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WE LEARN
Women Expanding /
Literacy Education Action Resource Network
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WE LEARN

Mission & Vision

Membership

Annual Conference

Women's Perspectives

Women Leading
Through Reading

Work Groups / Committees

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WE LEARN
c/o Mev Miller
182 Riverside Ave.
Cranston, RI 02910
401-383-4374

welearn@litwomen.org

 

WE LEARN Projects

updated March 2010

We invite WE LEARN members -- learners, educators, and all advocates for women -- to become involved in the work of WE LEARN. We look forward to your participation.


Work Groups

WE LEARN work groups are open to all members who would like to join in the fun. Help create OUR organization! You may live anywhere in the U.S. or internationally. We try to meet face-to-face whenever possible, especially for people located in close regional areas. However, much of our work is accomplished through email and telephone conferencing.

To get involved, click here
or contact
welearn@litwomen.org
or 401-383-4374

Annual (Net)Working Gathering & Conference Commuinty Building & Membership (includes Student Leadersbhip) Curriculum Resources Development Fundraising
Newsletter Edictorial Team Research & Policy Technology & Communications Women's Perspectives
Women Leading Through Reading Board of Directors

 

Annual Conference
Women's Perspectives

The Annual WE LEARN (Net)Working Conference held in March focuses on a different theme each year. We need both local and national organizers.

Click here to see details of past conferences.

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The activities of this group include: fundraising for the annual issue, promoting the publication to teachers and students to encourage student writing, finding or producing illustrations for the issue, WP#5designing and laying out the issue, proofreading, and, most importantly, reading student writing for selection in the publication.

Click here to see more details about past issues.

 

Community Building & Membership
Curriculum Resources Development

The success and viability of WE LEARN depends on the participation and creativity of our membership. This committee will develop and support annual membership drives. This committee also supports:

  • ABE Student Leadership Support & Development

  • Regional Support Networks
    We encourage members to organize regionally to do local work and to keep the national WE LEARN Board up-to-date on local concerns.

 

We encourage learners & teachers to find, collect, evaluate women-centered literacy and curriculum materials to build the Resources Section of our website. Reviews of new materials, lesson plans, evaluations and so on are welcomed and appreciated.

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Fundraising
Board of Directors

WE LEARN invites you to help us build the financial resources of WE LEARN to insure our sustainability. Fundraising, grantwriting and other creative solutions needed.

We are currently hosting House Parties. Would you like to plan or host one in your area? Please let us know and we can send you detailed instructions & supports.

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Would you like to take on a stronger leadership role in WE LEARN? We are always working to make our board representative of our constituents. In the next year, we also plan to develop an Advisory Council as well. board2009
Women Leading Through Reading
Newsletter

wltr logoWomen Leading Through Reading (WLTR) Discussion Circles are student-centered and woman supportive. Based on the experiences of "book clubs," women learners connect their reading and discussion to issues and concerns important for their lives as women. The WLTR Circles assist each student to develop her confidence, leadership, and critical thinking skills. The Circles are co-facilitated by women volunteers from the local community.

Click here to see more details.

We are working to develop an editorial team. Some of this work includes: writing articles, doing interviews, reviewing resource materials, highlighting current policy or research of importance to our members, editing or proofreading, seeking artwork, helping with layout and design…and more…

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Technology & Communications
Research / Policy

In addition to creating content & design for the website, this committee will explore ways to broaden our communications through blogs, internet surveys, wiki, and other forms of communication technology.

We are seeking volunteers with website design skills, BUT you do not need to have website design skills to participate on this committee.

This work group will explore gender-based differences in learning and make recommendations about resources on policy, legislation, & research links to add to our website.


Short-term Actions for WE LEARN Supporters

green box Be a voice. I will speak out for the rights of women to have access to literacy, basic education, and relevant women’s learning resources.

green box Encourage at least one friend or colleague to become a member of WE LEARN.

green box Attend the WE LEARN Annual (Net)Working Conference and membership meeting.

green box Initiate Women Leading Through Reading Discussion Circles in my area using WE LEARN materials.

green box Promote WE LEARN’s publications, especially Women’s Perspectives & The Change Agent (#19) on women & literacy.

green box Write a review of one of the publications on the WE LEARN Resource List.

green box Write an article for the WE LEARN newsletter.

green box Connect with members of WE LEARN in my region of the country and develop projects supporting women’s literacy in our area.

green box Send a donation to financially support WE LEARN projects and/or the Elizabeth Morrish Memorial Student Scholarship Fund.

green box Take WE LEARN brochures & information to conferences or events I attend.

green box Students: Send writings, book reviews, or opinion essays to be included in the newsletter, Women’s Perspectives, or on the WE LEARN website student writing collection.

green box Teachers / Tutors: Send a lesson plan using women’s literacy resources or integrating women’s issues, a review of women-centered materials I particularly like.

green box Researchers: Send an article or summary discussing important research on women’s literacy. It can be for the newsletter and/or the website.

Your ideas and energy are encouraged and welcomed. If you have other creative ideas about what you can do for WE LEARN, please contact Mev Miller, Director of WE LEARN.


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