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 j3REWEG14166; Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:32:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:32:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <001501c54b35$bc723b80$a601a8c0@JCHB.ORG> 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: Nell Eckersley <nell@jchb.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3230] Re: rally in NY X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Status: O Content-Length: 3447 Lines: 117 Dear Sandy and others, The rally at Union Square in New York City on Friday April 22nd, was a great success. 3,000 people turned out making this the largest Adult Education rally in the history of New York City. We had done a lot of work on getting the media out which paid off-- including an article in the New York Times the next day (www.glcnyc.org). Speakers included members of the City Council, students, and practitioners. In this time when people in their Adult Education programs might be feeling scared and alone, this gathering of people was empowering for us and symbolic for the public. It was also a very united group bringing together people from the four main sectors of adult education in New York City--CUNY, the community based organizations, the libraries, and the Board of Education. Below are links to various articles and photos of the event and the issue. http://www.stirps.net/apr22/ (some photos) Budget cuts (coverage in the weeks before the rally) City Limits http://www.citylimits.org/content/articles/weeklyView.cfm?articlenumber=1673 Bronx Beat http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/bronxbeat/2005/031405.pdf#page=1 Norwood News (a community newspaper in the Bronx) http://www.bronxmall.com/norwoodnews/news/N50421page5.html The Nation http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050502&s=steinberg Rally coverage New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/nyregion/23literacy.html CBS TV (you can watch a video of the story here) http://wcbs.dayport.com/launcher/67246/?tf=video_player.tpl&Category_ID=48 El Diario http://www.eldiariony.com/noticias/detail.aspx?section=17&desc=Locales&id=11 33210 Other articles are forthcoming. Nell Eckersley ESOL Program Director Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst 7802 Bay Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11214 718.331.6800 ex 20 fax 718.232.8461 nell@jchb.org http://www.jchb.org/ -----Original Message----- From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Sandra D Scanlon Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3229] Re: rally in NY How effective was the rally in New York City? Sandy Scanlon Community College of Allegheny County ABE/GED Program Director ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:28 PM Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3227] rally in NY > For those of you who will be in NYC, there will be a mass rally in support of adult literacy education this Friday, April 22, at 10:00 a.m., in Union Square. Well over 1,000 people are expected to attend, and speakers will include city, state, and federal legislators, as well as students and other advocates for adult education. This will be the largest rally in support of adult literacy in New York City history. > If anyone on this listserv attends, please tell us what it was like! > Daphne > > Daphne Greenberg > Assistant Professor > Educational Psych. & Special Ed. > Georgia State University > P.O. Box 3679 > Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu > > Daphne Greenberg > Associate Director > Center for the Study of Adult Literacy > Georgia State University > P.O. Box 3977 > Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu > >
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