• These groups allow students to teach and learn from one another
  
  
• Some people won't have anything to do with a group named "literacy" due to stigma/shame

II. B. Integrated Groups

Reading, writing, and critical discussion may be one aspect of groups that meet for other purposes: Writing Group, Life Skills Group, newsletter or radio show group, Community Economic Development, computer club, cooking group, camera club, political action/advocacy, participatory research, Members' or Residents' Meetings, Women's Group, Men's Group, newsletter, Native Learning Circle, or storytelling/oral history group.

• These groups may meet regularly or on an ad hoc basis
  
  
• .These groups may attract more people than a literacy group
  
  
• These groups don't always reach or interest adults with basic literacy skills. If they do come, they may feel intimidated by those with higher level literacy skills who complete literacy tasks with ease.
  
  
• Group membership may constantly change, or there may be a regular core group.
  
  
• Through this work, you can use literacy in ways that are creative, fun, empowering and non-stigmatizing.
  
  
• Through croup work, people can build friendships, community, learn new skills, and decrease their isolation.
  
  
• Group facilitators must be sensitive to literacy issues and to doing things in clear language.
  
  
• Group facilitators must be very creative to include literacy skill development alongside other group work.