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 i961Pi809704; Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:25:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:25:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <12e.4da568b7.2e94a2e1@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:2854] Report for the Literacy Frees the World Tour X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Status: O Content-Length: 5552 Lines: 136 Colleagues: Below is a summary of the purpose of the Literacy Frees the World Tour, a listing of the tour stops, and an outline of the contents of the report. This posting calls attention to the availability of a final report on my Literacy Frees the World Tour. Anyone who wants an electronic copy of the 16 page report sent as an email attachment in Microsoft Word format can send an email to me at tsticht@aznet.net with your email address, the type of browser you use, and a request for the report. Tom Sticht Report Background and Overview On February 13, 2003, the United Nations Literacy Decade was launched, with the theme of Literacy as Freedom and a focus on issues of gender for 2004. A few months later, in May, 2003 I completed 25 years as a member of UNESCO’s International Jury that meets each year to select the winners of UNESCO’s annual literacy prizes. As this was my final year of service on the Jury, the Director-General of UNESCO recognized my years of voluntary service and presented me with the organization’s Mahatma Gandhi Medal. In early 2004, I decided that I would celebrate my receipt of the Mahatma Gandhi Medal by offering a series of speeches and/or workshops that would build on a number of activities that the United Nations and UNESCO are engaged in which bring together the ideas of literacy and freedom. Activities I was aware of included the fact that from 2000 to 2010 the international community is engaged in the International Decade for a Culture of Peace; 2005 to 2014 is the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development; and 2004 is the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition. Putting these various activities together, I decided to develop speeches and workshops that would celebrate the work of adult literacy educators around the world and indicate how they have contributed in the past to the achievement of Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, and how they will continue during the United Nations Literacy Decade to help adult new literates achieve these freedoms. In April of 2004 I offered a series of speeches or workshops for which I would charge no fee and only request that sponsors cover my travel expenses. I had a good response to my offer and I finally accepted invitations for the six month period from May through October to present 18 speeches/workshops in 13 cities in three nations: Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Following is a chronological listing of dates, places, and contact persons who made arrangements for the Tour. 1. May 4: Nevada, Reno, International Reading Association Meeting, Contact Annual Conference at www.reading.org 2. May 6: British Columbia, Castlegar, Canada, Contact Yvonne Chard at ychard at dccnet.com 3. June 11: Pennsylvania, West Middlesex, Contact Joy Zamierowski at jzamierowski at stairwaysbh.org 4. July 27: Kansas, Manhattan, Contact Diane Whitley at dwhitley at ksbor.org 5. July 28: Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Contact Brenda Solomon at bss1268 at okstate.edu 6. August 10: Texas, Austin, Contact Donna Bentley at valctx at yahoo.com 7. August 16: New Jersey, Atlantic City, Contact Claudia Merkel-Keller at Claudia.Merkel-Keller at dol.state.nj.us 8. August 24: Maine, Orono, Contact Evelyn Bealieu at evelyn.beaulieu at umit.maine.edu 9. September 10: Ohio, Columbus, Contact Maureen O’Rourke at morourke at ohioliteracynetwork.org 10. September 16: Michigan, Detroit, Contact Daphne Ntiri at dntiri at aol.com 11. September 21: Louisiana, New Orleans, Contact Peg Reese at preese at loyno.edu 12. October 8: Mitchell, South Dakota, Contact Kim Olson at kimo.cclc at midconetwork.com 13.October 18: London, England, Contact Ursula Howard at u.howard at ioe.ac.uk REPORT ON THE LITERACY FREES THE WORLD TOUR The first part of this report includes four sections which provide remarks regarding the work of adult literacy educators contributing to the achievement by adult learners of each of Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. The second part of the paper discusses four contemporary ideas of sustainable development, life cycles education, teaching multiple literacies, and issues of globalization and adult literacy education. Following is the title and a listing of the contents presented in the report. LITERACY FREES THE WORLD: A Vision of the Future Through a Prism of the Past PART 1. ADULT LITERACY EDUCATORS AND THE FOUR FREEDOMS FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION A String of Pearls: How Three Ladies of Adult Literacy in the 20th Century Stimulated the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s FREEDOM OF WORSHIP (and Freedom of Diversity of Beliefs in General) The Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs and her Work to Teach Slaves and Freedmen to Read FREEDOM FROM WANT The Functionality of Literacy: Lessons From India in the work of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Welthy Honsinger Fisher (1879-1980), Frank C. Laubach (1884-1970), Malcolm Adiseshiah (1910-1994) FREEDOM FROM FEAR Liberatory, Participatory, Learner-centered, Adult Literacy Education Paulo Freire (1921-1997), the REFLECT Approach to Adult Literacy Education PART 2. CONTEMPORARY CONCEPTS IN ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLES EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MULTIPLE LITERACIES FOR THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY GLOBALIZATION AND THE URGENT NEED FOR ADULT LITERACY EDUCATION
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