Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i16LLQI04876; Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:21:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 16:21:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <d0.44930989.2d555e59@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2678] preparing adult learners to vote X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5001 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 3820 Lines: 77 Dear Colleagues, The EFF Citizen/Community Member Role Map has four Broad Areas of Responsibility: Become and Stay Informed; Work Together; Form and Express Ideas and Opini ons; and Take Action to Strengthen Communities. The following information from the New England Literacy Resource Center speaks to us about how we can direct our attention and our teaching to all four of the BARS above, educating adult learners about their rights and responsibilities as citizens of this country. Thanks to NELRC for this campaign. All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4EFF List The New England Literacy Resource Center (NELRC) is in the process of launching a nonpartisan, Voter Education, Registration, and Action 2004 Campaign (VERA 04) aimed at adult literacy learners and program staff in the New England states. Our goal is to educate adult learners about voting and the topical electoral issues, and mobilize them to vote in the 2004 elections. We would like to offer some of the resources we are developing to any state or region from outside of New England that is interested in helping adult literacy (ESOL ABE,GED, EDP etc.) programs prepare adult learners to vote in the 2004 elections. Specifically, the March 2004 issue of our Change Agent paper will be focused on "Voting in the 2004 Elections." This edition will not feature specific candidates for office, but it will cover topics such as: - Why vote? Examples of when a handful of votes mattered greatly - Questions to ask and steps to take in picking the candidate that best represents you - How to evaluate campaign ads and read election literature critically - Historical perspectives on voting - Student narratives of their experiences with voting - Sections on five hot issues in the presidential elections: jobs and the economy, health care, money and politics, security and civil liberties Most articles will include learning activities to develop adult learners' reading, writing, math and critical thinking skills. We have grant funding to offer free copies of this issue in bulk to any state (or other entity) outside of New England that commits to disseminating the copies to literacy providers in their state well in advance of the Nov elections. We would need to charge for the UPS shipping costs. We need to receive your order by Wednesday, February 11. Please email your request, number of copies and shipping address to: angela_orlando@worlded.org (NOT ME). We may need to adjust the number of copies requested based on the level of interest. If you are interested in replicating our VERA campaign check out www.nelrc.org/VERA for more information. We can make the following resources available to you so you don't have to start from scratch: ~ "Join The VERA 04 Campaign" flyer as a PageMaker file that can be modified easily for different state contexts by states. ~ "Preparing Adult Learners to Vote in the 2004 Elections" workshop outline will be available on www.nelrc.org/VERA web site by March 2004. NELRC is also providing training-of-trainers workshops for professional development providers and interested practitioners from around New England on using this issue of The Change Agent in instruction. Other states are most welcome to use and adapt our outlines to promote this issue of The Change Agent and adult learner voting. ~ We may be able to make our online VERA registration on Zoomerang available to you. Call me to discuss specifics. I hope many of you will join the New England states to get the vote out this year. Silja Kallenbach ********************************************* Silja Kallenbach, Coordinator New England Literacy Resource Center World Education 44 Farnsworth Street Boston, MA 02201 tel. 617-482-9485 fax. 617-482-0617 email. silja_kallenbach@worlded.org
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