[Sabeswest] Understanding Racism workshop

[Michele Sedor]

Understanding Racism:  An Effective Strategy for Addressing the Performance Gap in Adult Education



    Friday, March 30, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at HCC, Room G221



    Presenters:  Margery Freeman, Regional Services Coordinator for ProLiteracy Worldwide and long-time trainer with The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (www.pisab.org) and Kate Hymes, Director of the Hudson Valley/Catskill Partnership:  Regional Adult Education Partnership

 

In this workshop, participants will engage with the following questions through the Undoing Racism analysis:

1.     Adult education promotes itself as educating those whom the education system has failed.  How much do we know and understand low literate and under-served populations?

2.     Adult educators promote the idea that improving adult literacy will improve a child's literacy.  How well do we serve parents whose children are consistent low performers in our schools?

3.     Adult educators promote the idea that there is a link between literacy and employment and income.  How much do we understand about the relationship between poverty and racism that impacts the underemployed and low literate members of our communities?



This workshop is intended for anyone in the field of adult education who is interested in examining how to make adult education classrooms and programs more equitable for all students.





Please see the attached flyer and calendar.sabes.org for more information on this workshop including a longer description, more biographical information on the presenters and learning objectives.



To register:  Go to: calendar.sabes.org or contact Adrienne Morris at (413) 552-2586 or amorris at hcc.mass.edu



Questions:  Contact Michele at (413) 552-2442 or msedor at hcc.mass.edu





 
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