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 i1OLagI07304; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:36:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:36:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05100306bc6170b73ebb@[67.192.191.237]> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2852] Is fear an obstacle to correctional ed programming? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 2396 Lines: 53 Friends, I recently posted a notice about the availability of a new CAAL publication on correctional education, titled *Current Issues in Correctional Education: A Discussion & Compilation.* Because the NIFL listservs don't permit e-mail attachments for security reasons, I pointed interested persons to the CAAL web site (http://www.caalusa.org) and item 3 down the left column of the home page. On March 15th, I will lead a two-hour symposium on this topic at the Leadership Forum meeting of the Correctional Education Association in Baltimore. Because the meeting is necessarily limited to a small group of invitees, it occurred to me that subscribers to a couple of the adult literacy listservs might like to have some input into one of the topics that will be discussed there. If so, I would invite you to download and read a copy of the CAAL paper (it's an easy read) and then consider the following question: It will take many different kinds of action to improve the extent and effectiveness of correctional education in the country, but near the top of the priority list is effective advocacy, marketing, and public awareness activities at the state and national levels. Without such activities, programs are not likely to get the funding and political backing they need. Most crime in America is non-violent in nature, and non-violent offenders are probably more likely to be targeted for educational intervention. But in considering this need, I got to wondering if people (men or women) who have been victims of rape or domestic violence or armed robbery or other violent crime might be afraid or loathe to support educational programs for offenders or ex-offenders generally. (One participant in the study spoke of working with certain kinds of ex-offenders as necessary for the public welfare but "odious.") I would welcome any thoughts that anyone might care to post or to share privately on this subject. If it is, in fact, a real issue, then the question becomes: how can we engage in marketing, advocacy, and public awareness activities in a way that recognizes the problem, is sensitive to it, and that might even help relieve it? Thanks very much. Gail -- Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610 www.caalusa.org
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