From mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org Tue Oct 9 11:56:38 2007 From: mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org (The MCAE Advocate) Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:56:38 -0400 Subject: [MCAEnews] Awards nominations deadline extended to this Friday October 12! Message-ID: <2546.1191945398@mcae.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: AwardformsNetwork07.doc Type: application/octet-stream Size: 49664 bytes Desc: not available URL: From mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org Sat Oct 20 11:42:10 2007 From: mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org (The MCAE Advocate) Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:42:10 -0400 Subject: [MCAEnews] Online Registration for Network 2007 extended to October 23! Message-ID: <1747.1192894930@mcae.net> Online Registration to Network 2007 has been extended through Tuesday, October 23. The Network 2007 Conference is at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, MA on October 24 & 25. Go to the MCAE website http://www.mcae.net to register online. Kenny Tamarkin Executive Director MCAE KTamarkin at mcae.net 978-979-1906 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org Tue Nov 13 22:14:50 2007 From: mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org (The MCAE Advocate) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:14:50 -0500 Subject: [MCAEnews] Literacy President Message-ID: <1297.1195010090@mcae.net> Hi MCAE members and supporters. Following are two messages regarding the Literacy President Campaign. The first message from Art Ellison gives some background and some links to the Literacy President Campaign. All candidates for President are being asked to respond to questions regarding Adult Education. Candidates John Edwards and Barrack Obama have responded, but the other candidates have not. In order to get Adult Education on the agenda of the other Presidential Candidates, the national ABE student organization, VALUE, has posted a petition, that I urge you to sign, that will be sent to all Presidential candidates the week of December 17. To see and sign the petition, go to ... http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident [1] The full text of the messages is below. Kenny Tamarkin, Executive Director To the Field, Many of you are aware of the Literacy President campaign that has been in action for the past year. The campaign has been raising the issue of adult education with all of the candidates for President in both parties. The primary goal of the campaign is to make adult education and literacy one of the top three education priorities for the next President. Listed below are the links to two great resources that have been developed by the Literacy President folks. The link to the Literacy President Website will connect you with lots of information about each campaign. The link to the candidate?s web page will allow you and your students to connect to the Web Pages for any and all of the candidates. You can use this link to communicate with a particular candidate?s campaign with questions related to the candidate?s position on adult education. You will notice that the Edwards and Obama campaigns have issued detailed positions papers on their support for adult education. I hope that this material will be useful to you and to the adult education teachers and students in your state. Please let me know if you have any questions. Art Ellison, Co-chair, Policy Committee, National Council of State Directors of Adult Education LITERACY PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN WEBSITE AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WEB PAGES Microsoft Word Format: http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.doc [2] Adobe PDF Format: http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.pdf [3] Here is the link to the home page: http://www.litpresident.org/ [4] Literacy Petition messages: VALUE tentatively plans to hand-deliver the petition to the Washington DC offices of each of the candidates running for President during the week of December 17. For this petition to be credible, the field really needs to come up with several thousand signatures. With any less, our field looks weak and "ignore-able" to the next administration. We have just five weeks in which to gather as many signatures as possible. For this petition - and the field - to be credible, we need to gather AT LEAST 500 additional signatures a week for five weeks. That would give us at least 2,700 signatures. VALUE's Executive Director, Marty Finsterbusch said his dream would be to collect 10,000 signatures by December 17 - that's 2,000 signatures a week. That would put the adult literacy field on candidates' radar screens! There are several ways you can help pump up the signatures on this petition ... 1. Everyone, after you sign the petition, urge other members of your family to sign too. We could quickly double the number of petition signatures if each person signing gets one family member to sign. 2. Everyone: send an email message to your friends and colleagues asking them to sign the petition. If you enter your email address when you sign, you will automatically receive a confirmation email that includes a draft message you can then forward to your friends and colleagues. 3. Tutors and teachers: please use this petition as an opportunity to discuss with your students the importance of the presidential election to future adult literacy policy and have them sign the petition. Urge them to have their friends and family sign it too. 4. Local, state, and national organizations: please send a call to action for the petition to your members through your email distribution list and post it on your web site as a news item - that you're taking part in the Literacy President Campaign by gathering petition signatures. 5. Local, state, and national organizations: include a call to action for the petition in any electronic or hard-copy newsletter that literacy supporters will receive before mid-December. 6. Everyone: during your Thanksgiving Day gathering, have everyone there sign the petition. This may be a shameless suggestion, but we must seize every opportunity to raise the visibility of adult literacy to our future President, whoever he or she may be. To see and sign the petition, go to ... www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident [5] This is a nonpartisan activity - this petition will be delivered to all of the candidates from both parties. This petition simply urges all candidates to provide information that will be posted on a public web site. Therefore, neither the gathering of signatures nor the posting of candidate responses is electioneering. Let's get busy! Here are the numbers as of 7:30 AM Eastern Time today for the Literacy President Petition ... There are 221 signatures. Pennsylvania is in the lead with 43, followed closely by Massachusetts with 37. California is next with 22. The other states in double-digits include New Jersey (17) and Arizona and Maine, each with 14. Anonymous has 16. Still in single digits ... NM = 9; VT = 6; NV = 5; NH, NY, TX = 4 each; DE, FL = 3 each; MD, MN, NC, RI, TN, VA = 2 each; and DC, IL, KS, MI, OH, OR, WA, WI = 1 each The following states aren't even on the board yet ... Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Misouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. To see and sign the petition, go to ... http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident [6] This non-partisan petition simply asks all of the candidates running for President to answer five questions about adult literacy policy under their administration. Edwards and Obama have already responded. To read their answers, go to www.litpresident.org [7]. - Jon Randall jrandall at fastmail.fm [8] -- Links: ------ [1] http://webmail.mcae.net/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipetitions.com%2Fpetition%2Flitpresident [2] http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.doc [3] http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.pdf [4] http://www.litpresident.org/ [5] http://webmail.mcae.net/parse.php?redirect=http://www.ipetitions.com%2Fpetition%2Flitpresident [6] http://webmail.mcae.net/parse.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ipetitions.com%2Fpetition%2Flitpresident [7] http://webmail.mcae.net/parse.php?redirect=http://www.litpresident.org [8] http://webmail.mcae.net/javascript:top.opencompose(\'jrandall at fastmail.fm\',\'\',\'\',\'0\') -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org Wed Nov 14 11:33:10 2007 From: mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org (The MCAE Advocate) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:33:10 -0500 Subject: [MCAEnews] Literacy President Link Correction Message-ID: <1578.1195057990@mcae.net> My apologies, but the URL to the Literacy President site was incorrect. The correction URL is http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident/ I have also corrected the URL throughout the original message, which I am rebroadcasting below. Kenny Tamarkin Executive Director MCAE KTamarkin at mcae.net 978-979-1906 On Tue 13/11/07 10:14 PM , The MCAE Advocate sent: Hi MCAE members and supporters. Following are two messages regarding the Literacy President Campaign. The first message from Art Ellison gives some background and some links to the Literacy President Campaign. All candidates for President are being asked to respond to questions regarding Adult Education. Candidates John Edwards and Barrack Obama have responded, but the other candidates have not. In order to get Adult Education on the agenda of the other Presidential Candidates, the national ABE student organization, VALUE, has posted a petition, that I urge you to sign, that will be sent to all Presidential candidates the week of December 17. To see and sign the petition, go to ... http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident/ The full text of the messages is below. Kenny Tamarkin, Executive Director To the Field, Many of you are aware of the Literacy President campaign that has been in action for the past year. The campaign has been raising the issue of adult education with all of the candidates for President in both parties. The primary goal of the campaign is to make adult education and literacy one of the top three education priorities for the next President. Listed below are the links to two great resources that have been developed by the Literacy President folks. The link to the Literacy President Website will connect you with lots of information about each campaign. The link to the candidate?s web page will allow you and your students to connect to the Web Pages for any and all of the candidates. You can use this link to communicate with a particular candidate?s campaign with questions related to the candidate?s position on adult education. You will notice that the Edwards and Obama campaigns have issued detailed positions papers on their support for adult education. I hope that this material will be useful to you and to the adult education teachers and students in your state. Please let me know if you have any questions. Art Ellison, Co-chair, Policy Committee, National Council of State Directors of Adult Education LITERACY PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN WEBSITE AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WEB PAGES Microsoft Word Format: http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.doc [1] Adobe PDF Format: http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.pdf [2] Here is the link to the home page: http://www.litpresident.org/ [3] Literacy Petition messages: VALUE tentatively plans to hand-deliver the petition to the Washington DC offices of each of the candidates running for President during the week of December 17. For this petition to be credible, the field really needs to come up with several thousand signatures. With any less, our field looks weak and "ignore-able" to the next administration. We have just five weeks in which to gather as many signatures as possible. For this petition - and the field - to be credible, we need to gather AT LEAST 500 additional signatures a week for five weeks. That would give us at least 2,700 signatures. VALUE's Executive Director, Marty Finsterbusch said his dream would be to collect 10,000 signatures by December 17 - that's 2,000 signatures a week. That would put the adult literacy field on candidates' radar screens! There are several ways you can help pump up the signatures on this petition ... 1. Everyone, after you sign the petition, urge other members of your family to sign too. We could quickly double the number of petition signatures if each person signing gets one family member to sign. 2. Everyone: send an email message to your friends and colleagues asking them to sign the petition. If you enter your email address when you sign, you will automatically receive a confirmation email that includes a draft message you can then forward to your friends and colleagues. 3. Tutors and teachers: please use this petition as an opportunity to discuss with your students the importance of the presidential election to future adult literacy policy and have them sign the petition. Urge them to have their friends and family sign it too. 4. Local, state, and national organizations: please send a call to action for the petition to your members through your email distribution list and post it on your web site as a news item - that you're taking part in the Literacy President Campaign by gathering petition signatures. 5. Local, state, and national organizations: include a call to action for the petition in any electronic or hard-copy newsletter that literacy supporters will receive before mid-December. 6. Everyone: during your Thanksgiving Day gathering, have everyone there sign the petition. This may be a shameless suggestion, but we must seize every opportunity to raise the visibility of adult literacy to our future President, whoever he or she may be. To see and sign the petition, go to ... www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident/ This is a nonpartisan activity - this petition will be delivered to all of the candidates from both parties. This petition simply urges all candidates to provide information that will be posted on a public web site. Therefore, neither the gathering of signatures nor the posting of candidate responses is electioneering. Let's get busy! Here are the numbers as of 7:30 AM Eastern Time today for the Literacy President Petition ... There are 221 signatures. Pennsylvania is in the lead with 43, followed closely by Massachusetts with 37. California is next with 22. The other states in double-digits include New Jersey (17) and Arizona and Maine, each with 14. Anonymous has 16. Still in single digits ... NM = 9; VT = 6; NV = 5; NH, NY, TX = 4 each; DE, FL = 3 each; MD, MN, NC, RI, TN, VA = 2 each; and DC, IL, KS, MI, OH, OR, WA, WI = 1 each The following states aren't even on the board yet ... Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Misouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. To see and sign the petition, go to ... http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/litpresident/ This non-partisan petition simply asks all of the candidates running for President to answer five questions about adult literacy policy under their administration. Edwards and Obama have already responded. To read their answers, go to www.litpresident.org. - Jon Randall jrandall at fastmail.fm [4] -- Links: ------ [1] http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.doc [2] http://www.litpresident.org/Candiates-Web-Pages.pdf [3] http://www.litpresident.org/ [4] http://webmail.mcae.net/javascript:top.opencompose( -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org Fri Dec 7 15:49:44 2007 From: mcaenews at lists.literacytent.org (The MCAE Advocate) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:49:44 -0500 Subject: [MCAEnews] MCAE and ABE in the News Message-ID: <4355.1197060584@mcae.net> MCAE and ABE have been in the news the past month. We plan to build a MCAE and ABE in the News webpage and we need your help. If you have an article about ABE students, practitioners, programs, or advocates, please send it to KTamarkin at mcae.net. Following are articles and pictures that were published in November. The November 9 Lowell Sun printed the following picture of MCAE Executive Director Kenneth Tamarkin discussing the absence of ABE in the Readiness Project with Governor Deval Patrick and quoted him in the accompanying article. ------------------------- (ktgovpatrklowell.jpg): ------------------------- (ktgovpatrklowell2.jpg): The MCAE Teacher of the Year, Carole Sousa, was featured in an article in the Boston Sunday Globe on November 11. The article begins as follows: POLISHING THE WELCOME WAGON TEACHER SENDS OUT ETHNIC COMMUNITY \'AMBASSADORS\' By Victoria Cheng Globe Correspondent / November 11, 2007 A colorful sign greets visitors in the entryway of the adult Community Learning Center in Central Square: Irrashai. Benvenuto. Swagat Cha. In more than 30 languages, from Arabic to Thai, Haitian Creole to Ethiopian Amharic, the sign proclaims: Welcome. Helping immigrants feel at home in Cambridge and educating the support agencies that serve these populations is vital for creating a citywide sense of community, said Carole Sousa, a teacher and program coordinator at the center. To read the entire article, cut and paste the following URL in your browser: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/11/polishing_the_welcome_wagon/ MCAE Board Member Christine Tibor and her Framingham Adult ESL program were featured in the Boston Sunday Globe on November 4. Clamoring for key to US In changing times, ESL program has seen steady growth Director Christine Tibor visits an ESL class at the New Life Presbyterian Community Church in Framingham. (BILL POLO/GLOBE STAFF) By Susan Chaityn Lebovits | November 4, 2007 One of Christine Tibor's former students escaped from a Cambodian refugee camp; another was a conductor for the St. Petersburg Symphony in Russia. But no matter where they've been, all of her students are here for the same reason: to learn English and have a better life in the United States. The problem, said Tibor, director of the Framingham English as a Second Language program for adults, is that although the program is able to accommodate 620 students, she must turn away more than 500 every semester. To read the entire article, cut and paste the following URL in your browser: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/04/clamoring_for_key_to_us/ [1] On November 25, a column in the Lowell Sun congratulated Senator Steven Panagiotakos for winning a Special Recognition Award from MCAE The Lowell Sun Article Last Updated: 11/26/2007 12:29:19 PM EST A Sun Staff Report KUDOS GO to state Sen. Steven Panagiotakos, who recently received a Special Recognition Award by the Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education. The award recognizes his long support of Adult Basic Education and for his keeping Adult Basic Education a legislative priority. According to Fred Abisi, director of Lowell's Adult Education Program, "Steve Panagiotakos has been a friend of Adult Basic Education throughout Massachusetts ever since his days on the Lowell School Committee." The Award was presented to the senator at MCAE's annual conference, Network 2007, held at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlboro last month. Contributing to The Column this week were City Editor Christopher Scott, City Hall reporter Michael Lafleur and Statehouse Bureau Chief Hillary Chabot. Kenny Tamarkin Executive Director MCAE KTamarkin at mcae.net 978-979-1906 Links: ------ [1] http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/04/clamoring_for_key_to_us/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The November 9 Lowell Sun printed the attached picture of MCAE Executive Director Kenneth Tamarkin discussing the absence of ABE in the Readiness Project with Governor Deval Patrick and quoted him in the accompanying article (see Attached). ------------------------- Links: ------ [1] http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/04/clamoring_for_key_to_us/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ktgovpatrklowell.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1197568 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Advance registration is required. For more information contact: Ernest Best, Executive Director, MassAAL (Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy), EBest at WorldEd.org [1] -- (617) 482-9485 MassAAL Advocacy /Media Training Dates for FY08 Tuesday, January 8, 2008 Thursday, January 17, 2008 Thursday, January 24, 2008 Wednesday, January 30, 2008 (All trainings will begin at 9:30a.m.) Snow Dates: Thursday, January 31, 2008 Thursday, February 7, 2008 We are asking that (3-4) adult learners and a practitioner per program attend (1) training. There will be four to five programs participating in each training for a total of (15) people per training. This is a great opportunity for students from different programs to meet. (Additional trainings for February will be announced as needed.) The trainings will be held at the MCAE (Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education) offices at 6 Beacon Street, Room 415, Boston, MA 02108. This is a MassAAL-MCAE Collaboration. For more information contact: Ernest Best, Executive Director, MassAAL (Massachusetts Alliance for Adult Literacy), EBest at WorldEd.org [2] -- (617) 482-9485 I have attached the entire MassAAL flyer. Kenny Tamarkin Executive Director MCAE KTamarkin at mcae.net 978-979-1906 Links: ------ [1] mailto:EBest at WorldEd.org [2] mailto:EBest at WorldEd.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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For more details about this event please look below or at the attached flyer. I look forward to seeing you Thursday evening. Kenny Tamarkin Executive Director MCAE KTamarkin at mcae.net 978-979-1906 You are invited to a Boston Community Meeting Thursday, December 20th @ United South End Settlements The Metropolitan Area Planning Council Presents a Boston Community Meeting Cosponsors: Asian Community Development Corporation City-Wide Dialogues Codman Square Neighborhood Council National Forum for Black Public Administrators Roxbury Neighborhood Council The Mass Coalition for Adult Education United South End Settlements Thursday, December 20, 2007 United South End Settlements Harriet Tubman House 566 Columbus Ave. Boston Click Here for Directions [1] 6:00 PM ? 8:00 PM Refreshments will be served Please contact Brad Stoler at 617-451-2770 x2048 or bstoler at mapc.org [2] with any questions or for more information Please feel free to invite other organizations and colleagues http://www.madrax.com/images/MAPCLogo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.madrax.com/mapc.asp&h=510&w=449&sz=47&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=9mi6O3i-K2AcjM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=115&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMAPC%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den [3]"> Dear Community Friend: You are invited to a discussion about critical issues facing communities throughout Metro Boston. Our region has great strengths, but it faces daunting challenges. We must educate a workforce for the 21st century, make our streets and neighborhoods safe, and provide housing that families and seniors can afford. Our city and our region are becoming more diverse ? but segregation and inequality persist. MetroFuture: Making a Greater Boston Region is the regional plan for the 101 communities in and around Metro Boston. It seeks to address these issues and many more. We hope you can join us on December 20th, from 6:00-8:00 PM, at the United South End Settlements, to discuss strategies for creating vibrant communities to be enjoyed for generations to come. During this meeting, participants will discuss current trends, MetroFuture?s alternative goals, and offer suggestions for MetroFuture implementation strategies. Your input will influence legislative proposals, model bylaws and ordinances, program guidelines, and recommendations for action by residents, businesses, and institutions. Please join us on December 20th to learn more about the MetroFuture plan, and to generate ideas to make it a reality. Please contact Brad Stoler at (617) 451-2770 ext. 2048 or at bstoler at mapc.org [4] with questions or for more information or visit www.metrofuture.org [5]. Your participation is an invaluable part of our success! Marc Draisen Executive Director About MetroFuture Thousands of people and organizations have participated in MetroFuture's work to date, sharing their visions for the future, reviewing what the future will look like if current trends continue, and evaluating alternative paths we could take. The result is a blueprint for the future that the people who live and work in Metro Boston want to attain by the year 2030. On May 1, 2007, MetroFuture's Recommended Plan for a Greater Boston Region was ratified at a Boston College Citizen Seminar, entitled, "This Way to a Greater Boston Region." By following this new roadmap, we can embrace and achieve a more sustainable future for the entire region. About MAPC The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) is the regional planning agency serving the people who live and work in the 101 cities and towns of greater Boston. It promotes inter-local cooperation and smart growth through a variety of activities, including cross-regional conversations, technical assistance to municipalities, and through the creation and implementation of a comprehensive regional plan which, in its current iteration, is called MetroFuture: Making a Greater Boston Region. Links: ------ [1] http://www.uses.org/directions.htm [2] mailto:bstoler at mapc.org [3] http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 8706 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Kenny Tamarkin Executive Director MCAE KTamarkin at mcae.net 978-979-1906 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stoler, Brad" BStoler at mapc.org To: "Stoler, Brad" BStoler at mapc.org Sent: Thu 12/20/07 12:02 PM Subject: Fwd: MetroFuture Boston Community Meeting: Agenda Community Friends, Please see the attached agenda for tonight?s meeting. And yes, we will still be having this meeting despite the snow. We believe this is a very important meeting and hope you and your constituents can all be there. Please feel free to send the agenda through your networks as a reminder. Regards, Brad Stoler Brad Stoler Planning Associate Metropolitan Area Planning Council 60 Temple Place Boston, MA 02111 bstoler at mapc.org [1] (617) 451-2770 ext.2048 ?Working with communities is not just a job to me; it is my life long commitment toward social betterment? Links: ------ [1] mailto:bstoler at mapc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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