Hi, all, I hope you had a restful Labor Day weekend! And Happy International Literacy Day! The minutes are attached from last Wednesday's call. We did not have a quorum so will need to review two months' worth of minutes on our next call in mid-September. If you have not stated your preference on the call scheduler that went out, please do so ASAP so Jeff can select a meeting date. We need to finish preparing for the annual meeting on October 7 (board meeting on October 6). Thanks, everyone... Margaret Margaret Patterson, PhD Senior Researcher R-ALLY: Research Allies for Lifelong Learning Vienna, VA 703-399-5948 www.researchallies.org

Thanks Margaret! Is the afternoon of the 6th decided for an in-person board meeting in D.C.? Thanks, Michele From: Board [mailto:board-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On Behalf Of margaret@researchallies.org Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 6:14 PM To: National Coalition for Literacy Board Members List <board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> Subject: [NCL Board] 9/2/15 board call minutes (draft) Hi, all, I hope you had a restful Labor Day weekend! And Happy International Literacy Day! The minutes are attached from last Wednesday's call. We did not have a quorum so will need to review two months' worth of minutes on our next call in mid-September. If you have not stated your preference on the call scheduler that went out, please do so ASAP so Jeff can select a meeting date. We need to finish preparing for the annual meeting on October 7 (board meeting on October 6). Thanks, everyone... Margaret Margaret Patterson, PhD Senior Researcher R-ALLY: Research Allies for Lifelong Learning Vienna, VA 703-399-5948 www.researchallies.org<http://www.researchallies.org>

Hi all, I just saw this and thought it would be great to highlight - nice job World Ed! Introducing The Well Blog! Adult literacy has been at the heart of World Education’s work since it was established in 1951 in India and founded the Literacy House <http://worlded.bmetrack.com/c/l?u=584045A&e=7EBADC&c=A72D&t=0&l=7894739&email=5NBCtpoeECwWiMOFunNoXDciHg%2FVbFy1&seq=1> upon the urging of Mohandas Gandhi. Sixty-four years later, while gains have been made in many parts of the world, the need for literacy education remains great: there are nearly 800 million adults and out-of-school youth in the world with limited or no literacy and numeracy <http://worlded.bmetrack.com/c/l?u=584045B&e=7EBADC&c=A72D&t=0&l=7894739&email=5NBCtpoeECwWiMOFunNoXDciHg%2FVbFy1&seq=1>. In the U.S., adults’ basic skills are falling behind those of other developed nations. For the first time, the skills of young adults are lower than those of their parents’ generation. At the same time, people need even more different types of literacies to move ahead in their lives than in 1951. World Education’s approach to literacy education and how we define it has evolved and expanded commensurate with the skills adults need to navigate systems, pursue opportunities, and address problems successfully in their personal lives, work, and communities. To commemorate the Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, in this series of blog posts World Education/ U.S. staff share their views on what literacy means to us today and how we are helping to advance adult education in multiple ways. Our list is not comprehensive: there are not enough days in a week to feature all the types of literacy youth and adults need in today’s world! Please join the dialogue. Visit us at thewell.worlded.org <http://worlded.bmetrack.com/c/l?u=5840553&e=7EBADC&c=A72D&t=0&l=7894739&email=5NBCtpoeECwWiMOFunNoXDciHg%2FVbFy1&seq=3> every day this week to read more! Heather Heather Ritchie Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer 240-643-4612 hritchie6@gmail.com — President, MAACCE (2014-2016) www.maaccemd.org <http://www.maaccemd.org/> GO GREEN for LITERACY National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week Sept. 21-26, 2015 www.MAACCEmd.org > On Sep 8, 2015, at 6:13 PM, margaret@researchallies.org wrote: > > Hi, all, > I hope you had a restful Labor Day weekend! And Happy International Literacy Day! The minutes are attached from last Wednesday's call. We did not have a quorum so will need to review two months' worth of minutes on our next call in mid-September. If you have not stated your preference on the call scheduler that went out, please do so ASAP so Jeff can select a meeting date. We need to finish preparing for the annual meeting on October 7 (board meeting on October 6). Thanks, everyone... > Margaret > > > Margaret Patterson, PhD > Senior Researcher > R-ALLY: Research Allies for Lifelong Learning > Vienna, VA > 703-399-5948 > www.researchallies.org <http://www.researchallies.org/> > > <NCL minutes 9-2-15.doc>_______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org