[MCAEnews] Fwd: November News Flash from WE LEARN - Deadline Reminders….

[The MCAE Advocate]

 I am forwarding this message from WE LEARN. Please note their call
for proposals deadline is November 30. Also, from Monday Dec. 1 to
Friday December 12, Dr. Mev Miller will be facilitating a guest
discussion on the NIFL Diversity list:  Creating networks to support
women's literacy. 
 Kenny Tamarkin 
 Executive Director 
 MCAE 
 KTamarkin at mcae.net 
 978-979-1906 
 WE LEARN / Women Expanding Literacy Education Action Resource
Network  This issue:• Deadline Reminder: Call for Presentation
Proposals 2009 Annual Conference• Deadline reminder: Call for ABE
Student Writings 2009 Women’s Perspectives• NIFL Diversity
Listserv Discussion:  Creating networks to support women's literacy•
Recognition, Thank You, and Holiday Gift Ideas
  ……………….

	Call for Presentation Proposals -- Deadline: November 30, 2008 

	6th Annual WE LEARN (Net)Working Gathering & Conference on Women and
Literacy -- Stronger Leadership & Literacy: Empowering Women to Action

	March 6-7, 2009, University of Rhode Island, Downtown Providence
Campus

	Registration Information and Schedule Outline have been posted. 

	For details and proposal form go to: 
[1]http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html [2]……………….

	Call for ABE Student Writing -  Women's Perspectives 2009 - Issue #4
- Deadline: December 5, 2008

	Theme: Transition / Transformation. For details, lesson plans &
pre-writing activities, go to: 
http://www.litwomen.org/perspectives.html [3]

	 ………………. NIFL Diversity Listserv Discussion - Creating
networks to support women's literacy

	From Monday Dec. 1 to Friday December 12, Dr. Mev Miller will be
facilitating a guest discussion on the NIFL Diversity list:  Creating
networks to support women's literacy. The focus of this discussion
will be on further developing a women and literacy hub/clearinghouse
for the nation. The specific focus of this discussion will be on how
local and regional efforts can gain visibility and support through
such a network/clearinghouse (or example, WE LEARN)?

	We encourage you to join the listserv for this discussion (you can
easily unsubscribe at the end of the 2 weeks). 

	a)    Go to: http://nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html [4]

	 b)    Scroll down to Diversity and Literacy -- click on that and
fill in the information to subscribe.

	c) ** This is the critical part: You will get an email requesting
confirmation of your subscription. You MUST respond or else, you will
not be subscribed.

	d)    At the end of the discussion you can unsubscribe, by going to
the same page and scroll down to see Unsubscribe and complete the
information that is requested. 

	 In preparation for this discussion, please start thinking about the
following:

	1)    What are individuals and programs doing locally to address
women's literacy issues? For this discussion, locally means in your
classroom, program, neighborhood, community, city, state. What you are
doing might be a curriculum, a specific type of program, or any kind
of organizing....and   more.

	2)    What do you need to support the work you are doing?

	 3)    Would you find regional (state or area of country) events or
conferences useful? Be specific - how and what would you need or
desire? How might a national organization facilitate regional
supports?

	4)     How can a national clearinghouse of information specifically
focused on women's literacy issues, curriculum, and research support
your work? What do you need it to do?

	 ……………….

	Holiday Gift Ideas  (Discounts available to WE LEARN Members)

	WE LEARN 5th Anniversary Year Calendar – Good to December 2009

	Pictures from WE LEARN events • Reflections by students and
educators on effects of WE LEARN’s work • Student writings• 
Resources Suggestions• Insights from WE LEARN’s projects•
Women-centered curriculum and lesson plan tips • Important
dates/holidays from multiple cultures• Months and days in English,
Spanish, French •  Room to write!• -- $12.00 (Members - $8.00)

	 Laboring to Learn: Women’s Literacy & Poverty in the Post-Welfare
Era by Lorna Rivera, Ph.D. University of Illinois Press, 2008.

	Throughout this study, the voices and experiences of formerly
homeless women challenge cultural stereotypes about poor women,
showing in per sonal and structural terms how social and economic
forces shape and restrict opportunities for low-income women of color.
Lorna Rivera served for 5 years on the WE LEARN Board of Directors as
a founding member. --  $25.00 (Members - $22.00)For order form and
additional ideas, go to: http://www.litwomen.org/08orderflyer.pdf [5]
Also, consider giving the gift of a Membership to WE LEARN  – For
more details go to: http://www.litwomen.org/membership.html
[6]........................
 Mev Miller, Ed.D., Directorwelearn at litwomen.org [7]
WE LEARNWomen Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource
Networkwww.litwomen.org/welearn.html 
182 Riverside Ave.Cranston, RI 02910401-383-4374


Links:
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[1] http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html
[2] http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html
[3] http://www.litwomen.org/perspectives.html
[4] http://nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/discussions.html
[5] http://www.litwomen.org/08orderflyer.pdf
[6] http://www.litwomen.org/membership.html
[7] mailto:welearn at litwomen.org
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