[AAACE-NLA] Action: Save NIFL!

[David Collings]

Action: Save NIFL!
December 19, 2003

AAACE-NLA Colleagues:
As you may know, NIFL is in danger of losing its adult multi-literacy
focus through the process of WIA reauthorization. Additionally, the NIFL
discussion lists, LINCS, Equipped for the Future (EFF) and other adult
literacy-focused initiatives supported by NIFL are at serious risk,
because many members in Congress do *not* know that the Senate version
of WIA is "better" for the adult literacy field than the House version.
While our Congresspersons are at home over the holiday break, now marks
a critical time for pursuing advocacy efforts.

Save NIFL! Campaign

The purpose of the campaign is to provide the information and resources
necessary to assist you in helping to preserve an adult literacy-focused
NIFL.  We have created a website with information about the campaign.
It is dynamic and will continue to grow and change as circumstances
change, and as more and more of us here in the field contact our
Congresspersons.

This concerted effort has originated from concerned people in the field.
No NIFL staff are involved. This is activism by practitioners and adult
learners in the field who value NIFL's original focus on adults.

We hope you will:

** Visit http://www.altn.org/ and click on the NIFL Info button to
learn:
-	How to contact your Senators and Representative;
-	What are some talking points for preserving an adult
literacy-focused NIFL;
-	Who are the key Congresspersons with whom your Congressperson
should share your views;
-	How to make the greatest impact with your views by copying other
influential leaders whose decisions impact the fate of NIFL;
-	Where to obtain email addresses, FAX and phone numbers of most
NIFL Advisory Board members and other leaders;
-	How to join a list of people who have already contacted their
Congresspersons, so that we can "track" our progress nationwide.

** Read the campaign progress reports posted on the AAACE-NLA.

** Revisit the site to participate in opinion polls, sign petitions, and
more.

Join us in affirming what we value about NIFL - & what we need in order
to help adults build the skills they need to succeed as family members,
career builders, and active citizens in a global community.  Please join
us in this action now!  We *urge* you to contact your Congresspersons
right away!  http://www.altn.org/

Regards,
Jackie Taylor
Adult Literacy, Free Speech Advocate
Vice-Chair,
Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers

David Rosen
Adult Literacy Advocate

David Collings
AAACE-NLA Moderator

Archie Willard,
An adult learner who has benefited from the NIFL

Executive Board of the Association of Adult Literacy Professional
Developers
Represented by Cristine Smith, Chair

Debbie Yoho

Daphne Greenberg

Meta Potts
Adult Educator and Family Literacy Advocate

Mary Ann Corley, Ph.D
Adult Education and Literacy Consultant

Brenda Bell

Beth Bingman

Mary Siedow
Adult Literacy Advocate

Leslie Shelton, Ph.D.
1996 NIFL Fellow

Elsa Auerbach,
Professor of English,
University of Massachusetts at Boston

Janet Isserlis,
Project Director,
Literacy Resources/RI

Deborah Schwartz
Instructional Specialist
Adult Literacy Resource Institute

Dr. Deborah D'Amico
Research Associate,
Queens College Worker Education,
City University of New York

Marcia Drew Hohn, Ed.D.
Director of Public Education and Civic Outreach
Immigrant Learning Center
Massachusetts

Paul Jurmo, Ed.D.

Mev Miller, Ed.D.

Eunice N. Askov

Aaron Kohring
Knoxville, TN

Donna Brian
Knoxville, TN

Marian Thacher, OTAN, California

Debra L. Hargrove, Ed.D

Thomas Nash, Director
Windham Adult Education
Windham, Maine

John Fleischman
Director, Technology Services
Sacramento County Office of Education

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DISCLAIMER
Signers using an organizational affiliation do so for identification
purposes only. Their views do not represent the views of the
organization with which they are affiliated.

This informational letter does not represent the views or opinions of
the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL), the NIFL staff, NIFL list
moderators, or their sponsor organizations. It *does represent* the
views of people working together to preserve the existence of an adult
literacy-focused NIFL.
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