INTRODUCTION

This is a report on the activities of the Feminist Literacy Workers Network (FLWN) over the past two years.

This report was written cooperatively by Helene Blais (Quebec) and Sally Gellard (B.C.) We have worked with both French and English in the writing of the report and it is available in both languages.

We are writing this report for all women who have been connected with our young organization, especially the women who attended the FLWN conference in Vancouver and the women who have written in the Wandering Books. This report will also introduce our network to many women who are interested in our work and want to join us.

Our first purpose in writing this report was let you know that we're still around and to maintain contact with everyone who attended the Vancouver conference. We also want to continue exploring the possibilities of the network. Many thanks to each and every one of you who took the time to respond to the questionnaire we sent out in mid-September 1992. Without your participation, this report - this concrete sign of the continuation and evolution of FLWN - could never have been produced.

The report is arranged in four sections which cover the following topics:

• First, a short history of FLWN and its creation¹

• Second, highlights of the conference held in Vancouver in May .

• Third, the "after the conference" section: a selection of comments and suggestion made by women who attended the Vancouver conference, taken from the questionnaire sent out in mid-August 1992 .

• The report concludes with some suggestions for action aimed at continuing and building our network.

1. FLWN stems from an already-existing network composed of women who were not at the conference and who have not written in the Wandering Book.