[NLA] Adult Literacy and Homeland Security

[David J. Rosen]

NLA Colleagues,


Thomas Sticht wrote in his Research Note of September 5, 2002 entitled

Adult Education, Literacy Development, and Homeland Security

 > It seems to me that a well implemented set of practices based upon a
 > sound and adequately supported  policy of lifelong learning for our
 > nation’s undereducated adults could help our nation meet both our
 > needs for workforce development for economic growth and our social and
 > defense needs for homeland security.

Daphne Greenberg wrote in her message of October 5:

  > 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.

Tom's re-posting of his message following Daphne's was intended, I
believe, to help in drawing the link between literacy work and homeland
security.

In her message on October 6, Kathleen Bombach gives some specific
examples of how VISTA volunteers could make contributions to
homeland security:

 > Maybe the Vista tutors could provide units on biological and chemical 
 > threats of all kinds, including to the environment, or the importance 
 > of immunizations, or the health care system, or civics literacy, etc.

I wonder if others have some concrete suggestions for how programs which 
have Americorps and Americorps*VISTA volunteers could make positive
contributions to homeland security.  If so, please post them.

David J. Rosen
NLA List Moderator








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