Appendix: "Key Messages" (see page 19)

(Edited from Drawing the Line: Dealing with affective issues in literacy. Saskatchewan Literacy Network: Saskatoon, 2001)

Many people experience violence.

Violence affects people from all races and classes (this includes students, tutors and staff.)

Violence is never justified except for self-defense, or to protect someone else when non-violent attempts have not stopped the violence.

Everyone has the right to be safe and free of violence of all kinds.

If you are experiencing violence now there are options to obtain safety. If you experienced violence in the past there are options to work through the impact of that experience.

If you are hurting someone. It is not their fault. You must take responsibility, seek help and stop. There are supports to learn how to stop using violence.

People who have experienced violence are strong survivors and should not be judged badly. If you have experienced violence it may have got in the way of your learning.

This literacy program supports all students to learn. This includes adults who have experienced violence whether as children or as adults.