We think that some of you may be very familiar with the street scene or working in a community organization, but are new to literacy work. We hope this book will get you started. We know that your own creativity will carry you forward once you see all the ways that learning can be approached. Your familiarity and experience with street women’s struggles makes you an expert already.
We think some others of you might be literacy or ABE instructors who want to reach further into the community with your programming. Having a partner community organization will help you with that goal. Also, this book will explain the approach taken by Capilano College and WISH together. We hope this book will help you to develop a new repertoire of literacy strategies so that you can be as effective in a women’s outreach program as you are in your current work.
We know you can do this, so keep reading!