Dear Daphne,

 

I know I can't speak on behalf of all NIFL lists participants, but in my
heart I know they all are grateful for your knowledge, wisdom, courage,
resourcefulness, as well as the time and energy that you put into
building this list to a significant resource for the field.   I hope the
archives will still be available for people who want to focus their
attention on women literacy issues.  When we started this list in
January 1999, we all knew there is a great need for understanding and
researching more about all aspects of issues related to women and
literacy.  We needed to know more about the extent and impact of low
literacy among women (especially single mothers) on issues such as
improving education level of societies, on economic growth, raising
family, improving mental and physical health, on improving women human
rights and other factors.  However, we were not sure how the field will
respond to the list and what direction the list will take.  Daphne,
today, after eight years of your leadership, and approximately four
thousand postings and lively discussions on this list, as a filed we are
more aware, educated, resourceful about the above issues as well as
issues related to women-centered literacy instruction and professional
development. This is a significant achievement for you as the list
moderator and for our field and I hope that although the focus of the
new list is split into two different topics, the uniqueness of women
literacy will still be a major focus and in-depth discussion will result
in more sound policies, research and actions on this issue.

 

I need to say that it was a great honor for me to know you and to work
with you.  You have been a source of hope and energy for me and I know
for many others as well.

 

Best Wishes for You. 

 

Jaleh Behroozi Soroui

National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) 

American Institutes for Research 1

990 K Street, NW Suite 500 

Washington, DC 20006

Phone: 202/403-6958

email: jsoroui at air.org

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Daphne Greenberg [mailto:alcdgg at langate.gsu.edu]

Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 8:19 PM

To: womenliteracy at nifl.gov

Subject: thanks

 

This Monday, the women and literacy listserv will be closed. Therefore,
I wanted to take this opportunity to extend to each and every one of you
a very sincere thank you for participating in each of your own ways.

Some of you I have "known" since 1999, when we started on this listserv
journey together, and others of you I have only recently had the
pleasure to "meet." I feel like we have been through a lot together, and
I was touched by the honest sharing, empathy, compassion, interest,
willingness to help, courage to throw out questions, and desire to reach
out to others on this listserv. There are two special people that I want
to acknowledge as I say my good bye:

First and foremost is Jaleh Behroozi Soroui. Without her courage,
persistence, and never-ending fight for what is right, this listserv
would not have come into fruition. She championed the cause of women and
literacy right from the start, and always pushed for us to have a home
in NIFL. She taught me how to fight for my beliefs, how to never give
up, and how to always ask questions, even when the questions are
uncomfortable ones. To this day, she is one of my role models. 

I would also like to thank David Rosen. In the early days, before I
became a facilitator, he encouraged me to join his listserv. I was
nervous, finally joined, and then stayed as a lurker for a long time,
until with his gentle encouragement started to post emails. It is
because of him that I started on my listserv journey, and it is because
of him that I gained the courage to finally one day, when the
opportunity arose, become a listserv moderator. His advice helped me
when I made mistakes (and I made quite a few in the early days), and I
continue to value his opinion when an issue arises.

To all of you, thank you, thank you, thank you. This listserv has added
richness to my personal and professional life. I look forward to
continuing the next phase of my listserv journey on the poverty race
women and literacy listserv with you. If you do not decide to join, then
I wish you the best, and maybe our paths will connect in some other
arena.

Daphne

 

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

 

 

 

 

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