Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j5EEJhG02833; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:19:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:19:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20050614141809.73577.qmail@web54106.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Annette Langdon <annettelangdon@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10935] Re: Globalization materials X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 3398 Lines: 115 Elsa, Thank you for your post. I am very interested in your initiative as an activist and adult ed teacher. There are many resources from the activist community that could be adapted and used for classroom purposes. Some key groups include: 50 Years is Enough Network www.50years.org Jubilee USA www.jubileeusa.org Center for Economic Justice www.econjustice.net Just Associates www.justassociates.org Development GAP www.developmentgap.org EPICA www.epica.org Nicaragua Network www.nicanet.org Bank Information Center USA www.bicusa.org Many of these groups are involved in adult education initiatives surrounding globalization outside of the U.S. and would be helpful in developing curricula and programs for use here in the U.S. I'd be very interested in learning more about your initiative off-list. Annette Langdon Washington, DC --- Elsa Auerbach <elsa.auerbach@umb.edu> wrote: > We are writing to request your help with an > initiative to develop adult > education materials related to globalization. > > We are an informal group of adult educators with a > shared interest in > infusing analysis of globalization into our various > curricula and > organizational activities. Although globalization > is not new (existing > since the times of colonialism and taking various > forms through the > centuries), our focus is on the increasing dominance > of transnational > corporations in controlling the global economy. > > We feel that a critical understanding of the impact > of globalization on > communities, work, and families is necessary both > for ourselves as educators > and for ABE/ESOL students. > > As a first step in develop strategies for connecting > economic analysis with > the day-to-day realities of learners¹ lives, we need > to inform ourselves > about what others have done in this regard. We are > writing in hopes that you > can send us information about resources, materials, > and > initiatives/organizing work in relation to the many > manifestations of > globalization, including: > > - changes in the job market, types of jobs available > - trade, tariff agreements, open markets, NAFTA, > CAFTA > - structural adjustment > - forced migration > - privatization, deregulation (utilities, water, > etc.) > - dismantling of social services (welfare, health > care, etc.) > - concentration of wealth, growth of poverty > - sweatshops, child labor > - ecological and environmental damage > - decimation of human rights > - remittances > > In the long term, we hope to work on strategies, > materials, and curriculum > to share with other educators. If we are able to > secure funding, we also > hope to bring together people who are active in this > kind of work to > strategize together. > > Please email this request to anyone who may have > relevant information > (spread the word!). Responses can be sent to: > > Elsa.auerbach@umb.edu > > Thank you. > > Elsa Auerbach, University of Massachusetts/Boston > Rebecca Johnson (Cooperative Economics for Women), > Boston, MA > Stephania Lavalas, AFAB (Association of Haitian > Women in Boston), Boston, MA > Mirna Merced, Centro Presente, Cambridge, MA > Laurie Sheridan, World Education, Boston, MA > > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html
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