After counting the votes, two readings have been selected for our first reading discussion that Mev Miller will facilitate from August 15 - 22, 2006:

1) Moving Beyond "Stupid": Taking Account of the Impact of Violence on Women's Learning (12 pages)

2) Chapter 5 from Too Scared to Learn, "Learning in the Context of Trauma: The Challenge of Setting Goals" (37 pages)

If you are interested in participating in the discussion, please download and read these two articles from the Jenny Horsman  website: http://www.jennyhorsman.com 
(if you look at the right side bar of her website, you will see the two readings listed. Click on the readings and you will be taken to the material. Depending on your computer, it may take a few minutes for the article to download):

*** These articles are posted as a courtesy on the Internet for the purposes of this discussion. They will be available for download only until August 22, 2006. ***

As supplemental reading, you may also want to look at this article  available on the WE LEARN website:
"But Is It Education?" The Challenge of Creating Effective Learning for Survivors of Trauma -- Women's Studies Quarterly, 32: #1&2, 2004--  (16 pages)
http://www.litwomen.org/Research/horsman_wsq.pdf 

A special thank you to Mev for facilitating, and to Jenny for making her work available to us!

Guidelines for Discussion
*  Do not begin discussing the articles until the group is formally  opened by the facilitator on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 (this will give participants time to read prior to discussion).

*  During the designated discussion period, use the assigned discussion subject line each time you post. (Mev will announce it in email that opens the discussion)

*  Be mindful that many people only check email once a day or sporadically. As with any discussion, if you have made a post, please allow space and time for others to come into the discussion.

*  Remember, this is an open, public discussion. If you have something private or sensitive to respond, you may want to take it off list with an individual.

The discussion will begin on Aug. 15, 2006 with an opening statement by the facilitator, Mev Miller. We hope you will join us.

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Mev Miller, Ed.D. is director and founder of WE LEARN (Women expanding Literacy Education action resource Network -- http://litwomen.org/welearn.html). A long time feminist activist, Mev has years of experience in facilitating reading-discussion circles on a variety of women's issues. Her experience also includes facilitating 
Women Leading Through Reading Reading-Discussion Circles with women in both ABE and ESOL learning Settings.WE LEARN Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network www.litwomen.org/welearn.html 

Please encourage your friends/colleagues to join us. They can subscribe at:
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Womenliteracy 

Daphne Greenberg
Assistant Professor
Educational Psych. & Special Ed.
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu

Daphne Greenberg
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3977
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977
phone: 404-651-0127
fax:404-651-4901
dgreenberg at gsu.edu