Special Topics Colleagues,

For your information, below is a message about a new National  
Institute for Literacy discussion List, from its moderator, Daphne  
Greenberg.

David J. Rosen
Special Topics Discussion Moderator
djrosen at comcast.net

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On November 6th, a new discussion list will be starting called:  
Poverty, Race, Women, and Literacy. If you are interested in  
subscribing, please to do so by going to:

http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/PovertyRaceWomen

The purpose of this discussion list is to provide an on-going  
professional development forum for providers, advocates, researchers,  
learners, policy makers, and all other persons who are interested in  
exploring the linkages between poverty, race, women and literacy.  
Examples of topics include: the relationships among poverty, race,  
women and literacy in the United States and in other countries;  
health as it pertains to women and poverty issues; the hidden rules  
of persons living with the effects of poverty, the intersection of  
these effects with gender and race, and the misunderstandings these  
can cause in the teaching/learning process; the role of women's  
literacy in family literacy programs, and the assumptions about race  
and poverty often made in these programs; domestic violence and its  
intersection with poverty, race, and literacy; women's literacy  
levels and its ties to economics and welfare of families; access to  
literacy in different cultures based on gender, racial, and economic  
status; connection between women's literacy, race, poverty and public  
policy; identification of supportive communication networks; and  
discussion of action steps addressing women, race, poverty and literacy.

If the above description interests you, please go to the following  
address to subscribe:

http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/PovertyRaceWomen . The list  
opens on November 6th.

Thanks,

Daphne

Daphne Greenberg
Assistant Professor
Educational Psych. & Special Ed.
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu

Daphne Greenberg
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3977
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu