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

djrosen at comcast.net

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