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[PovertyLiteracy] WE LEARN Women & Literacy Conference 2006

Ujwala Samant lalumineuse at yahoo.com
Fri Nov 11 03:54:19 EST 2005


hey Mev,

I'm coming!
Ujwala

--- mev at litwomen.org,
UNEXPECTED_DATA_AFTER_ADDRESS at .SYNTAX-ERROR. wrote:


> ** cross-posted**

>

> 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

> Rivera

> Invited Presenters: • Kate Rushin • 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

>

> Presenter Application Deadline: December 2, 2005

>

> 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

>

> Co-Sponsored by WE LEARN | Yale University Women's,

> Gender, and

> Sexuality Studies Program | literacytent.org

>

> To download registration details and form, travel

> information, &

> regular updates go to:

> www.litwomen.org/welearn.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

>

> 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)

>

> Presenter Rate (deadline to apply: December 2, 2005)

> Members: Two-day $72.25 | One-day $42.50

> *** we strongly encourage presenters to become

> members of WE LEARN

>

> 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

>

> --------------------------

> 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

>

>

>

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