[Libs-Or] Fwd: *Important* News Flashes from WE LEARN

[Diedre Conkling]

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From: WE LEARN <welearn at litwomen.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 20:21:54 -0500

News Flashes, November 2007

1) 2008 Conference Call for Proposals
2) Call for writings for Women's Perspectives
3) 5th Anniversary Celebration opens with Undoing the Silence
4) Calendar Cover Contest!
5) Fall Newsletter

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1) 2008 Conference Call for Proposals

WE LEARN 5th Annual (Net)Working Gathering & Conference on Women &  
Literacy
Building Alliances / Construyendo Alianzas

http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html

March 7- 8, 2008
Fordham Univ. at Lincoln Center in New York City, NY
Co-Sponsored with WE LEARN by Fordham University Graduate School of  
Education

** The Call for Proposals is now available -- both poster & form are  
available in English and Spanish. **

DEADLINE for Application: Nov. 30, 2007
Please apply using the Internet form.

http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2008/props08.html

Sponsorship, advertiser, and exhibitor information also available:  
http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2008/sponsors.pdf

Registration and hotel information will be available by the end of  
November.

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2) Call for writings for Women's Perspectives #3 (2008) / Women & Money

Call for Writings by Adult Basic/Literacy Education Students --  
Writers must be adult literacy/basic education students attending  
classes or working with a tutor.

For details and forms go to: http://www.litwomen.org/perspectives.html

Women's Perspectives #3: Women and Money will showcase writings by  
adult literacy/basic education students across all levels. Student  
writers are encouraged to reflect and to write on the theme of women  
and their experiences with finances, class, security, income, and  
other everyday issues related to women’s lives as affected by money.  
All forms of writings accepted: Stories – personal or creative,  
Poems, Opinion essays, Advice, Budget or Action Plans. Original  
artwork about this theme will also be accepted.
Lesson Planning Ideas & Worksheet also available: www.litwomen.org/ 
perspectives.html

Deadline: January 18, 2008

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3) 5th Anniversary Celebration opens with a special workshop:   
Undoing the Silence: Bringing New Writers to Powerful Voice

On November 2, 2007, WE LEARN launched our 5th anniversary  
celebration year with a workshop in Boston facilitated by Louise  
Dunlap, author of Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change  
Writing. This event, attended by ABE/ESOL students and teachers as  
well as community people, was designed to prepare students to write  
for Women's Perspectives #3. Louise shared practical writing tools to  
help reluctant writers to get past their internal censors.

WE LEARN has developed a packet that shares components of that  
workshop with WE LEARN members and supporters. It includes a DVD of  
the "panel of experts" -- Boston-based writers, educators, and  
activists who provided important information and perspectives related  
to women and money, and their personal experiences of writing about  
them.
For more details, visit: http://www.litwomen.org/undoing.html

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4) Calendar Cover Contest!
We are celebrating the 5 year anniversary of WE LEARN!  We invite you  
to share in the creation of a calendar that marks this special  
occasion by submitting your original artwork and/or writing.  We are  
looking for quotes (from teachers & students), poetry, classroom  
ideas, photos from WE LEARN events, drawings, short reviews of  
recommended women-centered literacy materials or curriculum resources  
(and how you've used them), or any other reflections on your  
experiences with WE LEARN that have inspired you.  Design the cover  
for the calendar and win a bookstore gift certificate!  All  
submissions due by December 31, 2007!  All proceeds from the calendar  
to benefit the work of WE LEARN.


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5) Fall Newsletter

Yes - There will be a fall newsletter - it's on the way soon!



Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director

WE LEARN
Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network
www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

182 Riverside Ave.
Cranston, RI 02910
401-383-4374
welearn at litwomen.org



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