I'm forwarding this call for articles with questions that come to my mind:

Are any of you involved in a Workplace literacy response to any communities 
in crisis?

What are the responses that are especially needed and who should be 
responding to workplace literacy needs in times of crisis?  Do people on 
this discussion list have either a special opportunity or a special 
responsibility to respond?

Maybe out of our experiences we can think about the literacy needs of 
people in times of crisis, and how we should be prepared to provide for 
those needs.

Donna
Donna JG Brian
Moderator, NIFL Workplace Literacy Discussion List, and
Coordinator/Developer LINCS Workforce Education Special Collection at 
http://worklink.coe.utk.edu/
Center for Literacy Studies at The University of Tennessee
600 Henley Street, Suite 312
Knoxville, TN 37996-4135

865-974-3420 (desk phone) FAX 865-974-3857
djgbrian at utk.edu




>Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 08:49:39 -0500

>From: Harriet Smith <hsmith at coe.tamu.edu>

>Subject: call for articles: Literacy Programs Responding to Communities in 

>Crisis

>

>

>TCALL is seeking authors both within and outside Texas to write articles 

>for the December issue of our state's free quarterly newsletter, Literacy 

>Links.

>

>Given recent natural disasters in the United States and across the world, 

>the theme is

>Literacy Programs Responding to Communities in Crisis.

>

>We are defining crisis broadly, and as such, are seeking articles that 

>address how communities prepare, respond, and cope with

>any number of crises.

>

>If you are interested in submitting an article on this topic, the deadline 

>for completed articles is Friday, November 11. Here are a few ideas to get 

>you thinking.

>    * Even Start Programs Serve Hurricane Evacuees

>    * Adult English Language Learners and Disaster Preparedness

>    * Rapid Response to Literacy Needs with Plant Closures/Layoffs

>    * Refugees and Literacy: Program Response to Trauma and Displacement

>    * Meeting the Literacy Needs of Homeless Adults/Families

>    * Helping Young Children/Parents in Family Literacy Programs Cope with 

> Traumatic Events

>    * Aiding in the Time of Need: Stories of Adult Literacy Programs 

> Responding after a Natural Disaster

>    * Picking up the Pieces: Adult Learners Experiences during a time of 

> Crisis

>    * Learning from the Crisis: Transformational Learning Experiences

>

>Word count for Literacy Links articles is generally in the range of 850 to 

>900 words. Authors whose articles are accepted for publication in Literacy 

>Links are eligible for a $250 stipend. (Submitting an article does not 

>guarantee that it will be accepted for publication.)

>

>Past issues of Literacy Links can be read on TCALL's website. Look for the 

>Newsletter menu button on our home page:

>www-tcall.tamu.edu   Hard copy subscriptions are free on request.

>

>If you have questions, please contact editor Peggy Sue Durbin.

>pdurbin at tamu.edu.

>

>

>Thank you.

>

>Peggy Sue Durbin, M.S.

>Literacy Links Editor

>Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning

>College of Education & Human Development

>Texas A&M University

>College Station, TX 77843-4477

>Phone:   979-845-6615

>Fax:  979-845-0952

>Email:  pdurbin at neo.tamu.edu

>

>___________________________________

>Harriet Vardiman Smith

>Clearinghouse Director

>Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy & Learning

>State Partner in the National LINCS System

>Texas A&M University

>800-441-READ

>website:  www-tcall.tamu.edu

>main office email:  tcall at coe.tamu.edu

>

>

>"Illiteracy and innumeracy are a greater threat to humanity than terrorism."

>  -- Amaratya Sen,  2003 Nobel prize-winning economist.