Hi Jackie,

I would add the VERA campaign, they have great classroom resources ( including the link to the Change Agent issue on the site).    The Voter Education, Registration, and Action campaign of 2008 (VERA 08) is a non-partisan effort aimed at adult learners and program staff in the New England states. Its goal is to educate adult learners about voting and the topical electoral issues, and mobilize them to vote in the 2008 elections. VERA is sponsored by the New England Literacy Resource Center<http://www.nelrc.org/> (NELRC) at World Education<http://www.worlded.org/>.
Website:  http://www.nelrc.org/VERA/

Jill Holloway, Director
RI Adult Education Professional Development Center
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www.ric.edu/aepdc<http://www.ric.edu/aepdc>
Building 30
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave.
Providence, RI  02908
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From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Jackie A. Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 8:12 AM
To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2594] Voting - why it matters and what you're doing about it

Hello Tom, Marcia and All:
I appreciate Tom Sticht's posting on the historical groundings of voting and adult literacy in our country and your responses. In August, I posted some elections resources here that were collected by ProLiteracy and by others on voting. I've since added this list to the PD Area of the ALE Wiki. What would you add to it - what have you found useful?

http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Voting_and_Elections

I also asked for us to share what we're doing in our programs and classrooms to help adult learners understand the elections process, its value, and the candidates' positions on issues that adult learners say are important. Like Marcia, I'm sure some of you have had challenges and successes in this regard. Now that we're full swing into fall, what are others doing about helping students with these issues? What were students' responses? What successes and challenges have you faced?

And in professional development, what are ways you're supporting programs and teachers in teaching one of the most important democratic practices in our country?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Jackie

Jackie Taylor, PD List Moderator, jackie at jataylor.net<mailto:jackie at jataylor.net>

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