3rd Annual (Net)Working Conference on Women & Literacy - Moving to 
Power & Participation
sponsored by: WE LEARN / Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action 
Resource Network

The conference schedule and workshop descriptions are now posted on the 
WE LEARN website.

Conference main page: http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/main.html

The Program Schedule can be viewed at: 
http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/program.htm

The Workshop Descriptions can be downloaded at: 
http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/workshops.pdf

*** Early registration deadline is Feb. 3, 2006 ***
Conference Dates: Friday, March 10 – Saturday, March 11, 2006 | New 
Haven, Connecticut

Complete details below.

For more information contact: 401-383-4374 or welearn at litwomen.org
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3rd Annual (Net)Working Conference on Women & Literacy
Moving to Power & Participation
sponsored by: WE LEARN / Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action 
Resource Network

Friday, March 10 – Saturday, March 11, 2006
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University, Linsly Chittenden Hall

Open to:
ABE students, teachers, administrators, researchers, writers, grad 
students, community activists
… anyone interested in women's adult basic literacy/education and 
related issues…

Keynote Speaker: Marcia Ann Gillespie*
Confirmed Panelists: • Daphne Greenberg	• Lorna River   • Char Caver    
• Sandra Bridwell
Presenter:  Valerie Tutson

Conference Features:
• Interactive Workshops • Exhibits & Resource Sharing • Student 
Gatherings • Research & Policy Discussions • Networking Opportunities & 
Community Building • Annual WE LEARN Membership Meeting • Arts & 
Reflection Spaces • FUN!!!

Early-Bird Registration Deadline: February 3, 2006 (15% discount)
Pre-Registration Deadline: February 24, 2006

WE LEARN Membership & ABE Student Rates Available (see below)
• Conference Hotel Rates Available •  Light Breakfast & Lunch included 
• Wheelchair accessible
  • ASL interpretation available with pre-arrangement

Conference Registration Rates
EARLY Registration Deadline: February 3, 2006 (15% discount)
Pre-Registration Deadline: February 24, 2006

WE LEARN Membership Rate
Pre-Registraton: Two-day $85.00 | One-day $50.00
On-site: per day $55.00

Non-Membership Rate
Pre-Registraton: Two-day $125.00 | One-Day $70.00
On-site: per day $75.00

ABE Student Rate
Two-Day $15.00 | One-Day $10.00 (** Sorry, NO Early Registration 
discount for ABE student rate)

We have a limited number of ABE student scholarships & work exchange 
options for the conference.
  • For ABE students only, we can help with registration fees and some 
travel expenses.
  • For Americorp/VISTA volunteers, college or graduate students & 
part-time teachers, we have a limited                    number of work 
exchange opportunities available. This will help offset registration 
fees ONLY.
For more information & forms, go to: 
http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/main.html
or contact Mev Miller -- 401-383-4374 or welearn at litwomen.org


The Program Schedule can be viewed at: 
http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/program.htm

The Workshop Descriptions can be downloaded at: 
http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/workshops.pdf

Co-Sponsored by WE LEARN | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 
Program at Yale University  | literacytent.org

To download registration details and form, travel information, & 
regular updates go to:
  http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2006/main.html

To receive more information contact:
Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director  |     401-383-4374	  |  
welearn at litwomen.org
182 Riverside Ave., Cranston, RI 02910

*Marcia Ann Gillespie has served as Ms. magazine's editor in chief 
since 1993. Gillespie's association with Ms. magazine dates back to 
1980 when she became a contributing editor. A trailblazer in the 
magazine industry, as the editor in chief of Essence from 1971-1980, 
Gillespie is credited with transforming the then-fledgling publication 
into one of the fastest growing women's magazines in the United States. 
During her tenure, Essence won a National Magazine Award, the 
industry's most prestigious honor. A vice president of Essence 
Communications, Inc., Gillespie was named "One of the Fifty Faces for 
America's Future" by Time magazine. For more info: 
http://www.soapboxinc.com/bio_gillespie.html

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WE LEARN
Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network
www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director
182 Riverside Ave.
Cranston, RI 02910
401-383-4374
welearn at litwomen.org