I would like to extend a very warm welcome to our guest facilitators: Margery Freeman and Kathy King. Starting today (through 2/29), they will be facilitating a guest discussion on: "Discussing Diversity and Power Issues for Professional Development in Adult Literacy."

Feel free to jump in with any thoughts or questions. Some ideas that we had for possible topics are:

How are the issues of race, class, culture, gender, and power expressed
in our adult literacy classes?

Do you find that adult literacy students are willing to discuss issues
related to race, class, culture, gender, and power?  Why or why not?

What are the race, class, culture, gender, and power issues that are not
discussed but you think would be beneficial to discuss?

What barriers do you as an educator face in facilitating such a
discussion?

Do you have recommended strategies that you find successful to
discussing race, class, culture, gender, and power issues?

Daphne