Comments on: Tweet Up and Blogging from the 2010 COABE/ProLiteracy Conference

By: Jackie Taylor

Jackie Taylor — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:41:11 +0000

Hi All,

Here’s a URL to Rachel’s handouts from her session:

http://blog.ncladvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/COABE-presentation-2010.doc

Thanks, Rachel, for sharing your materials with us.

Best…Jackie

By: Tristan Pendergrass

Tristan Pendergrass — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:56:31 +0000

Hi Everyone,
I’m Tristan Pendergrass and I did the drawing for the three gift certificates. Jackie Taylor has three prizes for three persons right now:

Nell Eckersley
David Greene
Jody Angelone

Jackie Taylor will email you.

Bye.

By: Ochieng Khairalla

Ochieng Khairalla — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:43:55 +0000

Public Policy and Advocacy are instructive imperatives of social change as they express in very profound ways, the collective aspirations of society. They are rooted in shared values and principles and constitute desired means to the desired ends.

By: Jackie Taylor

Jackie Taylor — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:25:38 +0000

Hi David,
Thank you for your compelling message. I agree with you! I’m wondering, did you attend sessions where you noticed that leadership potential being cultivated? What do we need to do better in terms of cultivating this leadership at local, state, and national levels — that’s not being done now?

I look forward to your thoughts,

Jackie

By: Jackie Taylor

Jackie Taylor — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:18:57 +0000

Hi Rachel!
I regret that I missed your session. As you know, I was providing technical support (with Marsha) on the various strand sessions listed here. However, I’d love to hear how your session went. Will you (and others) tell us about it? What was attendance like? What resonated with folks? Etc.

Also, are there resources you shared in your session that you could share with us here on the blog? (feel free to email me any files that are not online and we can post them here.)

Thanks, and it was good to see you at conference!

Jackie

By: Brenda Keisler

Brenda Keisler — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:47:28 +0000

This is the 5th COABE / 2nd ProLiteracy Coference in a row that I have been privileged to attend. Most of the sessions have been wonderful (one or two so-so). What do you do with the knowledge you obtain at these conferences? Just to share an idea that we practice at our Adult Ed center: When you return home and while all of this brain-overload is still fresh, organize your materials and share your new knowledge with your co-workers! Our boss sets up an in-service time for us to share, thus giving our department more ROI (Return on Investment). Try it!

As for “advocacy” – this blog is a great way to spread the word! Be sure to share this website with your legislators on the state and federal level. Thanks NCL!

By: David Greene

David Greene — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:14:05 +0000

It’s time for the literacy community to call for a massive literacy campaign in the United States. Adult students and potential students in communities across the country should be at the center of this movement which should address the need for functional, financial, environmental, health and other literacies. As these literacies are fundamental to survival and success, inadequate and tenuous funding for programs should be brought to public attention.

Initiating adult education classes and workshops for advocacy and organizing of students, teachers and communities needs to be made a priority, integrated with
academic and skills education. The current political situation for adult education and literacy is untenable, but the potential
for leadership development and social change is inspirational.
It’s time to be bold and not accept business, as usual.

By: Rachel Nicolosi

Rachel Nicolosi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:10:15 +0000

Hi Everyone – I invite you to attend the advocacy workshop I am hosting that will be a conversation on aspects of advocacy that have kept our field on the sidelines, including stigma of the issue and lack of infrastructure in the field. I believe we have a lot in common with fields of mental health and HIV and have invited people from those areas to share with us what they have done regarding overcoming stigma and and talking to policymakers about their issue. I will also share what I have learned about advocacy in post-disaster New Orleans.

**NOTE: SCHEDULE CHANGE – I asked to move my presentation time slot when I learned last week about the public policy debate scheduled for the same time – so what is in the program will be different from the time here below.

Thursday, March 18 – 10:30am – 11:15am – Fourth Floor, Room 4A

Presentation Title: Community Literacy: A Conversation on Getting Past Our Own Boundaries for Community Prosperity
Presentation Abstract: This interactive conversation will attempt to get to the heart of why the adult literacy field still struggles on the sidelines after years of advocacy and public campaigns and what we can do to move beyond our own boundaries to true community literacy.
Lead Presenter: Rachel Nicolosi, Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans

By: Jackie Taylor

Jackie Taylor — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:04:39 +0000

Hello!
You might be leading a session related to public policy or advocacy that is not listed in the above Public Policy Strand. If so, feel free to post your session information here! Let’s take advantage of this opportunity to network on advocacy-related issues.

Jackie Taylor