Colleagues,

We will hold a discussion about community literacy on the National  
Institute for Literacy Special Topics discussion list during the week  
of June 25 -29.  Our guests for this discussion will include, among  
others: Margaret Doughty, Carl Guerriere, Petrice Sams- Abiodun,  
Darlene Kostrub, Jeff Carter, and Kathy Chernus.

We will discuss:
• what community adult and family literacy means
• what the community literacy purposes and goals are
• why community literacy is important
• who key community literacy stakeholders are
• examples of community literacy coalitions
• incentives and strategies for strengthening community literacy
• how to measure the health, outcomes and impact of community literacy
• the effect of community literacy on a community
• what we know about community literacy from research
• what the relationship is of community literacy to workforce  
literacy, workforce development, and transition to higher
   education
• the role of technology in community literacy
• what resources are needed for effective community literacy  
collaboration
• how literacy organizations can work together to make literacy a top  
community priority

and more.

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I look forward to your joining us in this discussion.

David J. Rosen
Special Topics Discussion List Moderator
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