WE LEARN 2008 Friday
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Conference Information
WE LEARN 5th Annual (Net)Working Gathering & Conference on Women & Literacy
Building Alliances / Construyendo Alianzas
March 7- 8, 2008
Fordham University at Lincoln Center
New York City
Co-sponsored with WE LEARN by the Fordham University Graduate School of Education
Conference Mission
Women continue to be separated by culture, language, literacy, geography; our differences are profound. The daily lives of women in adult basic/literacy education remain especially complex due to inequities based on race, class, gender, and other diversities. This year’s conference will explore the differences that divide women and look to ways of building alliances across those differences.
To access the WE LEARN web page click here http://www.litwomen.org/welearn.html
To access the WE LEARN web page about the conference http://www.litwomen.org/conference.html
To access the WE LEARN web page about the sessions http://www.litwomen.org/conferences/2008/schedule.html#block1
Click here for information about Caucus Groups that will meet during the Conference WE LEARN 2008 Caucus Groups
Wiki Page Mission
This area of the wiki is dedicated to expanding the reach of the conference. Descriptions of each of the sessions have been uploaded to a separate web pages, and on those pages you are encouraged to post questions or thoughts about the topics covered. The hope is that ideas and questions posted prior to the conference will be introduced at the conference during the session. After the conference will we ask the presenter and attendees to responded to the questions on the web. In addition, some questions posted here on the wiki will be posted on large newsprint and attendees will be able to write responses. Those responses will also be uploaded after the conference is over.
See below for links to individual sessions.
Main conference page WE LEARN 2008 Conference
Saturday page WE LEARN 2008 Saturday
Friday: Focus for the day
Explore the differences that divide women
- How do barriers of race, class, culture and gender affect our ability to form authentic alliances for women’s literacy?
- What will assist women to better understand our differences in order to build voice, support, and alliances?
- How do women in ABE/ESOL grapple with interlocking oppressions?
Friday: Individual Sessions
Click to get information about each session and to post questions or comments.
9:30 – 10:45: Communal Event
11:00 – 12:30: Workshop Sessions Block 1
- WL08/1: Creating common language about racism = Building a diverse women’s movement (Part 1)
- WL08/2: Muslim Women of Mewat (India): Literacy and Sustainable Development
- WL08/4: Women in the Fight for Literacy: Obstacles and Support
1:30 – 3:00: Workshop Sessions Block 2
- Creating common language about racism = Building a diverse women’s movement (Part 2)
- WL08/7: Negotiating Meaning and Power: Literacy in the lives of women in transition after incarceration
- WL08/9: Landscapes of Difference: Culture, mobility, and learning in the construction of female identity
- WL08/10: “Reading Against the Odds”: Exercising the Power of Women’s Literacy
- WL08/11: Teaching Advantage for Parents, an integrated approach to workforce and parent needs
- WL08/12: LGBTQI and the Language of Sexual Diversities: From awareness to action.
3:00 – 4:00: Network Break Activities
- WL08/13: Discovering Ourselves (This activity will be available throughout the conference.)
- WL08/14: ABE Student Caucus: Facilitated by SALU Students
- WL08/15: Gatekeepers: The Role of Adult Education Practitioners and Programs in Social Control
5:00: Keynote Address
- WL08/16: Keynote Meizhu Lui
