Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g34Ffju18066; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:41:45 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:41:45 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <B8D1CDE4.C37E%varshna@grandecom.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Varshna Narumanchi-Jackson <varshna@grandecom.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:919] FW: Laubach/LVA Joint Conference May 29-June 1 in San Diego X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: multipart/alternative; Status: O Content-Length: 14484 Lines: 309 > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --MS_Mac_OE_3100757477_35433446_MIME_Part Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Don't remember seeing this posted here; I apologize if this is redundant. vnj ---------- From: Harriet Smith <hsmith@COE.TAMU.EDU> Reply-To: Family Literacy in Texas - Issues & Concerns <FAMLIT-L@listserv.tamu.edu>, hsmith@COE.TAMU.EDU Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:04:22 -0500 To: FAMLIT-L@listserv.tamu.edu Subject: Laubach/LVA Joint Conference May 29-June 1 in San Diego FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LAUBACH/LVA JOINT CONFERENCE WILL MOVE MERGER FORWARD SYRACUSE, NY, MARCH 29, 2002- The First Joint National Conference of Laubach Literacy International (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc., (LVA) scheduled for May 29 through June 1, 2002, in San Diego, California, will give those who attend a first-hand look at the resources that will be forged into ProLiteracy Worldwide once these two literacy giants merge. "We want the joint conference to contribute to the merger process," says Peter A. Waite, executive director of Laubach Literacy Action (LLA), LLI's U.S. Programs division. "Laubach had a strong presence at LVA's conference last fall, and it gave us the opportunity to introduce ourselves along with our publishing and international programs to an audience that-surprisingly enough-didn't know much about us. LVA is bringing a lot to the table and we want LLA members to have the same chance to meet our new partners in person, to ask lots of questions, and to let us know what they think so that their ideas will help shape ProLiteracy Worldwide." Cultural change specialist Dr. Jennifer James has been slated as keynote speaker to set the tone for the discussions and challenges that lie ahead for the merging organizations. Dr. James, an urban cultural anthropologist and community activist who specializes in the areas of cultural change, diversity, and marketing intelligence will kick off the conference on Wednesday evening, May 29, 2002. Walter Anderson, chairman, CEO, and publisher of Parade Publications will be the keynote speaker at the Literacy for All dinner banquet on Friday, May 31, 2002. A high school dropout, Mr.Anderson obtained his GED in the Marine Corps and later went on to become valedictorian of his graduating class at Mercy College. He is a national spokesman for the GED and a director of the National Dropout Prevention Fund. He is also the author of several inspirational books and the recipient of four honorary doctorates. Other speakers will include: Dr. Victoria Purcell-Gates, professor of Literacy at Michigan State University and Alexander Weir, motivational speaker and winner of California's 1999 "Man of the Year" award. The four-day Literacy for All program will also highlight Laubach's international work with workshops and speakers from Afghanistan (Nasrine Gross, author and U.S. representative of NEGAR, based in Paris); India (Dr. Indira Koithara, managing trustee of Yuvaparivartan (Youth for Change) in Southern India); Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mulegwa Zihindula, director of REDECO in Kinshasa); and Magdalena Fisher, president of the Education Committee for Soroptimist International, La Mesa, Mexico. In addition, the joint conference team has slated some 80 workshops on literacy program management and training, recruiting volunteers, English-as-a-Second-Language instruction, learning disabilities, technology, women's literacy, workplace development, and correctional system literacy programs. The traditional Student Breakfast will include entertainment with a special performance by the Playwrights Project, a nonprofit arts education organization that promotes literacy, communication skills, and creativity through drama-based activities. Finally, some 30 information booths and vendors are expected to fill the Literacy for All Exhibit Hall. New Readers Press, LLI's publishing division, will display both new and tried-and-true favorite reading, writing, math, family literacy, ESL, staff development, and training materials (including several important new books at the ESL low-beginning level). Also, the Laubach Literacy Action staff and the New Readers Press ESL editor will be on hand to answer questions. For more information on the conference or to register, please visit www.laubach.org <http://www.laubach.org=A0=A0/> or www.literacyvolunteers.or= g <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/> or contact Robyn Smith at (315) 422-9121 Ext. 319 or by e-mail at: rosmith@laubach.org ### ABOUT LAUBACH LITERACY Laubach Literacy is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to helping adults and their families acquire the listening, speaking, reading, writing, mathematics, technical and problem-solving skills they need to improve their lives. Founded in 1955 by literacy pioneer Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Laubach Literacy is the oldest and largest literacy organization in the world, with more than 1,100 member programs throughout the United States and 73 partner programs in 41 developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Its U.S. publishing division, New Readers Press, produces and distributes 500 titles of adult educational materials to literacy organizations, schools, libraries and other institutions across the country. For more information on Laubach Literacy's U.S. publishing division, visit www.newreaderspress.com <http://www.newreaderspress.com/> . <http://www.newreaderspress.com/> For more information on Laubach Literacy, visit www.laubach.org <http://www.laubach.org/> <http://www.laubach.org/>. ### ABOUT LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, INC. LVA, Inc. is a national not-for-profit organization, managed by professionals, which delivers local literacy services through a network of approximately 350 volunteer literacy programs serving more than 70,000 adult literacy students and their families yearly. LVA, Inc. defines adult literacy as the ability to read, write, and speak English proficiently, to compute and solve problems, and to use technology in order to become life-long learners and to be effective in the family, in the workplace, and in the community. For more information, please visit www.literacyvolunteers.org <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/> <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/> >. Cara Roethel Corporate Communications Laubach Literacy International Phone: 315.422-9121, ext. 334 ___________________________________ Harriet Vardiman Smith Materials/Research Coordinator Adult Literacy Clearinghouse Texas Center for Adult Literacy & Learning Texas A&M University 800-441-READ website: www-tcall.tamu.edu email: tcall@coe.tamu.edu=20 --MS_Mac_OE_3100757477_35433446_MIME_Part Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>FW: Laubach/LVA Joint Conference May 29-June 1 in San Diego</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Don't remember seeing this posted here; I apologize if this is redundant. v= nj<BR> <BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Harriet Smith <hsmith@COE.TAMU.EDU><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>Family Literacy in Texas - Issues & Concerns <FAMLI= T-L@listserv.tamu.edu>, hsmith@COE.TAMU.EDU<BR> <B>Date: </B>Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:04:22 -0500<BR> <B>To: </B>FAMLIT-L@listserv.tamu.edu<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Laubach/LVA Joint Conference May 29-June 1 in San Diego<BR> <BR> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<BR> <B><U>LAUBACH/LVA JOINT CONFERENCE WILL MOVE MERGER FORWARD<BR> </U></B>SYRACUSE, NY, MARCH 29, 2002-<BR> <BR> <BR> The First Joint National Conference of Laubach Literacy International <BR> (LLI) and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc., (LVA) scheduled for <BR> <B>May 29 through June 1, 2002, in San Diego, California</B>, will give <BR= > those who attend a first-hand look at the resources that will be forged <BR= > into ProLiteracy Worldwide once these two literacy giants merge.<BR> <BR> "We want the joint conference to contribute to the merger process,&quo= t;<BR> says Peter A. Waite, executive director of Laubach Literacy Action<BR> (LLA), LLI's U.S. Programs division. "Laubach had a strong prese= nce<BR> at LVA's conference last fall, and it gave us the opportunity to<BR> introduce ourselves along with our publishing and international<BR> programs to an audience that-surprisingly enough-didn't know much<BR> about us. LVA is bringing a lot to the table and we want LLA members<BR> to have the same chance to meet our new partners in person, to ask<BR> lots of questions, and to let us know what they think so that their<BR> ideas will help shape ProLiteracy Worldwide."<BR> <BR> Cultural change specialist Dr. Jennifer James has been slated as<BR> keynote speaker to set the tone for the discussions and challenges<BR> that lie ahead for the merging organizations. Dr. James, an urban<BR> cultural anthropologist and community activist who specializes in the<BR> areas of cultural change, diversity, and marketing intelligence will<BR> kick off the conference on Wednesday evening, May 29, 2002.<BR> <BR> Walter Anderson, chairman, CEO, and publisher of Parade Publications<BR> will be the keynote speaker at the Literacy for All dinner banquet on<BR> Friday, May 31, 2002. A high school dropout, Mr.Anderson obtained his<BR> GED in the Marine Corps and later went on to become valedictorian of<BR> his graduating class at Mercy College. He is a national spokesman for<BR> the GED and a director of the National Dropout Prevention Fund. He is<BR> also the author of several inspirational books and the recipient of<BR> four honorary doctorates.<BR> <BR> Other speakers will include: Dr. Victoria Purcell-Gates, professor of<BR> Literacy at Michigan State University and Alexander Weir, motivational<BR> speaker and winner of California's 1999 "Man of the Year" award.<= BR> <BR> The four-day Literacy for All program will also highlight Laubach's<BR> international work with workshops and speakers from Afghanistan<BR> (Nasrine Gross, author and U.S. representative of NEGAR, based in<BR> Paris); India (Dr. Indira Koithara, managing trustee of Yuvaparivartan<BR> (Youth for Change) in Southern India); Democratic Republic of the<BR> Congo (Mulegwa Zihindula, director of REDECO in Kinshasa); and<BR> Magdalena Fisher, president of the Education Committee for Soroptimist<BR> International, La Mesa, Mexico.<BR> <BR> In addition, the joint conference team has slated some 80 workshops <BR> on literacy program management and training, recruiting volunteers,<BR> English-as-a-Second-Language instruction, learning disabilities,<BR> technology, women's literacy, workplace development, and correctional<BR> system literacy programs. The traditional Student Breakfast will<BR> include entertainment with a special performance by the Playwrights<BR> Project, a nonprofit arts education organization that promotes<BR> literacy, communication skills, and creativity through drama-based<BR> activities.<BR> <BR> Finally, some 30 information booths and vendors are expected to fill<BR> the Literacy for All Exhibit Hall. New Readers Press, LLI's<BR> publishing division, will display both new and tried-and-true favorite<BR> reading, writing, math, family literacy, ESL, staff development, and<BR> training materials (including several important new books at the ESL<BR> low-beginning level). Also, the Laubach Literacy Action staff and the= <BR> New Readers Press ESL editor will be on hand to answer questions.<BR> <BR> For more information on the conference or to register, please visit<BR> www.laubach.org <http://www.laubach.org=A0=A0/>; or www.= literacyvolunteers.org <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org/>; <BR> or contact Robyn Smith at (315) 422-9121 Ext. 319 or by e-mail at: <BR> rosmith@laubach.org<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> ###<BR> ABOUT LAUBACH LITERACY<BR> Laubach Literacy is a nonprofit educational corporation dedicated to<BR> helping adults and their families acquire the listening, speaking,<BR> reading, writing, mathematics, technical and problem-solving skills<BR> they need to improve their lives. Founded in 1955 by literacy pioneer<BR> Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Laubach Literacy is the oldest and largest<BR> literacy organization in the world, with more than 1,100 member<BR> programs throughout the United States and 73 partner programs in 41<BR> developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin<BR> America. Its U.S. publishing division, New Readers Press, produces and<BR> distributes 500 titles of adult educational materials to literacy<BR> organizations, schools, libraries and other institutions across the<BR> country. For more information on Laubach Literacy's U.S. publishing<BR> division, visit www.newreaderspress.com <http://www.newreaderspress.com/= > .<BR> <http://www.newreaderspress.com/>; For more information on Lauba= ch<BR> Literacy, visit www.laubach.org <http://www.laubach.org/>; <h= ttp://www.laubach.org/>.<BR> <BR> <BR> ###<BR> ABOUT LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, INC.<BR> LVA, Inc. is a national not-for-profit organization, managed by<BR> professionals, which delivers local literacy services through a<BR> network of approximately 350 volunteer literacy programs serving more<BR> than 70,000 adult literacy students and their families yearly. LVA,<B= R> Inc. defines adult literacy as the ability to read, write, and speak<BR> English proficiently, to compute and solve problems, and to use<BR> technology in order to become life-long learners and to be effective<BR> in the family, in the workplace, and in the community. For more<BR> information, please visit www.literacyvolunteers.org <http://www.literac= yvolunteers.org/> <BR> <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org <http://www.literacyvolunteers.org= /> >.<BR> <BR> Cara Roethel<BR> Corporate Communications<BR> Laubach Literacy International<BR> Phone: 315.422-9121, ext. 334<BR> <BR> <BR> ___________________________________<BR> Harriet Vardiman Smith<BR> Materials/Research Coordinator<BR> Adult Literacy Clearinghouse<BR> Texas Center for Adult Literacy & Learning<BR> Texas A&M University<BR> 800-441-READ<BR> website: www-tcall.tamu.edu<BR> email: tcall@coe.tamu.edu <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --MS_Mac_OE_3100757477_35433446_MIME_Part--
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