January
27 – February 1
NLAW is a Student
Coalition for Action in Literacy Education [SCALE] initiative for strengthening
literacy activism. During the week, campus literacy programs nationwide join
together to raise awareness about literacy and create change on their campuses
and in their communities.
To raise awareness:
- Help people understand the need for
literacy services locally or nationally.
- Inform your community about the
importance of having adequate literacy skills, and what it means for those who
do not.
- Raise awareness about your
program’s activities and the essential work you
do.
- Make connections
between literacy and other social justice issues by demonstrating the very real
relationships operating in society (e.g., literacy and racism, poverty, sexism,
immigration, health needs).
To make change:
- Address a social justice issue in
your local community or on campus.
- Advocate for changes in a local
school.
- Lobby local, state or national
elected officials to commit more resources for literacy
initiatives.
- Pressure
decision-makers in education (or other human service areas) to embrace policies
and practices that benefit learners most and lead to greater justice and
equality.
February 1, 2014
from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (EST)
Hunter Phillips
Goodman @ 10am
the history of student-led service
movements
Lucy Lewis @ 11am
her experiences with voting rights in
the 1970s and now
