Gender, Poverty, Race and Literacy

Aletha L. Stolar, Director
Fayette Co. Family Resource Network
Working together for children and families...
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PO Box 307
Fayetteville, WV  25840
(3rd Floor - Fayette County Courthouse)

On Jan 21, 2008 6:00 PM, Daphne Greenberg <alcdgg at langate.gsu.edu> wrote:


> Thanks to everyone for providing us with the pros and cons of the

> different possible names for our list. For those of you who are new to the

> list, the group is deciding whether we want a new name, or we want to keep

> our name. The discussion period is now officially over, and between January

> 22nd and February 11th, people can select their top choice (only one please)

> either on list or off list to me (dgreenberg at gsu.edu)

>

> As a reminder, here are the choices (please select only one of these

> choices):

>

> Class, Color, Gender, and Literacy

> Class, Ethnicity, Gender, and Literacy

> Class, Gender, Race, and Literacy

> Diversity and Literacy

> Gender, Income, Race, and Literacy

> Gender. Poverty, Race, and Literacy

> Literacy and Voice

>

> Or

>

> Keeping it as is: Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy

>

> As another reminder, please be aware, that if we change the name of the

> list, we will need to create a new list. Current subscribers will be

> automatically subscribed to the new list. Each subscriber will receive a

> confirmation email with a new password and information about the list.

>

> As a summary, here are some of the points that were made during our

> discussion period:

>

> "Words like class, color, are for me a lot less potent and/or motivating

> than poverty and race."

>

> "I like "color" a lot better than "race" because in this country it is

> color of the skin, and "race" is difficult. "Diversity" is usually a

> euphemism for "race" which actually is a stand-in for color"

>

> "I like the word "ethnicity" because it covers color, race, and anything

> in-between."

>

> "Poverty, Gender and Race have a direct impact on literacy and they should

> be addressed and explored, and are

> the issues that are explored the most in this group."

>

> "The advantage of the name "Diversity and Literacy" is that it allows for

> the full range of topics that concern our community and the intersection of

> those topics"

>

> "I like the title of Diversity & Literacy. Diversity covers not only

> class, color, gender, ethnicity, income, race, poverty but also culture,

> politics, religion, language, etc. I like the fact that the term diversity

> covers such a wide spectrum of topics and will allow you more flexibility to

> explore how they all interact with Literacy."

>

> "Diversity and Literacy is the best name for this list. It is simple and

> gets right to the point."

>

> "It is true, that sometimes the word "diversity" winds up meaning only one

> thing in some places, but not here. I agree with those who support the idea

> that diversity should mean ALL: race, gender, ethnicity, ability, of all

> brands, flavors, varieties, colors, etc. It would be good for us to support

> that through our list, and continue talking about all varieties of people,

> backgrounds, and experiences."

>

>

> Daphne

>

>

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