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

[David Rosen]

Hi Chris,

I have no report from advocates in Illinois.  Could you get one for us?

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net

On Tuesday, July 27, 2004, at 03:46  PM, Chris Francisco wrote:

> 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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