By now, you may have read the message that Jo from NIFL sent regarding
how to subscribe to the new poverty race women and literacy list at:
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/PovertyRaceWomen 

I was thinking that in order to help you make the decision about
whether you want to subscribe to this new list, you might want to read a
description of what I wrote about this new list. This description is not
written in stone, and will probably change as the list grows and I get
feedback from subscribers, but for now, this is what I came up with:

The purpose of this 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. 

I envision that the above description will change overtime as
subscribers give me their input.

In the meantime, to subscribe, please go to:
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