Return-Path: <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h1DJ8EP19729; Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:08:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:08:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <01C2D36A.70AD60C0.ldpierce@emlc.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Lisa Pierce <ldpierce@emlc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3908] RE: Need your help X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Status: O Content-Length: 10300 Lines: 301 I don't know about the HIV/AIDS & STD's material. Your local health department might have some resources. As for the pregnancy, if you meant prevention again I don't know, but for information during pregnancy there is a very good book called "Baby Basics" by the What to Expect foundation www.whattoexpect.org Lisa -----Original Message----- From: Jacquelynn Buck [SMTP:jackiebuck@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3907] Need your help Does anyone know of any good low-literacy, easy-to-read materials on HIV/AIDS, STDs and Teen Pregnancy that are available for free and/or over the web? Thanks! Jacquelynn Buck, MPH HIV/AIDS Health Education Specialist South Carolina AIDS Training Network 803-777-4788 >From: "Debbie Yoho" <dwyoho@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: nifl-health@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3906] SBO's are the Key Players... >Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:16:42 -0500 (EST) > > >From Gail: "...(CBO's) are the key players when it comes to >providing service to adults at the lowest proficiency levels." > >Gail, I'm interested in whether there is any evidence, research, etc. that >demonstrates the truth of this statement, much as I agree with it, or do >you think the idea is basically an opinion? > >My Board is struggling with decisions about how to focus our advocacy >message, with increasing concern that while we seem to be the only real >voice (locally) inclusive of adults at the lowest proficiency levels, we >also want to frame our message in a broader way to dispel the idea that the >lowest-level learners are the ONLY ones we serve, or are the only ones we >are fit to serve. > >Deborah W. Yoho >Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv >President, SC Adult Literacy Educators >Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council >2728 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29205 >803-765-2555 Fax 803-779-8417 dwyoho@earthlink.net > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> > > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov> > > Date: 2/12/2003 7:56:11 AM > > Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:3905] Re: [NIFL-4EFF:2289] RE: Task Force Named >for >CAAL Community Coll > > > > Friends, > > > > I personally want to assure you that CAAL itself is committed to > > seeing that voluntary organizations, CBOS, and other key components > > of the provider system are properly protected and represented in this > > exercise. In fact, one of the motivating forces for the founding of > > CAAL was my belief that voluntary organizations/CBOs at the local > > level are getting short shrift in the application of current law, and > > in the allocation of funds whether from state or federal sources. > > This despite the fact that they are the key players when it comes to > > providing service to adults at the lowest proficiency levels. > > > > Community colleges are one of many resources -- libraries are > > another -- that are available as service providers to the adult > > education and literacy system, and what CAAL means to do is look for > > ways that the colleges and the adult education and literacy system > > can do a better job, on their own and together, in service to adult > > literacy. We believe both parties to the equation stand to benefit. > > You will note that we have been careful on the task force to select > > people who can well represent the interests of voluntary and other > > ABE groups. > > > > I hope that anyone who wants to share their views and concerns and > > hopes with the project study director, Forrest Chisman, will do so. > > Feel free to e-mail him at forrest@crosslink.net. You will > > appreciate that he will not have time for listserv discoursing, but I > > know that he will welcome hearing from any interested parties > > directly. I will be glad to hear from you, too, of course, and will > > be pleased to pass along your comments. I have a special fondness in > > my heart for local LVA and Laubach tutoring programs. > > > > Gail S > > > > Gail Spangenberg > > President > > Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy > > 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Fl > > New York, NY 10020 > > > > > > > > >I have complete confidence that our member from Oregon will assure that > > >volunteer organizations, all CBOs and community colleges work together. >She > > >is a collaborator from the get-go and thinks holistically about moving >the > > >client/student down the learning continuum through cross-agency >agreements. > > >Va > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Bonnie Odiorne [mailto:bodiorne@c4k.org] > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:54 > > >To: Multiple recipients of list > > >Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2288] RE: Task Force Named for CAAL Community >College > > >Project > > > > > > > > >I would also add to Marti Lane's post other not-for-profit education > > >providers via the Department of Labor (mostly TFA clients) and the >Workforce > > >Investment Act. Although given the threats to adult education in the > > >language of the current resolution before the House, the "equitable" > > >application process for these grants may disappear, as well as >"equitable" > > >treatment of clients, and the unemployed or underemployed not on >Welfare... > > >Best regards, Bonnie Odiorne, Ph.D. Adult Educator and Program >Facilitator > > >ABE, ESL, French, Employment, Technology > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: nifl-4eff@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-4eff@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Martha >A. > > >Lane > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:08 AM > > >To: Multiple recipients of list > > >Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2286] RE: Task Force Named for CAAL Community >College > > >Project > > > > > > > > >Colleagues, > > >I think this task force will provide valuable information to the field. >I > > >sincerely hope that it will also cover helping community colleges >discover > > >what volunteer-based literacy projects in their communities are already > > >doing. We, too, provide ABE services for many people. In fact, many > > >literacy and ESL students would not get into community college systems > > >without the services and encouragement provided by local, >volunteer-based > > >literacy programs. > > > > > >Marti Lane, President > > >Association of Florida Laubach Organizations > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: nifl-4eff@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-4eff@nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Gail > > >Spangenberg > > >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 8:54 AM > > >To: Multiple recipients of list > > >Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2285] Task Force Named for CAAL Community College > > >Project > > > > > > > > > > > >TASK FORCE NAMED FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROJECT > > > > > > > > >NEWS RELEASE - February 11, 2003 - The Council for Advancement of Adult > > >Literacy (CAAL) today announced the task force membership for its > > >recently-launched community college project. That project is part of >CAAL's > > >program to help develop state-level resources and foster effective >state > > >policy development and planning in adult education and literacy. >"Community > > >colleges provide ABE services for millions of adults now," noted CAAL > > >president Gail Spangenberg, "but the links between their services and > > >between community colleges and other service-providing institutions in >the > > >adult literacy system are weak or poorly understood. CAAL hopes to >increase > > >awareness of what the colleges are already doing and to provide >guidance, as > > >appropriate, on ways to strengthen their role." The task force will >meet > > >4-5 times during the 1.5-year life of the project. Several papers will >be > > >commissioned and published by CAAL including a final task force report >with > > >analysis and recommendations. Start-up funding has been provided by the > > >Nellie Mae Foundation, Verizon, and McGraw-Hill. Dr. Forrest P. >Chisman, > > >CAAL Vice President for Special Projects, will direct the project. > > > > > >In addition to Dr. Chisman, the task force is comprised of: > > > > > >Byron McClenney (Chair) > > >(American Association of Community Colleges representative) President > > >Kingsborough Community College City University of New York Brooklyn, >New > > >York > > > > > >Robert Bickerton > > >Director, Adult Basic Education > > >State Department of Education > > >Malden, Massachusetts > > > > > >Hunter Boylan > > >Director > > >National Center for Developmental Education > > >Reich College of Education > > >Appalachian State University > > >Boone, North Carolina > > > > > >JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall > > >Professor of Education & > > >Director, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Language, Literacy, and > > >Culture University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Baltimore, >Maryland > > > > > >Gerardo de los Santos > > >Vice President for Advancement > > >League for Innovation in Community Colleges > > >Phoenix, Arizona > > > > > >Sarah Hawker > > >Vice President > > >Workforce Development and Adult Education > > >Illinois Community College Board > > >Springfield, Illinois > > > > > >Lennox McClendon > > >Executive Director > > >National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium >Washington, > > >D.C. > > > > > >Patricia Rickard > > >Director, > > >Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) > > >San Diego, California > > > > > >Sharlene Walker > > >Director > > >Adult Basic Skills and Family Literacy Unit > > >Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development Salem, >Oregon > > > > > >Ex officio: > > >Sandra Baxter > > >Interim Director > > >National Institute for Literacy > > >Washington, D.C. > > > > > > > > > > > >Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy > > >1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Floor > > >New York, NY 10020 > > >Phone 212-512-2363 > > >e-mail: bheitner@caalusa.org > > >http://www.caalusa.org > > > > > >Washington Office: > > >(Forrest Chisman) > > >Phone 410-643-0135 > > >Fax: 410-643-0137 > > >e-mail: forrest@crosslink.net > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > > -- > > > > 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610 _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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