So, didn’t get those tickets for the U2 concert tomorrow night? Fed up with not looking forward to another night of nothing to watch on TV? You’ve might have seen us post about our event, but might not be sure if it’s worth your time, so I’d thought I’d give you all an idea of what to expect at “Is Reading REALLY Fundamental? How Adult Literacy is Related to Other Social Issues.”
We will start things off by showing a video about Charles Rayford, a former adult learner at Catholic Charities’ adult education program, who recieved his high school diploma and is now doing great things.
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Talmadge Guy, Associate Professor, University of Georgia
Our featured speaker is Dr. Talmadge Guy, editor of Providing Culturally Relevant Adult Education: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century.
In his articles in the book, he writes about how adult literacy and learning is connected to culture:
“Because learning is essential to cultural reproduction, learning is also a central way of combating cultural domination and oppression. Focusing on culture as both object and subject of individual and group learning serves as a way of breaking the destructive cycle of racial, gender, and ethnic oppression.”
He will be talking about adult literacy and culture and why it matters.
You’ve probably heard a lot about health care reform, but what you probably haven’t heard about is health literacy and why people should care about it. Here’s another one of our speakers, Karyn Pomerantz, of GW’s School of Public Health and Health Services on health literacy:
Karen Pomerantz, George Washington School of Public Health and Health Services
“Health literacy is important for people to make the right health decisions for themselves and their families, such as dealing with H1N1 flu.
It is also critical that people have access to accurate information in order to support policies good for our health, such as comprehensive sexuality education in the public schools and needle exchange programs that reduce HIV transmission.
Perhaps we could then differentiate between scare tactics and the facts about health and health policy.”
She will be also talking about her volunteer experience teaching health in the context of preparing her students for the GED science test.
Other speakers include Stacey Smith, social worker at Bread for the City who will be sharing stories about his clients who need employment and also improvement with their literacy skills, and Juan Melendez, who will be sharing his experiences learning English.
There will also be opportunities to get involved such as volunteering, but even if you don’t have much time to volunteer, Jeff Carter, Executive Director of DC LEARNs and I will be talking about how you can use social media such as sharing blog posts and videos and using Facebook and Twitter to help us heighten the awareness of adult literacy in the district.
So, sound interesting? Then you have to be there! Besides, what else are you going to do on a Tuesday evening? Going to hang out with a significant other? You can bring them!
More details including time and location here: http://pitch.pe/24233
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