[MCAEnews] Adult Education Day in Boston — Choosing to Participate

[The MCAE Advocate]

 The Adult Literacy Resource Institute (ALRI)/Greater Boston SABES
Center, The Change Agent, and Facing History are co-sponsoring the
following event next week at the Boston Public Library.
 Kenny Tamarkin 
 Executive Director 
 MCAE 
 KTamarkin at mcae.net 
 978-979-1906 
	Adult Education Day at the “Choosing to Participate” Exhibit 

	Boston Public Library, Copley   Square in Boston 

	March 25 and 26, 2008 
	An Open Invitation to Adult Learners, Teachers, and Programs 

	The Adult Literacy Resource Institute (ALRI)/Greater Boston SABES
Center, The Change Agent, and Facing History extend this special
invitation to adult learners from programs in the Boston metropolitan
area to attend the “Choosing to Participate” exhibit. On March 25
and 26, adult learners will have the chance to visit the exhibit with
their peers, join a guided tour that is geared towards adults, and
participate in a debriefing with experienced Facing History
facilitators. Following up on the theme of participation, visitors
will have a chance to stop by a table to register to vote and/or to
get information about how to be involved with local community
organizations. 
	The Exhibit: 

	The Choosing to Participate exhibit, developed by Facing History and
Ourselves, has won nationwide praise for encouraging hundreds of
thousands of people of all ages to consider the consequences of their
everyday choices, to discover how “little things are big”—and
for inspiring them to make a difference in their own schools and
communities. 
    *To complement the      exhibit there are ready-to-use resources
online at www.choosingtoparticipate.org/educators [1]      including
videos, audio, text, and pre- or post-tour activities and     
lessons.
    *The March 2008      issue of The Change Agent      (titled
“Democracy in Action”) includes many student writings, lessons,   
  and illustrations related to the theme of choosing to participate.
To      learn more, go to www.nelrc.org/changeagent [2]      or call
617-482-9485.
    *Groups must schedule their tour. Go to
www.choosingtoparticipate.org/plan/tour [3]  or call 617-735-1688.
    *Spanish language      translation available at the tour, if you
contact Facing History in advance. Go to
www.choosingtoparticipate.org/plan/tour [4]  or call 617-735-1688.
    *The exhibit runs      from January 20 to May 20, 2008, and you
are welcome to schedule your tour      anytime, but please try to come
during ADULT EDUCATION DAY (March 25 or March 26), so that adult     
learners can be part of this community experience together!
	Thanks for joining us! We look forward to seeing you on March 25th
and 26th. 
	Cynthia Peters                       Deborah Schwartz               
              Marianne Francis 

	The Change Agent                 ALRI/Boston SABES                  
     Facing History 

	617-482-9485                          617-287-4072                  
                   617-735-1688 


Links:
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[1] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/educators
[2] http://www.nelrc.org/changeagent
[3] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/plan/tour
[4] http://www.choosingtoparticipate.org/plan/tour
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