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Mev
Miller, Founder & Director of WE LEARN, welcomes the participants
and reads a letter of welcome
from Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro.
"This
(Net)Working conference offers an opportunity to reconnect
with our friends, peers, and colleagues but it is also a place
where we gain the strength and revitalization to do the work
of advocating for women's lives, especially through basic
education and literacy." |
The
conference opened on Friday morning with storyteller Valerie
Tutson. "She got people engaged right away and she got
us singing a song in four different languages, including American
Sign Language." "Fabulous!" "Lively &
marvelous."
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Marcia
Ann Gillespie provided the Keynote Address.
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WE
LEARN members - a panel of experts (l-r): Lorna Rivera (Board
Member), Char Caver (teacher, Project Hope), Daphne Greenberg
(Georgia State Univ. Atlanta), Carmen LeBron (ABE Student
Leader, MA) & Moderator, Sandra Bridwell (professor/researcher).
They provided insight on how women's literacy moves us all
to power and participation.
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Students
from Project Hope encouraged their teacher, Char Caver,
who presented on the panel. |
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deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we
are powerful beyond measure…. Reconnection to spirit
brings us to our power." – Char Caver |
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We
created an environment of caring, support, healing, and community
through flowers, music, good food, art, and quiet space for
reflection.
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We showed
an exhibit of picture cards (Game Face) that portray women
in a variety of sporting activities. Conference participants
were invited to offer their reflections on a nearby bulletin
board as a community writing project.
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Making
artbooks to express literacy journeys. |
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Donna
Jones presenting on shame. |
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Judith
Frank reads from Crybaby Butch |
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| Lorna
Rivera presents on the education of Latina women. |
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Workshop
Participants
Evaluation
Form: " I attended quality workshops and
very much enjoyed new people I met."
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Workshop
Participants
Evaluation
Form: "The conference provided such a
wonderful opportunity for women who are interested
in women's literacy to meet and discuss ways of
promoting WE LEARN. It also creates a sense of support
and connectedness among the women."
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Workshop
Participants
Evaluation Form: "I'm very excited
and energized by hearing from and meeting such great,
intelligent and hardworking women."
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Workshop
Participants
Evaluation Form: "I felt this weekend
was very powerful and moving. It allowed me to understand
situations that I had no idea about. It also helped
me to accept myself better and stir away some demons."
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Hillary
Otey, Ellen Braverman, & Estella Morris present
on the ABE program at Rosie's Place in Boston. |
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Reading
the Word |
Reading
the Word |
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Members
enthusiastically offered their ideas for the future of WE
LEARN. Click here
for the membership meeting minutes.
See
the Spring 2006 newsletter
for more comments about the conference. |
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Networking:
meeting old and new friends and alliances |
| We
came from across the U.S. & Canada ...and made our
suggestions for the conference location in 2007. |
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We
also generated ideas for the theme of the Women's Perspective
Student Writing Initiative for 2007. |
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