[AAACE-NLA] Re: Scope of adult education activism

[Chris Francisco]

David,

What did Illinois report and who offered the report.  I live in Illinois 
and have been an adult educator for more than twenty-five years.  I would 
like to know the Illinois response to your questions.

peace,

Chris


At 01:31 PM 7/27/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Roberta and others,
>
>I am beginning to hear from people now in other states.
>
>The task I have asked people to do is simple.
>
>1. Here's the main question:
>
>How did adult literacy/basic education/ESOL do for FY05 in your state's 
>budget?
>Better than last year? Worse? Or the same?
>
>If you have been doing advocacy together as a coalition, you already know 
>the answer to this question.  If you don't know the answer, you can find 
>out by asking someone from the advocacy committee of your state adult 
>education professional development organization.  If you need a list of 
>these contacts, go to:
>
>         http://alri.org/Rosen/advocacy/advocacy.html
>
>Colleague, if you don't know the answer to this most basic of advocacy 
>questions, and don't care to find out, perhaps you are not an adult 
>literacy advocate yet.  Perhaps you are one of those people who only like 
>to read or talk about advocacy, not do it.  Or perhaps there is no 
>advocacy for adult literacy taking place in your state.  In any case, you 
>need to know the answer to this question this year and every year you call 
>yourself an advocate for adult literacy education.
>
>2. In addition to answering the main question, I hope someone(s) from your 
>state will describe what advocacy strategies you used last year and how 
>they worked.
>
>3. if you can, describe the climate for next year's advocacy -- does it 
>look like you will see level funding, funding cuts, or some opportunities 
>for growth?  If there are opportunities, what' are they?
>
>I am not looking for a dissertation, only a paragraph or two.  It would be 
>best to post to the list, but if you aren't comfortable doing that, and 
>you don't mind my summarizing what you send me and including it in a post 
>to others who post information, e-mail it to me privately.
>
>Thanks everyone for your help.
>
>David J. Rosen
>Adult Literacy Advocate
>djrosen at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>On Tuesday, July 27, 2004, at 12:26  PM, Roberta McKnight wrote:
>
>>Hello David and all,
>>
>>I'm sorry to hear you're meeting with low response to your call for 
>>information. It occurs to me that folks may be unsure of how to go about 
>>providing an overview of adult literacy education activism in their 
>>states - both in terms of assimilating this information and understanding 
>>the scope of activities involved.
>>
>>Folks may be unsure of how or in what ways they are participating. 
>>Perhaps it would be helpful to provide a survey of some sort to inform 
>>both format and scope. This would help folks get there arms around what 
>>is possible and helpful.
>>
>>My best,
>>Roberta McKnight
>>Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of 
>>responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be 
>>attained. Helen Keller
>>
>>Dear state level adult and family literacy advocate,
>>
>>So far I have only heard from one state, Illinois.  Please let us hear 
>>from _every_ state where there are adult literacy education 
>>activists!  This is important.  We need to know -- from each other -- how 
>>things are going, what opportunities may be arising, what advocacy 
>>strategies have been effective, if and how things may be changing.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>All the best,
>>
>>David J. Rosen
>>Adult Literacy Advocate
>>djrosen at comcast,net
>
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