[NLA] National Literacy Day

[Debbie Yoho]

Gloria, I'd be interested to hear more about why you feel a Literacy Day
should be scheduled around legislative calendars.  I can see a benefit, but
most any day would have some benefit.  I think of holidays as
commemorations, not strategies to advance policy, though I have no
objection to using a holiday that way.  If Congress were NOT in session on
Literacy Day, my congressman would be home so I could talk to him. 
September 8 is Frank Laubach's birthday.  International Literacy Day
commemorates his work worldwide, and also draws attention to the cause. Is
there anyone else who has contributed on such a scale that should be so
honored? I honestly don't know.    

Deborah W. Yoho
Co-moderator, NIFL-Health  and
Executive Director
Greater Columbia Literacy Council
921 Woodrow Street, Columbia, SC  29205
803-765-2555   Fax  803-779-8417   dwyoho at earthlink.net



_______________________________________________
NLA mailing list: NLA at lists.literacytent.org
http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/nla
LiteracyTent: web hosting, news, community and goodies for literacy
http://literacytent.org