[NLA] literacy and homeland security?

[Daphne Greenberg]

Two weeks ago I visited a volunteer literacy program and heard something very scary from the executive director. For the last few years they have been utilizing Vista workers and recently they received a letter from the Vista office stating that if they cannot draw a link between the work being done in the literacy program and homeland security, the Vista workers would need to be pulled from the organization. 
I am sharing this for 2 reasons:
a. I think people should know.
b. I wonder if this represents a beginning of a new focus for our field.



Daphne Greenberg
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303-3083
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu
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