Well, Daphne, you really are splendid to take this all on.

I have been beating my brains out on other issues--it really is the 
"oppressed and literacy," isn't it?

I haven't read far enough back to find out  why this is thought 
necessary.  I continually get unnerved when I crash into someone else's 
semiotic ordering.


All the best,

Andrea
On Oct 31, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Judith Sinclair wrote:


> Thank you, Daphne, for all that you do to help all of us.  You really 

> do

> "make a difference."

> All best,

> Judith Sinclair, PhD

> Cognitive Psychologist and Educator

> www.sinclairsystem.com

> (202) 364-3893

> j-p-sinclair at att.net

>

>

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG at langate.gsu.edu>

> To: <womenliteracy at nifl.gov>

> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:55 AM

> Subject: [WomenLiteracy 636] list merger

>

>

>> For those of you who are not in the mood to read my reactions about 

>> the

>> discussion we have been having about the upcoming list merger (women 

>> and

>> literacy with poverty, race and literacy), I will start with 

>> information

>> first, and share my thoughts later.

>>

>> Here is the information:

>> On November 6th, the new poverty race women, and literacy list will be

>> open with me as the facilitator, and this list (women and literacy) 

>> will

>> be closed (although archives of postings will still be available).

>> You will not need to UNSUBSCRIBE from the women and literacy list.

>> You will need to SUBSCRIBE to the poverty race women, and literacy

>> list. In other words, just because you are subscriber to this list, 

>> does

>> not mean that you can assume that you will be a subscriber of the new

>> list. You need to actually subscribe. In the next few days, NIFL will

>> post information about how to do this.

>>

>> Here are my reactions:

>> Wow-what a rich discussion we had here these last two week about the

>> upcoming list merger ! Thanks to all for sharing your thoughts!

>> I would like to respond to some of them:

>> 1. A few wondered on list and off list whether we could convince NIFL

>> to change its mind. I checked with NIFL, and unfortunately there is

>> nothing we can do about it for this year (November 2006-October 2007).

>> However, the good news is that they are open to us discussing this for

>> the following year. So my suggestion to this group, is let us see what

>> this new merger brings us. If we like it, then fine. If we don't, and 

>> we

>> end up missing a listserv devoted specifically to women and literacy I

>> will bring this up to NIFL next summer on our behalf.

>> 2. A few mentioned on the list and off the list changing the name of

>> the list. Some of you mentioned that we just may as well call it The

>> oppressed and literacy (I have to admit, I had a similar reaction),

>> others wondered about why homophobia is not included (I have wondered

>> this too, and have encouraged discussion about orientation and 

>> literacy

>> on this listserv). I checked with NIFL about whether we could have a

>> voice in the name of the listserv. Apparently we can have for the

>> future, but we can't do it for this present year. So once again, I 

>> think

>> that we should revisit this issue next summer and see if we want to

>> change the name of the newly formed list.

>> 3. I want to reassure all of you, that I will continue to facilitate a

>> safe community. You may be reassured to know that 40% of current 

>> poverty

>> race list members are on this list, and 46% of us are currently on the

>> poverty race list! So a good part of the new community, will include a

>> lot of people who already "know" each other, and know the type of

>> listserv atmosphere we value.

>> 4. Some of you mentioned that although discussing intersections is

>> important, there is also value talking about separate issues. I want 

>> to

>> stress, that I don't see the new listserv as only talking about

>> intersections. I think that many times, perhaps even most of the time,

>> we will be talking about women only, or race only, or poverty only.

>> Other times we will intersect two of these factor, other times all of

>> them.

>>

>> Feel free to post anymore questions/concerns to this listserv, or to 

>> me

>> personally (dgreenberg at gsu.edu).

>>

>> 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

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