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Lorna
Rivera, Co-Chair of the WE LEARN Board, welcomes participants and
opens the conference. |
Mev
Miller, Founder & Coordinator of WE LEARN, offers a brief history
and the vision of WE LEARN and introduces keynote speaker, Barbara
Neely. |
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The First
Annual WE LEARN Conference was attended by close to 100 people
from New England and mid-Atlantic states. 10% of the attendees
were adult women learners.
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WE
LEARN exhibited women-centered adult basic reading and curriculum
materials. This
display offered a hands-on look at some of the resource materials
listed on the Resources page of the WE LEARN website. (www.litwomen.org/Resources.html) |
Silja
Kallenbach presented information on writing for The Change Agent:
Adult Education for Social Justice and offered useful activities
focused on how to use the paper with learners. |
Pictured
above & to the right:
Presenters
Anna Yangco and Char Caver welcomed participants into their workshop
by replicating the healing and supportive atmosphere they create
at Project Hope in Dorchester MA. Students from Project Hope also
spoke about their experiences with learning, providing moving experiences
for workshop participants. |
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Elsa
Auerbach worked with teachers and learners on participatory
methods to facilitate student writing. |
Mev
Miller provided a tour of the WE LEARN website at the Clark Technology
Center. Participants then did some hands on activities to use the
website. |
Students
learned and discussed some helpful writing tips from Sally Gabb.
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Students
& teachers from several programs attended together. Claudia
Vierra (student), Richard Goldberg (teacher) and Mabel Yeung (student)
are from Asian American Civic Association (AACE) in Boston, MA.
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Members
enthusiastically offered their ideas for the future of WE
LEARN. Click here
for the membership meeting minutes. |
We
couldn't have done it without our volunteers: Cathi Murray, Val
Flaherty, and Cheryl Monahan. |
The newly
elected (and post-conference relieved) WE LEARN Board:
Anna Yangco,
Alison Cunningham, Nancy Howard (Co-Chair), Lorna Rivera (Co-Chair),
Sally Gabb (Treasurer), Mev Miller (Founder, Coordinator &
Ex Officio) and Dana Huber (Secretary).
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