helping women achieve a level of learning that will help them solve the problems in their lives and attain their goals. Women in Action http://www.womeninliteracy.org/index2.html is the continuation of Laubach Literacy's successful 10-year global initiative - Women in Literacy. The goal of Women in Action is to help women undertake 2,000 life-changing projects in marginalized communities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Americas by the year 2005. Mujeres Unidas en Accion, Inc. / Women United in Action, Inc. http://www2.wgbh.org/mbcweis/ltc/wun/homepage.htm#home Mujeres Unidas en Acci*n, Inc. is a community-based learning center in Dorchester, Massachusetts, created by and for women and their children. Mujeres Unidas reponds to the special needs of Latino immigrant women who, upon arriving in the United States, confront barriers including language, poverty, cultural and social differences, isolation, discrimination, racism and, in some cases, a lack of formal education. Through education and support services that are designed to facilitate educational, social and economic growth, we strive to present new opportunities to Latino women. Our mission is to strengthen the voice of low-income Latino women and to empower Latino families to participate more actively in the political, social and economic life not only of the Latino community, but also of society at large. Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education http://www.readwriteact.org/womenlit.html This is a general list of internet-based women's literacy and education resources Listserve Women and Literacy Discussion List -- sponsored by NIFL and hosted by Daphne Greenberg at the Center for the Study of Adult Literacy (CSAL) -- is designed for providers, advocates, researchers, learners, policy makers, and all other persons who are interested in exploring the linkages between women's lives and their literacies. http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-womenlit/women_literacy.html Specific Materials for Women Learners The WE LEARN website contains several links to writing by adult women learners. Descriptions and links to this work can be found from these two places: http://www.litwomen.org/learnmats/nonbook.html#website or http://www.litwomen.org/lwritings.html Off of these links, perhaps the most significant are: 365/24/7 -- Moms on Duty with NO Pay: A Radio Program for International Women's Day, March 8, 2002 http://www.litwomen.org/learnwrite/RadioBook.pdf Breast Cancer As I Lived It http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/MScanlon2/index.htm Health Education and Adult Literacy HEAL: Breast and Cervical Cancer http://www.worlded.org/us/health/heal/index.htm Where there is life, there is hope: Women literacy students and discrimination http://www.nald.ca/CLR/lifehope/cover.htm Websites by women in adult literacy/learning centers Mujer: Mothers United for Jobs Education and Results, Culebra Moms of the Culebra Workforce Center's "Choices" Class http://members.aol.com/culebramom/mujer.html Websites by/for Adult Learners These are NOT specifically focused towards women but are general sites by adult basic education student organizations Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education http://www.readwriteact.org/ (SCALE) - The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) is a network of college students, adult learners, administrators, literacy practitioners and community partners working to implement and support participatory education and social change work in campus-based literacy programs. Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education - (VALUE) http://www.literacynet.org/value/ It is VALUE's mission to help adult learners become effective leaders in their education programs. From that experience, learners can then apply their leadership skills in their communities, workplaces, and families. They have some links to writings by women on their site. __________________________________________ VIDEO Hope Is a Literate Woman http://www.laubach.org/Videos/hope.html Together We Bloom: Women Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence, Judy Hofer Description: Also available through Laubach Literacy Action see also Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook section 4: http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/vera/saying.htm. Also has a book to accompany Subjects: Violence Literacy Project, date unknown, no isbn, Video, $29.95. http://hub1.worlded.org/docs/vera/saying.htm WE LEARN Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html Mev Miller, Ed.D., Coordinator 182 Riverside Ave. Cranston, RI 02910 401-383-4374 401-383-4374 (fax) welearn@litwomen.org
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