Creating Change in Literacy Programs:

This is intended as a discussion paper to open more talk in the literacy community about how literacy programs can take the impact of violence on learning more fully into account. This paper was written based on data from North America. I would love to hear what applies in your setting if you are outside that context, or to hear about the differences you experience in your country or region. I hope this discussion will be another step towards practical changes in literacy programming that will support learning for all.

I invite you to engage with these ideas, talk about them with your colleagues, and post your thoughts on line. Please post your reactions in the guest book on my website: www.jennyhorsman.com or e-mail me at: feedback@jennyhorsman.com. An on-line discussion in response to an earlier draft of this paper was held at www.alphaplus.ca - archives of that discussion can still be found at that site - it was called "Creating Change."

Please circulate widely: feel free to copy for discussion purposes.